On the morning of October 23, 2025, a delegation from the Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy, including Professor Marano Giuseppe Carlo, Associate Professor Marco Domaneschi, Associate Professor Valentina Villa, and Dr. Raffaele Cucuzza, visited the School of Civil Engineering at Southeast University for academic exchanges and cooperation discussions. Professors Cai Jianguo, Gao Kang, and Xie Tianyu, along with Dr. Marco Meloni and Ms. Jiang Heng, the school'sinternational affairs secretary, also attended the meeting.
This visit focused on deepening the strategic cooperation between the two universities. Both sides held fruitful discussions on key topics including signing a memorandum of understanding, joint doctoral degree programs, establishing joint laboratories, and promoting short-term exchange programs for faculty and students. During the talks, both sides agreed to formally sign the memorandum of understanding at the earliest opportunity, thereby establishing a long-term strategic partnership and laying a solid foundation for a series of substantive cooperative projects.
This visit coincided with a two-week series of lectures on cutting-edge civil engineering conducted by four experts from the Polytechnic University of Turin at Southeast University. Starting October 20th, they jointly presented an international course titled "Cutting-Edge Technologies Empowering Infrastructure Operation and Sustainable Design," covering topics such as bridge network risk decision-making and resilience enhancement (Associate Professor Domaneschi), BIM/GIS and digital twin-driven sustainable building management (Associate Professor Villa), AI-enabled structural optimization design (Professor Carlo), and AI optimization and life-cycle assessment of large steel structures for sustainable development (Dr. Cucuzza). The lecture series provided Southeast University students and faculty with a valuable academic opportunity, demonstrating the Polytechnic University of Turin's leadership in the digitalization, smart technologies, and sustainable development of civil engineering.
The successful visit and academic activities mark a new stage in cooperation between the two institutions. Through this strategic partnership, both sides will deepen collaboration in scientific research, talent cultivation, and discipline development, jointly addressing global challenges in civil engineering infrastructure and contributing to technological progress in the field.
