Song Yonghua FREng (; born 1964) is a Chinese electrical engineer. He has been rector of the

University of Macau The University of Macau (UM; Portuguese: ''Universidade de Macau'', Chinese: 澳門大學) is an internationalised public comprehensive university in Macau. The UM campus is located in the east of Hengqin Island, Guangdong province in Mainland ...

since January 2018, and previously served as Executive Vice President at

Zhejiang University Zhejiang University, abbreviated as ZJU or Zheda and formerly romanized as Chekiang University, is a national public research university based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is a member of the prestigious C9 League and is selected into the na ...

Education

Song was educated at

Chengdu University of Science and Technology The Chengdu University of Science and Technology () was a public university in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. Founded in 1952 by a central government-ordered separation from National Sichuan University, the institution was named the Chengdu Engineeri ...

and received his M.S. and Ph. D degrees from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) of China in 1987 and 1989.

Career

From 1991 to 1992, Song was the Royal Society Visiting Fellow at the School of Mathematics,

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

, UK and from 1992 to 1993, he was the research officer at School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering and lecturer from 1993 to 1994 at the

University of Bath (Virgil, Georgics II) , mottoeng = Learn the culture proper to each after its kind , established = 1886 (Merchant Venturers Technical College) 1960 (Bristol College of Science and Technology) 1966 (Bath University of Technology) 1971 (univ ...

, UK. From 1997 to 2010, he was a Professor of Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering,

Brunel University Brunel University London is a public research university located in the Uxbridge area of London, England. It was founded in 1966 and named after the Victorian engineer and pioneer of the Industrial Revolution, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. In June 1 ...

, UK. He held the Royal Academy of Engineering/Nuclear Electric/Siemens Chair of Power Systems at Brunel from Jan 1997 to Dec 2001. In 2004, he was appointed the pro-vice-chancellor for graduate studies at Brunel. He became the pro-vice chancellor at the

University of Liverpool , mottoeng = These days of peace foster learning , established = 1881 – University College Liverpool1884 – affiliated to the federal Victoria Universityhttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2004/4 University of Manchester Act 200 ...

in 2007, holding concurrently the post of executive president at Xi’an Jiaotong – Liverpool University in

Suzhou Suzhou (; ; Suzhounese: ''sou¹ tseu¹'' , Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Soochow, is a major city in southern Jiangsu province, East China. Suzhou is the largest city in Jiangsu, and a major economic center and focal point of trade ...

, China. He was also a Changjiang Scholar and chair professor of Xian Jiaotong University in 2001. In 2009, he was an assistant president and professor of electrical engineering at

Tsinghua University Tsinghua University (; abbreviation, abbr. THU) is a National university, national Public university, public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Minis ...

. He was also appointed as the Director of Chinese National Recruitment Program of Global Experts (1000 Talents Program) Office until December 2012. In November 2012, he joined

as executive vice president and the founding dean of the International Campus. In January 2018, he was appointed Rector (President) of the

, succeeding Wei Zhao.

Research

His research focuses on power system analysis, flexible alternating current transmission systems(FACTS) control, steady-state and transient state power system analysis, simulation and analysis of power systems.

Awards

* Fellow, UK

Royal Academy of Engineering The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) is the United Kingdom's national academy of engineering. The Academy was founded in June 1976 as the Fellowship of Engineering with support from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who became the first senior ...

(2004

* Honorary Doctor of Engineering, University of Bath, UK * Fellow, IEEE * Fellow, IET

References

External links

Song Yonghua's page at Tsinghua University
{{DEFAULTSORT:Song, Yonghua Engineers from Sichuan Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering 1964 births Living people Academics of the University of Bath Academics of Brunel University London Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University faculty Tsinghua University faculty Zhejiang University faculty University of Macau faculty Fellow Members of the IEEE