On March 2, a delegation led by Wilert Puriwat, President of Chulalongkorn University, visited Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The two sides held discussions on further strengthening cooperation between the two universities. Kuiling Ding, President of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Weidong Liu, Vice President of the university, met with the delegation. Palanee Ammaranond, Vice President of Chulalongkorn University, and Qing Dai, Dean of the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, also attended the meeting.

Following the meeting, the delegation visited the School of Materials Science and Engineering. Qing Dai met with Pranut Potiyaraj, Dean of the Faculty of Science at Chulalongkorn University, at the Materials Innovation Building. Ke Chen, Vice Dean of the School, Jing Liu, Assistant to the Dean, and faculty representatives also attended the meeting.

Qing Dai extended a warm welcome to the visiting delegation and reviewed recent exchanges between the two sides, including collaboration through the Southeast Asia Materials Forum organized by the School and participation in the third phase of the Asian Campus Program. He noted that the two universities possess highly complementary strengths in materials science and expressed hope for further substantive cooperation in frontier areas such as AI for Materials, jointly exploring new pathways for scientific innovation and talent cultivation.

Pranut Potiyaraj introduced recent developments at Chulalongkorn University. He emphasized that the university places great importance on its partnership with Shanghai Jiao Tong University and looks forward to expanding collaboration in the application of artificial intelligence in both education and research, particularly in AI-driven materials design and advanced manufacturing.

During the meeting, Ke Chen introduced the School’s disciplinary development, research platforms, and talent cultivation initiatives, with a particular focus on its strategic layout in the emerging field of AI for Materials.

The two sides exchanged views on topics including AI-driven materials design and the application of machine learning in materials development, and explored potential cooperation in international student internship programs and summer research initiatives.Participants agreed that there are broad prospects for collaboration in AI for Materials. They suggested that future academic conferences and exchange programs could further promote scholarly communication and personnel exchanges between the two institutions.

This visit further strengthened the foundation of cooperation between the two universities. Both sides reached multiple cooperation intentions in areas such as scientific research, student exchange, and faculty mobility, laying a solid foundation for building interdisciplinary collaboration platforms and advancing substantive joint research and talent development.