On April 23, the Chinese Academy of Engineering announced the list of valid candidates for the co-election of academicians, a total of 577.
The governor of Chang'an Avenue noticed that Wang Dong, from the Naval University of Engineering and born in January 1978, was promoted to professor at the age of 35.
Wang Dong (left), infographic
According to the previous news of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the total number of academicians in the co-election this year will not exceed 88. Following the announcement of the list of valid candidates, the first round of judging meetings will be held in the first week of June. In the last week of October, the second round of review meetings was held, and the list of elected academicians was announced after several procedures.
In the big list released this time, Yang Changfeng, chief designer of beidou satellite navigation system project, Yao Lin, chairman of Chinalco, and Tan Xuguang, chairman of Shandong Heavy Industry Group, are listed, all of which are nominated by academicians.
Wang Dong, 43 years old, is one of the 64 valid candidates in the Faculty of Energy and Mining Engineering, specializing in electrical engineering, and is also nominated by academicians.
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According to the introduction of the official website, Wang Dong is an expert in the field of electrical machinery and electrical appliances, the leader of the national scientific and technological innovation team, the young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions, the training object of the military's high-level scientific and technological innovation leading talents, and the presiding over more than 30 national natural science foundation projects and major national defense projects.
In 2002, Ma Weiming, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a professor at the Naval University of Engineering, undertook the task of developing a new high-speed asynchronous motor, and Wang Dong, a 24-year-old graduate student, was entrusted with a heavy responsibility and took charge of the position of chief designer. After 10 years of research, this major project was a success.
In July 2019, Wang Dong, as a professor at a research institute of the Naval University of Engineering, was awarded the Commendation of the Central Military Commission and was credited with first-class merit.
The governor of Chang'an Avenue noted that in the 2019 Chinese Academy of Engineering Academician Co-election, Wang Dong was included in the list of valid candidates and entered the second round of evaluation candidates.