Students’ Development and Guidance |Volvo Chengdu Visit
Published on: March 30, 2023 | Views: 910
On March 24, 2023, Dr. Ye Li, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Dr. Jin Xu, Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Yang Liu, Associate Professor in Industrial Engineering, Dr. Zheng Yang, Associate Professor in Mathematics, Academic Administrator, and the Career Advising Group together led 70 SCUPI students to visit Volvo Chengdu Brand Center and had an amazing car manufacturing experience.
The SCUPI team was warmly welcomed by the staff members of Volvo Chengdu Brand Center. The 70 students were divided into two groups and led by professional interpreters to learn about the history and culture of Volvo, its manufacturing philosophy and production process, as well as the company’s focus on renewable energy and environmental protection. To make students have a better experience, the brand center also prepared some interactive facilities, such as resonating with the importance of seat belts by sitting on a sliding chair, understanding the necessity for cautious driving by simulating the reaction speed in dangerous driving situations, and experiencing the continuous progress of technology by feeling the interior decoration of different materials.
At the end of the visit, students watched a video of the production department of Volvo Chengdu Manufactory and gained a deeper understanding of the production line and the high-tech technology used to automate Volvo Cars. The professors also shared some professional opinions, helping the students better integrate the classroom knowledge into practice.
Meanwhile, to deepen the quality of talent cultivation and expand the resources of Institute-enterprise cooperation, the Institute members and Volvo human resources team discussed the opportunities including but not limited to internship and employment, research cooperation, and the training of enterprise employees, as well as actively promoted the next step of cooperation with the actual needs of both sides, striving to provide more resources and support for the growth of SCUPIANS.
Sichuan University-Pittsburgh Institute will continue to encourage students to take the initiative to go beyond the campus, expand their views and develop skills from social practice, and help the SCUPIANS to become engineers with a strong sense of mission and responsibility in the future.
The Career Advising Group (CA) provides students with academic and career guidance activities, such as dual-degree program and postgraduate program information sessions, overseas and domestic graduate school application guidance, industrial experiences sharing, internship referral, and career counseling. The CA team strives to cultivate students’ strengths and empower their full potential. A series of planning activities throughout the four-year undergraduate will provide students with comprehensive and in-depth academic and career development guidance and facilitate SCUPIANS to become successful professionals!
Departmental Function：
The Career Advising Group (CA) of Sichuan University-Pittsburgh Institute classifies different needs of oversea study application, postgraduate recommendation, postgraduate entrance examination, employment, etc., to create more accurate counseling services for SCUPI students. Counselors provide students with abundant resources and one-on-one consultation to help them comprehensively plan their development path. In addition, CA Group is making significant efforts to build an alumni association platform to gather alumni’s strengths to provide more diversified and quality resources for more students.