On August 3, Professor LI Yan, executive dean of the School of Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics of Tongji University, received a letter from Dr. Tia Benson Tolle, chairman of the selection committee of the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE), congratulating her on winning the Fellow Award SAMPE in 2022 in recognition of her important contributions in the field of advanced materials and manufacturing engineering technology. A total of four professionals in the world won this honor this year, and LI Yan is the only Chinese winner for this year and the fifth Chinese up till now.

Professor LI Yan won Fellow Award of SAMPE 2022

Professor LI Yan has long been committed to teaching and research in advanced composite material structure design and manufacturing. In response to major national needs and international scientific and technological frontiers, she led her team in making important progress in design, manufacturing and testing, health monitoring and repair, and intelligent research of composite material structure. Relevant research results have been widely used in aerospace, rail transport and new energy vehicles.

Professor LI Yan (second right) and her students

SAMPE was founded in 1944 as Society of Aircraft Material and Process Engineers with the goal to promote research and development of aerospace composite materials. It is an international professional member society and provides information on new materials and processing technology either via conferences, exhibitions, technical forums, publications, or books in which professionals in this field can exchange ideas and air their views. At present, the society has 39 professional chapters and 50 student chapters worldwide.