Kong Xianjing

In this Chinese name, the family name is Kong.

Kong Xianjing
孔宪京
Born	(1952-01-04) 4 January 1952 Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Alma mater	Dalian University of Technology
Scientific career
Fields	Hydraulic structure
Institutions	Dalian University of Technology
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	孔宪京
Traditional Chinese	孔憲京
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Kǒng Xiànjīng

Kong Xianjing (born 4 January 1952) is a Chinese engineer and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, formerly served as deputy party secretary and vice president of Dalian University of Technology.

Biography

Kong was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu, on 4 January 1952, while his ancestral home in Jining, Shandong. 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).

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.

Honours and awards

• 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)