3+1+1 program expands with two additional Chinese universities

In June, the College of Engineering and Applied Science signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai and with Dalian Jiaotong University in China. Both MOUs outlined cooperation in the fields of development of 3+1+1 program, exchange and/or collaborative engagement of faculty, collaborative study abroad or joint-student and/or faculty projects and seminars and conferences, collaboration on scholarly publications, and collaboration in the development of external funding.

Currently 24 students from Northeast Forestry University are in the 3+1+1 program. With the newly signed two MOUs, the college is expecting to receive more students with the program. Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean of International Education Chengyu Li has been integral for the MOUs and participated in the signing ceremonies.

Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) was founded in 1920. It has been ranked in the top 10 universities in China for decades. HIT Weihai, as an indispensable part of HIT, was founded in 1985 in Weihai, a coastal city on the Jiaodong Peninsula in China. HIT Weihai comprises 11 schools and departments, including School of Automobile Engineering, School of Information Science and Engineering, School of Computer Science and Technology, School of Marine Resources and Environmental Engineering, School of Material Science and Engineering, and School of Software Engineering. HIT Weihai has more than 100 modern laboratories and engineering technology centers. There are more than 10,000 full-time students. The university is best known for its research in marine engineering, automobile engineering and electronic engineering. Its student HRT racing team has competed in Japan, Germany and many other countries.

Dalian Jiaotong University was founded in 1956 as Dalian Railway Vehicle Manufacturing School and changed to its current name in 2004. The university consists of two campuses in Dalian, a coastal city in eastern China. The engineering colleges include Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Civil Engineering, Software Engineering and Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Automation, Environmental Engineering, and Measurement Control Technology and Instruments. There are about 20,000 full-time students and 1,100 full-time faculties. The university is best known for its strong program in railway and high-speed rail engineering and has developed many technologies that are currently used in high-speed rail system in China.

Department of Civil Engineering CTT Professor Chengyu Li was invited to present seminars at the College of Civil and Architectural Engineering of Heilongjiang Institute of Technology and the Department of Civil Engineering of Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai, China, in June 2014. The topics he presented are Bridge Accelerated Construction and Special Design Methods in Bridge Engineering.