Chinese engineers to study coal mine safety in the U.S.

Fifteen Chinese scientists and engineers from the Xi’an Institute are entering this month a pilot program at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, where they will study solutions to improve safety at coalmines. Topics such as safety, engineering geology, geophysics and drilling activities will be discussed, and technologies such as the use of fiber optics as sensing safety devices in deep coalmines are also on the program.

"This pilot will provide a unique way for Chinese specialists to gain experience in the United States," said NYU-Poly professor of Applied Physics Hong-Liang Cui, believing the students “will be able to transform what they uncover to improve Chinese mine safety” when they go back.