Doug King (FREng) was appointed as Distinguished Professor of Chongqing University

Wed, Sep 18 2024 10:56 AM

On the morning of September 10, 2024, the appointment ceremony of Doug King (FREng), the overseas academic leader of SuDBE Centre, as Distinguished Professor of Chongqing University was held in SuDBE Building at Chongqing University. Professor XiaomingWang, Deputy Director of Personnel Division of Chongqing University, Professor Qingshan Yang, Dean of the School of Civil Engineering, Peizhi Chen, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Professor Baizhan Li, Director of National Centre for International Research of Low-carbon & Green Buildings (MOST), Professor Runming Yao, Director of Joint International Research Lab of Green Buildings & Built Environments (MOE), Professor Hong Liu, Deputy Director of SuDBE Centre, Dr. Chenqiu Du and some staff and students representatives attended the ceremony. The ceremony was chaired by Professor Baizhan Li.

At the ceremony, Professor Yao Runming made a brief introduction to Doug King. A pioneer in the field of sustainable building design, Doug King has contributed to many ground-breaking buildings, including three Stirling Prize shortlisted schemes. Doug has personally been recognised with several significant industry awards and institution medals, and is one of only a handful of people ever to have been awarded fellowships of both the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Professor Xiaoming Wang presented the Distinguished Professor certificate to Academician Doug King and expressed his gratitude to Academician Doug King on behalf of the university. He said that Chongqing University is about to celebrate its 95th anniversary, and the university's planning goal is to enter the ranks of world-class universities at the 100th anniversary of its founding. It is believed that the joining of Academician Doug King will bring great help to the construction of the school and related disciplines and achieve the goals of the five-year plan. On behalf of the School, Professor Qingshan Yang extended a heartfelt welcome to Academician Doug King as a distinguished professor of Chongqing University, and said that the addition of Academician Doug King will play a very important role in promoting the scientific research and talent training work of the School in related fields. On behalf of SuDBE Centre, Professor Baizhan Li said Academician Doug King is a long-term important partner of the Centre, and his formal appointment to Chongqing University is of great significance to the Centre, and will play a very positive role in promoting the Centre's future high-level international cooperation in the field of sustainable construction. Academician Doug King expressed his gratitude to Chongqing University, saying that he was very happy to be employed by Chongqing University, and hoped to give full play to his many years of successful experience and influence in the field of sustainable architectural design, carry out new cooperation in scientific research and education and make his own contribution to the realization of the construction goal of Chongqing University.




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