Chinanews.com, Beijing, January 1 (Reporter Gao Kai) The reporter learned from Tsinghua University on the 15th that Tsinghua University recently held the appointment ceremony of Mr. Gao Huajian as a chair professor, and Gao Hua, a top international expert in the fields of mechanics, materials and engineering science, joined Tsinghua University. Qiu Yong, Secretary of the Party Committee of the school, and Li Luming, President of the school, attended the appointment ceremony. Vice President Zeng Rong presided over the ceremony.
Li Luming (right) issued a letter of appointment to Gao Huajian (left). Courtesy of Tsinghua University
On behalf of the university, Qiu Yong extended a warm welcome to Professor Gao Huajian to join Tsinghua University full-time and become a member of the Tsinghua family. He said that talent is the key to independent innovation, and top talents are irreplaceable. Professor Gao Huajian is recognized as a "big man" in the international academic community, and it is touching that he resolutely returned to his motherland and worked at Tsinghua University among many choices. It is hoped that Professor Gao Huajian will give full play to his irreplaceable role and extensive international influence in talent training, engineering innovation, interdisciplinary and other aspects, drive the construction of Tsinghua engineering to a new level, and work together with Tsinghua colleagues to contribute to the realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance.
Gao Huajian said that he has a long history of cooperation with Tsinghua University, and his career development has also benefited from the support of Tsinghua teachers and students. I have always had a longing for one day to return to my motherland, work at Tsinghua University, and create a better future with everyone. I am willing to actively play the role of a bridge to promote the rapid development of Tsinghua mechanics, promote its in-depth exchanges and cooperation with different disciplines and outstanding teams at home and abroad, and also hope to become the cornerstone of helping more young scholars grow and do my best to help them grow into world-class scientists.
Gao Huajian, Academician of the American Academy of Sciences, Academician of the American Academy of Engineering, Academician of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Foreign Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Royal Society, Academician of the German National Academy of Sciences, Academician of the European Academy of Sciences, and has won the Hill Prize, the highest international honor in solid mechanics, the Timoshenko Medal, and the ASME Medal He is the only scientist in the field of international mechanics who has won the above three honors at the same time. (ENDS)