BME signs exchange agreement with Chinese university

BME and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA) in China have signed an exchange agreement. According to the document signed in Budapest by Hassan Charaf, Rector of BME, and Chen Liang, President of NUAA, the two institutions aim to jointly apply for international research projects, publish research results, and promote the creation of international research cooperation platforms, such as joint laboratories. They also intend to strengthen knowledge sharing and provide young talents with cross-cultural research experience through joint training programmes.

Under the four-year agreement, starting next academic year, BME and NUAA 

may send up to 10 researchers per year who have "outstanding research potential and achievements in their respective professional fields" to the other institution. 

These visits, typically lasting 2 to 4 weeks, may include scientific lectures and workshops, conducting collaborative research, writing joint scientific articles, sharing research resources, and discussing talent development models and programmes. The areas of cooperation have been designated primarily, but not exclusively, as mechanical engineering, machine manufacturing, electrical engineering, electronic engineering, mathematics, civil engineering, information technology, physics, materials engineering etc.

BME has long had a research partnership with NUAA, largely thanks to the networking efforts of Professor Gábor Stépán, who last year became the first Hungarian to be elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. One of the leaders of NUAA, founded in 1952, was a former student of Tódor Kármán in Pasadena, as was Qian Xuesen, the first leader of Chinese space research. In addition to these historical connections, joint research achievements in the field of dynamic systems led to the signing of the first memorandum between NUAA and BME in 2017, followed by successful research projects in the fields of biomechanics, sustainable manufacturing, and intelligent vehicles.

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