On the morning of June 13, 2018, Teresa Wise, deputy provost from University of Alabama, visited the Hydro-Lab, along with the associate dean of the Graduate School of University of Alabama-Andrew Goodliffey, the director of the English language Learning Center-Bill Wallace, and the  associate professor in the Department of Geoscience-Yong Zhang. They learned about the comprehensive information of the lab and then visited the relevant experimental platforms.