After the visitation of five U.S universities, members of the delegation flew to Toronto, Canda at 18:35 PM on November 15th. At 9:00AM on November 16th, the delegation, guided by Professor Luo Cheng, visiting scholar at the University of Toronto, went out a short visit for this university. The delegation had a detailed talk with Professor Thomas W Coyle, instructor of Mr. Luo, from School of Applied Science and Engineering of Toronto University. After learning about basic condition of HUAT, Mr. Thomas was very interested in programs like exchanging visiting scholars, conducting joint scientific research, implementing full English teaching and short-term project IADMP and IEEP carried out in 2014 for the oversea students. He said that he would convey the content of this meeting to the authorities as soon as possible and then have a further negotiations carried out by the foreign affairs office of both schools.
After the short stay in University of Toronto, the delegation moved forward to the Ontario Polytechnic University located in the eastern city Ontario of Toronto for an official visit. They were welcomed by Dr. Michael Owen, (vice-principal, professor, responsible for scientific research, innovation and international projects), Dr. Tarlochan Sidhu (head of the Engineering and Applied Science Department), Dr. Yuping He, and Dr. Zhaolin Wang as well as Philip Shea (head of International Cooperation office), etc. During the conference, the two sides exchanged views on issues of common interests and reached a consensus on exchanging students, cultivating postgraduates, and accepting visiting scholars from the counterpart. Luo Yong-ge, the vice –president of HUAT, invited Mr. Michael to visit our school at a time next year, and he gladly accepted the invitation. Afterwards, guided by Dr. Yuping He and Professor Dr. Zhaolin Wang, the delegation looked around several key labs including the automotive wind tunnel laboratory, automotive vibration laboratory, automotive noise laboratory as well as road and axle driving simulation control laboratory, etc.
