On Nov. 16^th, Prof. Chen Shiming , Head of College of Civil Engineering , welcomed Prof. Glenda R. Scales , Associate Dean, College of Engineering of University of VirginiaTech , Prof. W. Samuel Easterling, Head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Prof. Linbing Wang at meeting room A205, Building of Civil Engineering. Prof. Du Yuchuan from School of Transportation Engineering, Associate Prof. Wang Hongtao, Dean Assistant of College of Environmental Science and Engineering and Ms. Shen Jiajun from College of Civil Engineering also joined the meeting.

 First , Prof. Samuel gave an introduction about VirginiaTech and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The two parties focused on exploring the possible collaborations between the two universities. They discussed the short term graduate student exchange, the “3+1+1+1.5” exchange program, the summer school for undergraduate students, and the “4+1+1.5 “program.

 The program of 4+1+1.5 means 4 years as an undergrad student at home university, one year as master student taking courses at host university, and 1.5 years as master student doing research at home university.