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Yang Wei (Traditional Chinese: 楊衛; Simplified Chinese: 杨卫) is a Chinese engineering scientist. He served as the President of Zhejiang University from August 2002 to February 2013. ==Biography== Yang was born in Beijing in February 1954. Yang's father is chemical engineer Yang Guanghua. Yang studied at the Department of Material and Heat Engineering of Northwestern Polytechnical University, and graduated in 1976. In 1981, Yang received M.Eng from the Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University. Yang obtained PhD from Brown University in USA in 1984. December 1989, Yang was promoted to professorship at Tsinghua University. From 1997 to 2004, he was the head of the Department of Engineering Mechanics at Tsinghua University. In August 2004, Yang became the executive vice-dean of the School of Aerospace, Tsinghua University. In August 2006, Yang was appointed to be the President of Zhejiang University.〔(杨卫出任浙江大学校长 Zhejiang University news: Yang is appointed to be the President of Zhejiang University )〕 Yang is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and member of the Third World Academy of Sciences. In May 2009, Yang started his acting president position of APRU. The Brown University School of Engineering awarded him its (BEAM (Brown Engineering Alumni Medal) Award ) in 2009. In May 2012, Yang received the honorary degree of Doctor of Science from Brown University. Yang is a world pioneer in the research fields of fracture mechanics, meso-/micro- mechanics, mechatronic reliability and has published a series books based on his research. Two of his books, "Mesoplasticity and its applications" and "Mechatronic reliability : electric failures, mechanical-electrical coupling, domain switching, mass-flow instabilities " were published by Springer. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yang Wei (engineer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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