Lü Xilin

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lü.

Lü Xilin
Born	January 1955 (age 69–70) Qishan County, Shaanxi, China
Alma mater	Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology Tongji University
Scientific career
Fields	Concrete structures Prestressed structures Aseismic structures
Institutions	Tongji University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	呂西林
Simplified Chinese	吕西林
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǚ Xīlín

Lü Xilin (Chinese: 吕西林; born January 1955) is a Chinese engineer specializing in concrete structures, prestressed structures and aseismic structures.

Biography

Lü was born in the town of Jingdang [zh], Qishan County, Shaanxi, in January 1955. In September 1974, he entered the Xi'an Institute of Metallurgical Architecture (now Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology), where he graduated in August 1978.^[1] Then he earned his M.Eng. degree from Tongji University in 1984 under the supervision of Zhu Bolong (朱伯龙).^[1] He is the first doctor of engineering trained after the establishment of Tongji University.^[1]

In 1991 he became a visiting scholar at the University of Alberta and then University of Hong Kong. He returned to China in 1991 and joined the faculty of Tongji University.^[2] Four days after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, he left for Sichuan with a team of six experts of Tongji University from Shanghai, as the "Expert Group of Housing Emergency Assessment" sent by the Ministry of Construction, to assess the disaster of houses in Guangyuan, Qingchuan County and Cangxi County.^[1]

Honours and awards

• 2000 National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
• 2006 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)
• 2009 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)
• 2014 State Technological Invention Award (Second Class)
• November 2015 Engineering Construction Technology Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation
• April 2017 Nathan M. Newmark Medal of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)^[3]
• November 22, 2019 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)^[4]

References

1. Fan Liping (樊丽萍) (22 November 2019). 新科院士吕西林：同济大学培养的第一位工学博士，汶川地震后第四天就到达救灾一线. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 February 2020.
2. Chen Yunzhe (陈云哲), ed. (23 November 2019). 喜讯：宝鸡岐山乡党吕西林当选中国工程院院士. Baoji News (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 February 2020.
3. He Shurui (何书睿), ed. (17 February 2017). 同济大学吕西林教授获美国土木工程师学会“纽马克奖”. guancha.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 February 2020.
4. 中国工程院2019年当选院士名单 [List of Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2019]. CAE (in Chinese). 22 November 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.