MoU on “Education and Research on Food Quality and Safety” Signing Ceremony Proceeded in Fudan

Published：2013-12-20 Views：1532

On the morning of Nov. 27th, the MoU on “Establishing a Finnish-Chinese Network of Excellence in Education and Research on Food Quality and Safety” was signed in Fudan University by Li-Rong Zheng, Dean of School of Information Science and Technology (SIST), Fudan University, Tapio Salakoski, Dean of Education in the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Turku (UTU), and Qing-Yue Meng, Dean of School of Public Health, Peking University. According to this MoU, the three universities will jointly conduct scientific researches, develop related curriculum, promote faculty exchange between Finland and China and strengthen teaching cooperation.

Later in the signing ceremony, Hannu Tenhunen, professor in UTU, was awarded the honor of “FDU Advisory Professorship” by Li-Rong Zheng who is on behalf of SIST. Hannu Tenhunen is a member of Finnish Academy of Engineering Sciences and a world class researcher in area of embedded electronics and electronic systems. He has published over 160 journal papers and over 650 reviewed conference papers in his research field, as well as produced over 40 PhDs and supervised over 10 post-doctors, over 20 of whom have reached already professor or associate professor positions worldwide. Having cooperated with SIST since 2006, Professor Tenhunen has always been devoted to the development and construction of the joint programme between FDU and UTU. Now he teaches two major courses for the FDU-UTU International Master Dual-Degree Programme and is much admired by his students.