This is the first conference being offered jointly between the University of North Dakota (UND ), Grand Forks, USA, and the SCIence and Engineering Institute (SCIEI ), Chengdu, China. UND is the state's oldest and largest University, with nearly 15,000 students and 225+ fields of study. The state's flagship research university, UND has a reputation for research and scholarship in health sciences, energy and the environment, aerospace, and entrepreneurship. SCIEI is a scientific society dedicated to the promotion of international education and university cooperation in the field of Science and Engineering. Through the organization of different international events, it brings together institutional bodies and organizations from different countries of the world for discussion and cooperation. The goal of this conference is to foster interdisciplinary and international collaboration opportunities, and strengthen domestic and international recognition in pure and applied research for the participants.