Hu Haiyan (; born 1956) is president of
Beijing Institute of Technology
The Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) is a Public university, public, Comprehensive school, comprehensive, Research university, research university located in Haidian District, Haidian District, Beijing City, China. The university is part o ...
. He is a fellow of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences
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and a leading scientist in mechanics.
Biography
He graduated with
PhD
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from the
Nanjing Aeronautics and Astronautics University. He was a researcher at the
University of Stuttgart
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from 1992 to 1994. He was a visiting professor at
Duke University
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from 1996 to 1997. He previously served as president of the
Nanjing Aeronautics and Astronautics University. He was appointed as president of Beijing Institute of Technology in 2007.
External links
Introduction from BIT's website
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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