On the morning of Nov. 2, 2016, a 4-person delegation headed by the former Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, HongKong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Prof. Joseph H. W. Lee, visited NHRI and made two presentations titled Scientific Writing and Publication and Smart UWSS - Urban Water Supply System at NHRI.

The first presentation was jointly made by Prof. Joseph H. W. Lee and Prof. Mohamed S Ghidaoui. Prof. Lee is the founding editor of IAHR international renowned journal Journal of Hydro-environment Research, which is a successful case for Asian collaboration in relevant disciplines. Prof. Mohamed S Ghidaoui is the editor of IAHR flagship journal Journal of Hydraulic Research established in 1963. He elaborated the details of each necessary step when writing a scientific paper, and gave suggestions to the feedback after one gets the review. The second presentation was made by Prof. Mohamed S Ghidaoui, who is Chair Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, HKUST, with his general interests in hydraulics, water resources and environmental fluid mechanics. Smart UWSS is an on-going research project with a research period of 5 years at HKUST, aiming at saving water and energy by the frontier research on wave transmission in urban water supply pipelines so as to create a smart, innovative, robust and reliable water pipe diagnostic system. The two professors answered the questions raised by NHRI young fellows and graduates after the two presentations. All the participants were deeply benefitted. 

The presentations were presided over by the deputy director of NHRI President’s Office in charge of international cooperation. More than 50 attendees, including NHRI Vice President LI Yun, directors of President’s Office and Department of Human Resources and Education, were present at the reports. Vice President LI Yun et al. accompanied the visitors visiting the Water Experimental Center at Tiexinqiao, Nanjing afterwards.