Education

1990 Master's degree in mechanical engineering at HUST;

September 1992 Started his PhD program

January 1995 Studied at the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems EngineeringUniversity of Michigan-Dearborn in the USA as a joint PhD candidate;

August 1998 Doctor's degree, HUST

Research Areas

Development and application in digital design and manufacture

Work Experience

October 1998 Director of the Institute of Manufacturing Automation Research of the School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, executive deputy-director of the network and virtual manufacturing research center, and the vice-dean of the School of Mechanical Science and Engineering;

September 2002 Dean of the School of Mechanical Science and Engineering;

January 2006 Member of the University’s Affairs Committee of HUST;

July 2008 Vice-President of HUST;

Honors & Award

National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars

Advanced Prize of American SME Institutes

Second-grade State Scientific and Technological Progress Prize

Top Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Hubei Province

Young Teachers Foundation Prize of the Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation

First-grade Excellent Teachers Prize of Baogang Steel Corp. Education Foundation

Scientific and Technological Innovation Prize to the Top Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Wuhan City