From July 9th to 16th, led by Gu Huanmin, a group of 6 HEU delegates visited several U.S. universities—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kennesaw State University, the University of Washington, etc. The visits focused on investigating the host institutions’ academic discipline and specialty development, the research systems for modern university management, and the globalization of modern universities.
 
At Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Arthur B. Baggeroer, chief scientist specializing in ocean science as well as Ford professor of engineering, met with the HEU delegation. Professor Baggeroer inquired in detail about the research areas and curriculum of the Underwater Acoustic Engineering College at HEU, expressing his willingness to cooperate with HEU in academic areas and in graduate student exchange programs.
 
 On the next stop, Kennesaw State University, the dean of the Confucius Institute Jin Kehua, who is also the leading person globally within the Confucius Institute organization, introduced to the HEU delegation some aspects of the Confucius Institute in Kennesaw State University, such as its development, management and some of its experiences. Jin Kehua also gave some advice on HEU’s development of its own Confucius Institute.
 
At the University of Washington, Gu Huanmin and the executive dean of the Applied Physics Laboratory, Jeffrey A. Simon, looked back on the nearly 20 year history of cooperation in relevant academic areas between the two universities. Professor Simon displayed an underwater unmanned submersible, seafloor observatory system and several other achievements to HEU. Meanwhile, he welcomed scholars and graduate students of HEU to come to the laboratory for further study.
 
Apart from the events mentioned above, accompanied by the local alumni, the HEU delegation also paid a visit to Microsoft Corporation and Boeing Company.
 
Delegates from the Foreign Affairs Office, Policy Research Center, College of Underwater Acoustic Engineering, Institute of Education in Ideology and Politics and Foreign Languages Department joined this visit.

The Group Photo with Jin Kehua and the HEU Alumnus

Professor Simon Introducing the Core Researches in the Laboratory

Microsoft Engineer Introducing the Development of the Company