On May 16, a delegation led by Prof. Conlee Don of Texas A&M University, paid a visit to the Earth System Science, Tsinghua University. Associate prof. Lin Yanluan met with Don Conlee in Meng MinWei Science & Technology Building S818. The two sides held talks on further strengthen cooperation and exchanges.

During the talks, Associate Prof. Lin Yanluan briefed on the development of Department of Earth System Science, mainly about the development of Atmospheric Marine Science and international cooperation and exchange. Prof. Don Conlee reviewed the progress of academic research in Texas A&M University in recent years, especially the latest achievements in Atmospheric Science. They both sides expressed they would actively promote collabora-tion in the international projects of Atmospheric Marine Science, joint cultivation of postgraduate students etc.

At the conference, Don Conlee represented the Texas A&M University, presented souvenirs to the Earth System Science and posed for pictures.

The professor and students of Texas A&M University visited the Stable Isotope Lab.

The professor and students of Texas A&M University visit Tsinghua Campus.

Background:

Texas A & M University that founded in 1876 is a world famous public research university and the sixth largest school in the United States. Five Nobel Prize winners have studied and worked here. The University with the support of NASA, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and the US Naval Research Department, has become a research institution with significant scientific research achievements in a numerous areas. It has high reputation in the international geoscience especially in the Marine Science. The school consists of 10 colleges and campuses, among them the agricultural college, business school, engineering institute, earth academy and veterinary college are the nation's largest colleges.