Li Xiaohong (simplified Chinese: 李晓红; traditional Chinese: 李曉紅; pinyin: Lǐ Xiǎohóng; born June 1959) is a Chinese engineer and educator, and the current President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE). He served as the president of Chongqing University from 2003 to 2010, and was appointed the president of Wuhan University in 2010. In 2011, he was elected as a member of the CAE.[1] As a researcher, Li's main interests are in the field of mining engineering. He made contributions to the development of water jet cutters in China,[2] and established new equations about jet parameters and cutting effection, so the use of abrasive jet could be improved.

Li Xiaohong
李晓红
President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
Assumed office
June 2018
Preceded byZhou Ji
President of Wuhan University
In office
December 2010 – October 2016
Preceded byGu Hailiang
Succeeded byDou Xiankang
President of Chongqing University
In office
January 2003 – December 2010
Preceded byWu Zhongfu
Succeeded byLin Jianhua
Personal details
BornJune 1959 (age 65)
Hechuan, Chongqing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materChongqing University
Scientific career
FieldsMining engineering
InstitutionsChongqing University
Wuhan University

Life and career

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Li was born into a rural family; he once served as a commune cadre in 1975. In 1978, he entered the Mining Engineering Department, Chongqing University, and was appointed the party secretary of the department after he graduated in 1982. From June 1989, he trained at UC Berkeley for 3 years. In 1993, he received his doctor's degree in engineering from Chongqing University. Then he served as a visiting scholar at UQ from March to August 1996.[2] Li later served as the dean of College of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, from 1994 to 1998. He served as the president of Chongqing University from 2003 to 2010, and the president of Wuhan University from 2010 to 2016.[citation needed]

Research

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Li began to develop Water Jet TBM Tunneling Machine when trained at UC Berkeley. There, he spent two years to make the machine capable of crushing stones which are extremely hard. He continued this research after he returned to Chongqing University. He finally developed a method of rock crushing, containing eroding coal rock with water jet, crack extension, washing away the debris, and cooling the cutting-tools.[2]

Li and his colleagues studied the mechanism of abrasive mixing in self-oscillation flow, and measured its effects on main parameters, so they could develop the equations about jet parameters and cutting effection. Consequently, they could infer the relation between characteristics of wear particles and effect of cavitation in pulsed abrasive water jet. Based on this, they proposed a design standard of pulsed abrasive water jet nozzles.[3]

References

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  1. ^ 李晓红 Archived 2014-08-14 at the Wayback Machine. 和讯人物.
  2. ^ a b c 丁页,肖东.学术李晓红.重庆与世界,2003,(第Z2期).
  3. ^ 袁成琛主编. 教育部“跨世纪优秀人才计划”成果选编 第2辑 上. 北京市:高等教育出版社, 2004.02. 页39.
Educational offices
Preceded by
Wu Zhongfu
President of Chongqing University
2003–2010
Succeeded by
Preceded by President of Wuhan University
2010–2016
Succeeded by
Dou Xiankang
Academic offices
Preceded by President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
2018–
Incumbent