CASE will partner with the TianJin University in a cooperative agreement that will begin temporary student exchanges next summer.
The deal is being called the first step toward wider collaborations, but begins with the two universities leadership roles in the field of engineering.
Dr. Norman Tien is a physics scholar, and Dean at Case Western Reserve's School of Engineering. He initiated contact between the universities, and says the benefits of such a program could easily reach far beyond the Case campus.
DR. NORMAN C. TIEN: "One of the reasons that we wanted that to be the first step in the progresssion is the similarities between TianJin University and us on the engineering and sciences side, and also the similarities between TainJin as a city, and Cleveland as a city."
Similarities that include booming bio-medical industries; in each town.
Dr. Tien, who is also an honorary professor at TianJin University, says the program will assist both regions in developing economic development relationships; and that there is already interest among CASE students in the exchanges.
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