Lu Yongxiang

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Yongxiang LU 路甬祥
Born	April 1942 (age 67) Cixi, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Nationality	Chinese
Fields	mechanical engineering
Institutions	Zhejiang University RWTH Aachen CAS Tsinghua University
Alma mater	Zhejiang University RWTH Aachen
Notable awards	Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille (1997) Harnack medal (2006)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lu.

Lu Yongxiang (Chinese: 路甬祥; pinyin: Lù Yǒngxiáng; born April 28, 1942 in Cixi, Ningbo, Zhejiang), aka Yung-Hsiang Lu, is the current President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Academic & educational positions 3 Social & political positions 4 Honors & awards 5 Extra links

[edit] Biography

Lu studied in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, and majored at hydrodynamics (hydraulic mechanics). He graduated from Zhejiang University (ZJU) in 1964, and became a lecture in his department at ZJU. 1979, Lu was an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at RWTH Aachen, West Germany. Lu obtained his doctorate in 1981, based on his dissertation Entwicklung vorgesteuerter Proportionalventile mit 2-Wege-Einbauventil als Stellglied und mit geräteinterner Rückführung. Aachen: Techn. Hochsch.; Diss.; 1981.

1981, Lu went back to Zhejiang University (ZJU) and continued his teaching position as a lecturer. He soon was promoted to associate professor and was the research group leader of the Laboratory of Fluid Power Transmission and Control at ZJU. 1983, Lu was promoted to professor, and was the director of the Institute of Fluid Power Transmission and Control, Department of Mechanical Engineering, ZJU. From 1985 to 1987, Lu served as Vice-president of ZJU; and from 1988 to 1995, he was the President of ZJU. Lu is also a part-time professor at Tsinghua University.

Lu was assigned Vice-president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in November 1993. From 1993 to 1997, he was the Executive Vice-president (常务副院长) of CAS. Since July 1997, he is the President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and also the Executive Chairman (执行主席) of the Presidential Committee of CAS Academic Board (中国科学院学部主席团). Since 2003, Lu is the Vice-chairman of National People's Congress.

[edit] Academic & educational positions

Presidentships:

• Vice-president, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), (1993-1997)
• Executive Vice-president, CAS, (1994-1997)
• Executive Chairman, the Presidential Committee of CAS Academic Board, (1997-present)
• President, CAS, (1997-present)
• Vice-president, Chinese Association of Science and Technology (中国科学技术协会), (1986-1996)
• Chairman, Higher Education Consultative Committee of the State Education Commission, (1990-1994)
• Director-general (理事长), Chinese Society for the History of Science and Technology (中国科学技术史学会), (1995-2004)
• Director-general, Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society (中国机械工程学会), (2001-present)
• Vice-president, Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), (1998-2006)
• Co-Chair, InterAcademy Council (IAC), (2005-present)

Memberships:

• Academician, the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), (June 1994 election)
• Academician, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in the Division of Technological Sciences, (1991 election)
• Member, University Grants Committee (Hong Kong), (1996-2003)
• Member, Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), (1990-)
• Foreign Member, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, (2004-)
• Honorary Fellow, the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, UK, (2004-)
• Corresponding Member, the Australian Academy of Science, (2004-)
• Foreign Member, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, (2005-)
• Foreign Member, Russian Academy of Sciences, (2006-)

[edit] Social & political positions

• Vice-chairman, National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, (2003-present)
• Member, Chief Executive's Commission on Innovation and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, (1998-1999)
• Special Advisor, Advisory Commission on Innovation and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, (2000-present)

[edit] Honors & awards

• Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille (1997)
• Alexander von Humboldt Medal (1998)
• The Knight Commander's Cross (Badge & Star) of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, (2000)
• Werner Heisenberg Medal (2001), from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
• Gold Badge for Science and Culture of Public President of Italy, (2004)
• Abdus Salam Medal, from the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), (2006)
• Harnack medal (2006), from the Max Planck Institute

[edit] Extra links

• Professor LU Yongxiang Curriculum vitae

Academic offices
Preceded by Han Zhenxiang	President of Zhejiang University 1988 – 1995	Succeeded by Pan Yunhe
Preceded by Zhou Guangzhao	President of Chinese Academy of Sciences 1997 –	Succeeded by incumbent