Kong Xianjing (4 January 1952 – 10 September 2024) was a Chinese engineer and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, who formerly served as deputy party secretary and vice president of Dalian University of Technology.[1]

Kong Xianjing
孔宪京
Born(1952-01-04)4 January 1952
Died10 September 2024(2024-09-10) (aged 72)
Alma materDalian University of Technology
Scientific career
FieldsHydraulic structure
InstitutionsDalian University of Technology
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinKǒng Xiànjīng

Biography

edit

Kong was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu, on 4 January 1952, while his ancestral home is in Jining, Shandong.[2] He earned a bachelor's degree in 1980, a master's degree in 1983, and a doctor's degree in 1990, all from Dalian Institute of Technology (now Dalian University of Technology).[2]

After graduating from Dalian Institute of Technology in 1980, he stayed at the university and worked successively as associate professor (1990), full professor (1992), and doctoral supervisor (1995). He served as assistant to the president from March 1998 to March 1999 and the university's vice president from March 1999 to January 2002. In January 2002, he was appointed deputy party secretary of the university. After this office was terminated in March 2009, he became executive party secretary, serving until May 2012.

Kong died on 10 September 2024, at the age of 72.[3]

Honours and awards

edit
  • 1999 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Third Class)
  • 2010 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)
  • 2012 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)
  • 27 November 2017 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)[4]

References

edit
  1. ^ Luan Guangyu (栾光煜) (28 November 2017). 大工孔宪京教授当选中国工程院院士. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b 孔宪京. cae.cn (in Chinese). 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  3. ^ "著名水工结构工程专家、中国工程院院士孔宪京逝世". The Paper. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  4. ^ Ding Xiao (丁晓), ed. (27 November 2017). 中国工程院产生67位新当选院士,比尔·盖茨当选外籍院士. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 September 2021.