Hu Haiyan (; born 1956) is president of

Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Institute of Technology (abbreviated BIT; Simplified Chinese characters, Simplified Chinese: 北京理工大学; Traditional Chinese characters, Traditional Chinese: 北京理工大學; pinyin: Běijīng Lǐgōng Dàxué), is a National u ...

. He is a fellow of the

Chinese Academy of Science The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); ), known by Academia Sinica in English until the 1980s, is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for natural sciences. It has historical origins in the Academia Sinica during the Republic ...

and a leading scientist in mechanics.

Biography

He graduated with PhD from the

Nanjing Aeronautics and Astronautics University The Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA, ), colloquially known as Nanhang (南航), is a public research university in Nanjing, China. One of the Seven Sons of National Defence, it is directly supervised by the Ministry of I ...

. He was a researcher at the

University of Stuttgart The University of Stuttgart (german: Universität Stuttgart) is a leading research university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized into 10 faculties. It is one of the oldest technical universities in Germany wit ...

from 1992 to 1994. He was a visiting professor at

Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...

from 1996 to 1997. He previously served as president of the

. He was appointed as president of Beijing Institute of Technology in 2007.

External links

Introduction from BIT's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hu, Haiyan 1956 births Living people Academic staff of Beijing Institute of Technology Educators from Shanghai Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics alumni Presidents of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Presidents of Beijing Institute of Technology Scientists from Shanghai TWAS fellows