International Planning Visit to China for Collaboration in Fracture Mechanics and Engineering Education

“断裂力学与工程教育国际计划访问中国”项目将允许该项目负责人和两名美国研究生与华东理工大学机械与动力工程学院（ECUST）开展未来合作研究。计划访问定于2007年仲夏进行。计划访问的目的包括熟悉设施和人员，制定金属断裂力学的研究计划，规划联合课程开发和学生交换研究经验。该项目负责人是罗文大学副教授John Chen，罗文大学主要招收本科生。协办单位为华东科技大学机械工程系王正东。

ABSTRACTOISE 0732601 Chen, Rowan University "International Planning Visit to China for Collaboration in Fracture Mechanics and Engineering Education" This award will allow the PI and two U.S. graduate students to develop future collaborative research with the School of Mechanical and Power Engineering at East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), Shanghai, China. The planning visit is scheduled for the mid-summer 2007. Objectives for the planning visit include familiarization with facilities and personnel, development of a research plan in fracture mechanics in metals, and planning for joint curriculum development and student exchange for research experiences. The PI is John Chen, Associate Professor at Rowan University, a primarily undergraduate serving institution. The counterpart organizer is WANG, Zhengdong in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at ECUST.