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Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Expert in Refractory Metal Materials, Rare-Earth Functional Materials, and Aluminium–Magnesium Materials and Processing Technologies
Dr. Zuo Tieyong, born in Beijing in 1936, is a materials scientist and circular-economy expert, and an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He has served as Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at CSU and Beijing University of Technology. Dr. Zuo entered the metal forming program at the Northeast Institute of Technology in 1954 and, after graduating in 1958, began his academic career at the Central South University of Technology, where he successively served as Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, and Vice President. In 1991, he was appointed Director-General of the Department of Science and Technology of the State Education Commission. He was elected an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1995 and became President of Beijing University of Technology in 1996. He was named a Beijing Municipal Model Worker in 2000. In 2003, he became President of the Branch for Local University Education Research under the China Association of Higher Education, and in 2005, he was appointed Dean of the Institute of Circular Economy at Beijing University of Technology. Dr. Zuo received the Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Award in 2006 and the Third National Teaching Master Award of the Ministry of Education in 2007, and was recognized as an Influential Figure in 30 Years of Reform and Opening-Up in China’s Nonferrous Metals Industry that same year. In 2012, he received the Outstanding Contribution Award for Industry-University-Research Collaboration from the China Industry-University-Research Institute Collaboration Association. His research has focused on refractory metal materials, rare-earth functional materials, and aluminium–magnesium materials and their processing technologies. [more]
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Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Expert in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Processing
Dr. Zhong Jue, born on 1 September 1936 in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, with ancestral roots in Xian County, Hebei, is a distinguished mechanical engineer and a pioneer of the academic concepts of “extreme manufacturing” and “harmonious manufacturing”. A Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at CSU, he entered the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Beijing Institute of Iron and Steel Technology in 1955 and, after graduating in 1960, joined the Central-South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, where he successively served as Teaching Assistant, Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, and Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Zhong was elected an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1995, named a National Model Worker in 2000, awarded the Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress in 2002, and in December 2009 elected Chair of both the Sixth Science and Technology Committee of the Ministry of Education and its Strategic Research Advisory Committee. In 2011, he received the Outstanding Contribution Award for the Implementation of China’s 11th Five-Year National Science and Technology Program. He has dedicated his career to research and education in mechanical engineering and materials processing, focusing on large-scale materials manufacturing equipment, complex electromechanical system design and integration, and manufacturing equipment for microelectronic and optoelectronic devices. [more]
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Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Expert in Rare Metal Metallurgy, Separation of Similar Elements, and Intensification of Metallurgical Processes
Dr. Zhao Zhongwei, a member of the Communist Party of China, holds a Ph.D. and is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at CSU. He is a Distinguished Professor under the Ministry of Education’s Changjiang Scholars Program and currently serves as Vice Dean of the School of Metallurgical Science and Engineering at CSU, Director of the Institute of Clean Metallurgy, a Member of the Metallurgical Physical Chemistry Committee of the Chinese Society for Metals, a Member of the Rare Metals Committee of the Nonferrous Metals Society of China, Vice Chair of the China Tungsten and Cemented Carbide Innovation Alliance, and Director of the Key Laboratory of Hunan Province for Metallurgy and Material Processing of Rare Metals. He has received one First Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award (2011, ranked first), two Second Prizes of the State Technological Invention Award (2001, ranked fourth; 2018, ranked first), two First Prizes of Provincial and Ministerial Science and Technology Progress Awards (2009, ranked first; 2000, ranked fourth), and three Second Prizes of Provincial and Ministerial Science and Technology Progress Awards. [more]
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Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Expert in Human and Medical Genetics
Dr. Xia Jiahui, born on 6 February 1937 in Yiyang, Hunan Province, is a leading human and medical geneticist, a pioneer of modern human and medical genetics in China, a founder of clinical genetics in the country, and the founder of the State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics. He is an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at CSU. After graduating from the Department of Biology at Hunan Normal University in 1961, he joined the Department of Biology at Hunan Medical College, where he later served as Deputy Director from 1978 to 1981. In 1984, he led the establishment of the State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, and in 1985 he was a visiting scholar at the University of Pittsburgh. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1986. From 1987 to 2009, he served as Director of Hunan Medical College, and from 1991 to 2005 as Deputy Director of the State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics. Dr. Xia was elected an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1999. He subsequently served as Chair of the Academic Committee of the National Talent Training Base for Life Sciences and Technology in 2002, and as Dean of the College of Biological Science and Technology at CSU from 2004 to 2006. In 2012, he founded the Hunan Jiahui Genetics Hospital. Dr. Xia has devoted his career to modern human and medical genetics and authored China’s first textbook in the field, Medical Genetics Lecture, in 1976. [more]
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Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Expert in Flotation Theory and Flotation Reagents
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Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Expert in Rail Transit Engineering Research and Education
Dr. Tian Hongqi, born on 11 December 1959 in Lushan County, Pingdingshan, Henan Province, is an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, President of CSU, Vice Chair of the 13th Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, and a Member of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress as well as a Member of its Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Railway Vehicles from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Changsha Railway University (now the School of Railway Engineering at CSU) in December 1981, her master’s degree in Locomotive and Rolling Stock from the same institution in December 1988, and her Ph.D. in Fluid Mechanics from the China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center in December 1999. From April 2000 to September 2008, she served as Professor and Vice Dean of the School of Transportation Engineering at CSU. She subsequently served as Assistant to the President from September 2008 to April 2010 and as Vice President from April 2010 to June 2016. From June 2016 to June 2017, Dr. Tian served as Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. She has served as President of CSU since May 2017. [more]
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Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Expert in Low-Grade and Complex Refractory Metal Mineral Resource Processing and Utilization
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Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Expert in Nonferrous Metallurgy
Dr. Liu Yexiang, born on 1 September 1930 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, is an expert in nonferrous metallurgy, a leading figure in China’s nonferrous metallurgical discipline, an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at CSU. He graduated from the Central-South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in 1953 and joined the Communist Party of China in 1956. From 1979 to 1982, he pursued advanced studies at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, and later served as a senior visiting scholar at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, Nagoya University in Japan, and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. From 1986 to 1988, he served as Vice President of the Central South University of Technology, and from 1992 to 1994, as Party Secretary and President. He was elected an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1997. Throughout his career, Dr. Liu has focused on nonferrous metallurgy, particularly energy-saving technologies in light metals, aluminium electrolysis, and electrochemical metallurgy. [more]