Xia Changliang

Chinese engineer and administrator
Xia Changliang
夏长亮
President of Tiangong University
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 2018
Preceded byYang Qingxin
Personal details
Born (1968-04-01) 1 April 1968 (age 56)
Tianjin, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materTianjin University
Zhejiang University
Scientific career
FieldsMotor design and control
InstitutionsTiangong University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese夏长亮
Traditional Chinese夏長亮
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXià Chángliàng

Xia Changliang (born 1 April 1968) is a Chinese engineer and administrator currently serving as president of Tiangong University. He is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE).

Biography

Xia was born in Tianjin, on 1 April 1968. He earned a B.S. degree from Tianjin University in 1990 and an M.S. and a Ph.D degree from Zhejiang University in 1993 and 1995, respectively. After graduating in 1996, he stayed at the university, becoming a professor at the School of Electrical and Automation Engineering in 2002. In April 2010, he became vice president of Tiangong University, rising to president in October 2018.[1] On 24 January 2018, he became a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[2]

Honors and awards

  • 2011 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)[3]
  • 2012 Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Award (Youth Award)[3]
  • 2013 State Technological Invention Award (Second Class)[3]
  • 27 November 2017 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)[4]

References

  1. ^ Ren Jiahui (任佳晖) (16 October 2018). 夏长亮任天津工业大学党委副书记、校长(图/简历). People's Daily (in Chinese). Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  2. ^ 热烈祝贺我校夏长亮教授担任第十三届全国政协委员！. Tiangong University (in Chinese). 28 January 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b c 夏长亮. cae.cn (in Chinese). 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  4. ^ Ding Xiao (丁晓), ed. (27 November 2017). 中国工程院产生67位新当选院士，比尔·盖茨当选外籍院士. The Paper (in Chinese). Retrieved 17 September 2021.
Educational offices
Preceded by
Yang Qingxin
 President of Tiangong University
2018–present 		Incumbent
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