Professor Yang enjoyed a nice university campus tour at SAU, where he visited Wind Tunnel Lab, Turbine Lab, 147 Maintenance School, Engineering Training Studio and Mechanic Building.

After the campus tour, Professor Yang was met by Ms Pearl Liu, Deputy Dean of International Education College at Friendship Villa, where a talk was held between the two sides.

The two sides conducted a cordial talk concerning bilateral cooperation relationship, students and teachers exchanging program, postgraduate joint training program as well as other potential cooperative fields. The two sides had reached an agreement on establishing a close cooperative relation, and a MOU would be signed in a near future.

Briefing about QUT

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a highly successful Australian university with an applied emphasis in courses and research. Based in Brisbane with a global outlook, it has 40,000 students, including 6000 from overseas (QUT Statistics), and an annual budget of more than AU$500 million.

Aerospace avionics engineering, a unique offering in QUT, is concerned with design, development, manufacture and maintenance work on the electronic systems of military and civilian aeroplanes, helicopters, spacecraft, satellites and uninhabited aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Students will learn about aerodynamics, aircraft control systems, avionics navigation and communications, and specialise in the design of electronic systems for aircraft and satellite systems using systems engineering methodology. QUT is a major player in national avionics research, and has strong partnerships with government and industry. Students will be involved in research projects such as fixed-wing UAV and rotorcraft, aerospace vision systems; aircraft control systems and autopilot design.

Field trips to Boeing Australia, Air Services Australia, ATC, Royal Australian Air Force Base and Australian Aerospace provide students with a first-hand view of aerospace avionics.