On March 6, 2015 the Chinese Academy of Engineering represented by one of its 800 members, Dr. Jishan He, visited the department of engineering management and systems engineering at Old Dominion University. Dr. He expressed the interests of the CAE to visit one of the best 3 Engineering Management programs in the U.S. in order to build a mutually beneficial working relationship. Dean Baysal, Associate Deans Dahli and Vahala, the director of the international program Dr. Siles, EMSE chair, faculty and students participated in the visit.