On November 22, the fib Symposium 2020 of the International Federation for Structural Concrete (fib) was held in Shanghai both online and offline. At the opening ceremony, fib President Mr. Tor Ole Olsen presented the Honorary Life Member award to Chinese Academy of Engineering Academician and College of Civil Engineering Professor LU Xilin. The honor was given to him in recognition of his academic achievements in his theoretical research and engineering application of concrete structures, as well as “his significant personal contributions to the work of the fib”. The fib selects one Honorary Life Member every year. Academician LU Xilin is the first Chinese scholar to receive such an award from the fib.
Academician LU Xilin
Award Ceremony
Born in January 1955, LU Xilin earned his doctorate from Tongji University in December 1984. For more than 30 years, he has been engaged in the research and teaching of anti-seismic structures, the basic theory of reinforced concrete structures, and the strengthening and renovation of existing buildings. He has presided over more than 60 important scientific, technological, projects at the national, provincial, and ministerial levels. His achievement: "Research on New Technology of Anti-Seismic and Disaster Prevention Structures and the Engineering Application" won Second Prize for the State Scientific and Technological Progress Award in 2006, his Anti-Seismic Theory and Technology of New Combined Shear Wall and Tube Structure won Second Prize for the State Scientific and Technological Progress Award in 2009, and his New Technology and Application of Building Displacement and Transformation Engineering won Second Prize for the State Technological Invention Award in 2014. During his career, he has edited 5 technical standards, co-edited 7 technical standards, and written 8 monographs. He has received 17 national, provincial, and ministerial science and technology awards, received 28 patents, and has published more than 460 papers in national and international academic journals. In 2015, he received the Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress from the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation. In 2017, he received the Nathan M. Newmark Medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers. And In 2019, he was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Academician LU Xilin at work
The online fib this year is being hosted by Tongji University. It is also the first time for the fib to enter China, which means that China will further its innovative research, exchange, and cooperation in concrete materials and structures with other countries, and will enhance the scientific research and practical engineering applications of concrete structures. Distinguished professors attended the conference and delivered speeches, including the University Vice President and fib Symposium 2020 Steering Committee Chairman GU Xianglin, Institute of Building Structures of China Academy of Building Research Deputy Director, fib Symposium 2020 Academic Committee Co-Chairman and fib Chinese Group Chairman FENG Dabin, and Tongji’s College of Civil Engineering Dean and fib Symposium 2020 Steering Committee member Prof. ZHAO Xianzhong.
Related link: Research and Development of New Anti-Seismic Structure Technology to Help High-Rise Buildings Rise – A Report for newly elected Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Professor LU Xilin.
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