Professor Zhu Shiping Elected Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
Professor Zhu Shiping, Vice President of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, has been elected as a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE).
Professor Zhu Shiping
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Professor Zhu Shiping received B.Eng. degree from Zhejiang University in 1982 and PhD degree from McMaster University in 1991. He joined the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at McMaster University in 1994 as a faculty member. He served as Department Chair for Chemical Engineering from 2009 to 2014. He was bestowed the highest honor of “Distinguished University Professor” at McMaster University in 2015. He received the premier award "R.S. Jane Memorial Award" from Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering in 2016. Professor Zhu joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen in 2017. He is currently serving as Vice President for CUHK-Shenzhen and Founding President for Shenzhen Institute for Advanced Polymer Materials.
Professor Zhu has long been devoted to teaching and research in the area of polymer chemical engineering, specializing in polymer reaction engineering. He has made significant original contributions to metallocene solution polymerization of olefins, controlled radical polymerization, polymerization kinetic modelling and industrial process digitalization, high-end polymer product development as well as smart polymer innovation. He has supervised about 160 higher degree personnel, published 450 technical papers, which have garnered over 24,000 citations, achieving an H-index of ?85.
Professor Zhu was elected as Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Engineering Institute of Canada, the Royal Society of Canada, The World Academy of Sciences, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China.?He currently serves as a Vice President of the Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China.
