ABB B&R and China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) jointly build a joint laboratory ​

On December 13, the China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) and ABB B&R joint laboratory and the B&R-China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) certified training center were officially unveiled in Wuhan. This is ABB B&R’s first university joint laboratory in central China. The laboratory focuses on professional teaching and training in modeling and simulation, networked process control, advanced control algorithms, student testing and verification, software design and other ability training. At the same time, the laboratory will also undertake user training and testing verification functions for ABB B&R Central China Region, and will be open to relevant machine and production line R&D companies. Professor Cao Weihua, Dean of the School of Automation of China University of Geosciences, and Ms. Fan Huifang, head of cooperation at ABB B&R University, jointly unveiled the laboratory. Professors from relevant majors from Wuhan University, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan University of Technology and other sister universities witnessed this moment together.

Open laboratory, serving teaching and industry

Professor Cao Weihua, Dean of the School of Automation of China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), delivered a speech at the unveiling ceremony. He believed that cooperation with ABB B&R is an important measure to deepen the integration of industry and education, and that engineering education serves the regional economy and talent training. He said: “Through this cooperation, our students can learn more about cutting-edge technologies and engineering applications, and have more contact with industrial experts to understand how to become excellent engineering experts, allowing us to better cultivate outstanding engineering talents. , and serve the industry. At the same time, as an open laboratory, the laboratory will also provide training services to regional enterprises, bringing us closer to the front line of industrial practice."