International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, IEAS

Academician

Zuwen WANG

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Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2008, Professor Zuwen Wang is a distinguished Chinese mechanical engineer whose research and professional work have focused on fluid power transmission and control, pneumatic technology, gas lubrication, and maritime engineering. Born in November 1955, he received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in fluid power transmission and control from Harbin Institute of Technology in 1982 and 1984, respectively, and his Doctor of Engineering from Sophia University, Japan, in 1990. After returning to China in 1992, he held a series of academic and administrative positions at Harbin Institute of Technology, including Professor, Dean of the School of Energy Science and Engineering, and Vice President. He subsequently served as President and Deputy Party Secretary of Dalian Maritime University from 2005 to 2014. He was Chairman of the International Association of Maritime Universities from 2008 to 2010, served on the Board of Directors of the World Maritime University and as Vice Chairman of the China Institute of Navigation, and was a deputy to the 11th and 12th National People’s Congress. His professional work has encompassed fluid power research, higher education, science and technology advisory activities, and international cooperation in maritime education.

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Professor Wang’s research has centred on the theory and application of pneumatic components and systems, with particular emphasis on pneumatic servo control, pneumatic artificial muscles, high-pressure and heavy-load gas lubrication, and air-bearing systems for spacecraft attitude-control simulation. He led a National Natural Science Foundation of China Key Project on high-pressure, heavy-load supersonic gas lubrication, together with more than ten national, ministerial, and industry-sponsored research projects. His work on pneumatic bond-graph analysis and automatic balancing of three-degree-of-freedom air-bearing tables received a Third Prize of the Science and Technology Progress Award of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence and two Second Prizes of the Science and Technology Progress Award of Heilongjiang Province. He has published more than 110 scientific papers, holds sixteen invention patents, and has supervised twenty-three doctoral students. His professional and public-service activities have also included proposals concerning unmanned ships, marine environmental protection, and integrated management of the Bohai Sea. Through sustained research, academic leadership, and international cooperation, Professor Wang has contributed to connecting fluid power science with maritime engineering and to the development of pneumatic technology, maritime education, and related technology policy in China.