At the invitation of IRSM, Professor Michael A. Hicks visits IRSM and attends a series of academic activities in a week.

Accompanied by researcher Chenjian, Professor Hicks has a site visit of subway construction in Xiamen on Nov 28; he delivers a special report to engineers at the project management department. Professor Hicks meets researcher SHENG Qian from IRSM on Nov 29, they introduces the research fields and progress and have a further discussion.