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Congratulations to Professor Zhou Youhe for being Elected as a Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences 

On November 18th, the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced the list of new academicians in 2021. Zhou Youhe, a professor at Lanzhou University School of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, was elected as an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Zhou Youhe, a member of the Communist Party of China, was born in May, 1957 in Hubei, a second-class professor and doctoral supervisor of Lanzhou University, a Changjiang scholar of the Ministry of Education, distinguished professor, a national outstanding youth, and a national teacher. At present, he is the president of the Institute of Superconducting Mechanics of Lanzhou University, the director of chinese society of theoretical and applied mechanics Solid Mechanics Professional Committee, the deputy editor-in-chief of Journal of Mechanics and TAML, the editorial board of Chinese and English versions of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, and the member of academic committees of three national and seven provincial and ministerial key laboratories outside the school.

 

Major educational background

1987.09-1989.12: Doctor of Science in Solid Mechanics, Lanzhou University

1982.09- 1984.11: Master of Engineering in Solid Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

1978.03- 1982.01: Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

 

Main academic experience

2020.10- Now: Dean, Institute of Superconducting Mechanics, Lanzhou University

2010.12- Now: Head of the first-class discipline of mechanics in Lanzhou University

2007.12- present: Head of State Key Discipline of Solid Mechanics of Lanzhou University

2014.01- present: Head of "111 Talent Introduction Base" of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs and the Ministry of Education (approved in 2013)

2012.01-2018.12: Head of Innovation Research Group of National Natural Science Foundation of China (approved in 2011)

2006.01-2016.10: The first director of the Key Laboratory of Disaster and Environmental Mechanics in the West of Lanzhou University, Ministry of Education

2005.06-2017.12: The first president of Lanzhou University School of Civil Engineering and Mechanics

2001.01-2004.12: Won the National Natural Science Foundation of China Science Fund for Distinguished Young People (approved in 2000)

2000.01-2004.12: distinguished professor, Changjiang Scholar, Ministry of Education (approved in 1999)

2002.03-2002.05: department of mechanical engineering Senior Visiting Scholar, University of California, Riverside, USA

1999.07-2005.05: Head of Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science, School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University

1998.06-1998.12: department of mechanical engineering Senior Visiting Scholar, University of California, Riverside, USA

August 1997-June 1999: Deputy Director, Department of Mechanics, Lanzhou University

1996.01- present: Professor, Department of Mechanics, Lanzhou University (now Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science)

1994.07-1995.07: Foreign researcher, Nuclear Engineering Research Laboratory, University of Tokyo, Japan

1993.09-1994.07: Visiting scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Kentucky, department of mechanical engineering, USA

1993.06-1995.12: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanics, Lanzhou University

1990.06-1993.06: Lecturer, Department of Mechanics, Lanzhou University

1982.01-1987.08: Assistant Professor and Lecturer, Department of Mechanics, Huazhong Institute of Technology (now Huazhong University of Science and Technology)
 

Main lecture courses

He has lectured on theoretical mechanics, material mechanics, elastic mechanics, structural mechanics, plate and shell theory, analytical mechanics, tensor analysis, Introduction to Mechanics and Engineering for undergraduate students, and accumulated more than 3,200 class hours.

He has taught courses such as nonlinear mechanics of plates and shells, electromagnetic solid mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, tensor analysis and structural stability theory for graduate students, with a total of 2400 class hours.

 

Research direction and academic achievement

Zhou Youhe has long focused on the research of nonlinear mechanics of plates and shells, electromagnetic solid mechanics, intelligent structure and dynamic control, environmental mechanics of sandstorm and sandstorm, superconducting electromagnetic solid mechanics, multi-field coupling nonlinear mechanics, etc., initiated the multi-field coupling superconducting electromagnetic solid mechanics, expanded the multi-field coupling research of sandstorm and sandstorm electricity, and created the iterative method of sub-field reduction with multi-field coupling and the general wavelet closure method for solving strong nonlinear problems.

The wave numerical method and its applications in nonlinear problem, written independently, was published by Springer-Nature as an engineering application series of calculation methods, and the electromagnetic solid structural mechanics (Zhou Youhe, Zheng Xiaojing) was published by Science Press by the National Science Works Publishing Fund. The independently edited Theoretical Mechanics is published by Higher Education Press, and the independently written million-word Superconducting Electromagnetic Solid Mechanics (Volume I and Volume II) will be published by Science Press.

Scientific research achievements won 2 second prizes of National Natural Science Award (1/3; 2/2), 1 second prize for national scientific and technological progress (7/10), 2 first prizes for natural science of Ministry of Education and 1 first prize for technological invention (all of them are the first finishers), 1 first prize and 3 second prizes for scientific and technological progress of Gansu Province, and 1 von Duzer Prize awarded by IEEE Superconducting Committee, etc. The teaching project he presided over won one second prize of national teaching achievement.

He has won the National Teacher Award, the National Teacher's Morality Model Award, the Baosteel National Excellent Teacher Award in Colleges and Universities, the Xu Zhilun Mechanics Award and the National May 1 Labor Medal. Seven people have been trained and won 16 times, including National Outstanding Youth, Changjiang Scholar distinguished professor, Young Changjiang, Youqing, Qingba, National Excellent Blog and Nomination, China Mechanical Excellent Blog, New Century Talents of Ministry of Education and international awards. He has presided over nearly 40 scientific research projects and published more than 400 academic papers.

 

Award of scientific research project

1) National Award

In 2018, the results of "Mechanical Research on the Characteristics and Laws of Multi-field Coupling of Wind-blown Sand Movement" won the second prize of National Natural Science Award (1/3, independently completed by Lanzhou University).

In 2008, the achievement of "Theoretical Research on Multi-field Coupling Nonlinear Mechanics of Electromagnetic Materials and Structures" won the second prize of National Natural Science Award (2/2, independently completed by Lanzhou University).

In 2007, the achievement of "Desertification Process and its Control in Northern China" won the second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award (July 10th, completed by Institute of Environment and Engineering in Cold and Arid Regions, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou University)

2) International awards

In 2008, two papers published in international academic journals were awarded the Best Contribution Paper Award by IEEE Superconducting Committee, namely Von Duzer Prize(3/3) (Lanzhou University works independently)

3) Provincial and ministerial awards

In 2019, the achievement of "Key Mechanical Methods and Applications in the Research and Design of Superconducting Magnets" won the first prize of the Technical Invention Award of the Ministry of Education (1/6; Completed by: Lanzhou University, Institute of Near Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

In 2017, the results of "Mechanical Research on the Characteristics and Laws of Multi-field Coupling of Wind-blown Sand Movement" won the first prize of the Natural Science Award of the Ministry of Education (1/3, independently completed by Lanzhou University)

In 2005, the achievement of "Nonlinear Mechanics of Electromagnetic Materials Structure" won the first prize of Natural Science Award of Ministry of Education (1/7, independently completed by Lanzhou University).

In 2006, the achievement of "Research on Desertification Process and Control in Northern China" won the first prize of Gansu Science and Technology Progress Award (July 11th, completed by Institute of Environment and Engineering in Cold and Arid Regions, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou University)

In 1998, the result of "Magnetoelastic Bending and Stability of Ferromagnetic and Superconducting Current-carrying Structures" won the second prize of Gansu Science and Technology Progress Award (1/2, independently completed by Lanzhou University).

In 1996, the achievement of "Theoretical Research on Frequency and Pressure Characteristics of Resonant Elastic Elements" won the second prize of Gansu Science and Technology Progress Award (1/2, independently completed by Lanzhou University).

In 1992, the achievement of "Theory and Application of Exact Solution and Analytical Method of Karman Equation of Circular Thin Plate" won the second prize of Gansu Science and Technology Progress Award (2/3, independently completed by Lanzhou University).

 

Teaching research projects & prizes

In 2009, the teaching research project "Interactive Mode and Practice of Building High-level Teachers and Cultivating Undergraduate's Innovative Ability" won the second prize of National Teaching Achievement Award (1/4, independently completed by Lanzhou University).

In 2007, the teaching research project "Interactive Mode and Practice of Building High-level Teachers and Cultivating Undergraduate's Innovative Ability" won the first prize of Gansu Provincial Teaching Achievement Award (1/5, independently completed by Lanzhou University).

 

Individual award

In 1999, he was appointed by the Ministry of Education as the "Changjiang Scholar Award Program" distinguished professor.

In 1999, it was approved to enjoy the "special government allowance of the State Council"

In 2000, it was awarded the National Science Fund for Outstanding Young People by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

In 2000, he was awarded the "National Excellent Teacher Award in Colleges and Universities" by Baosteel Education Foundation.

In 2001, it was awarded the title of "Excellent Expert of Gansu Province" by Gansu Provincial Committee of CPC and Gansu Provincial People's Government.

In 2004, he was awarded the title of "Excellent Communist Party Member" by the CPC Lanzhou University Party Committee.

In 2006, it was awarded "Outstanding Contribution Award for Western Development" by China Association for Science and Technology.

In 2006, it was awarded the title of "National Model Teacher's Morality" by China Education, Culture, Sports, Health and Welfare Union.

In 2007, he was awarded the Teacher of Higher Education in Gansu Province.

In 2008, he won the 4th National "Teaching Master Award in Colleges and Universities"

In 2009, he was selected as the first-level candidate of leading talents in Gansu Province.

In 2009, he was awarded the title of "National Excellent Teacher" by the Ministry of Education.

In 2019, he won the Xu Zhilun Prize in Mechanics.

In 2021, it was awarded the "National May 1st Labor Medal" by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions.