At the invitation of Professor Tu Shandong of the School of Mechanic and Power Engineering, Professor Ashok Saxena, Provost and Vice President in charge of education of the University of Arkansas, paid a visit to ECUST from Dec. 7th  to Dec.10th, 2016. During the visit, Prof. Hui Hu, Vice Dean of the School of Mechanic and Power Engineering, introduced to the American guest the history and characteristics of the school and then they had extensive and in-depth exchanges on cooperative education and scientific research, preparing for extensive cooperation on students and faculty exchanges and scientific research.