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In this Chinese name, the family name is Chang.

Professor Chang Hsin-kang, GBS, JP, FREng (simplified Chinese: 张信刚; traditional Chinese: 張信剛; pinyin: Zhāng Xìngāng; born 9 July 1940, Shenyang, Liaoning, China), was the president of City University of Hong Kong. He received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from National Taiwan University in 1962, his master's degree in structural engineering from Stanford University in 1964, and his PhD in biomedical engineering from Northwestern University in 1969.

Biography

Chang was Professor/Chairman of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC) from 1985 to 1990. He was a founding Dean of the School of Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 1990, and the Dean of the School of Engineering of the University of Pittsburgh in 1994. He was appointed to be the President of the City University of Hong Kong in 1996; he retired in 2007. He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2000.

He is an internationally known biomedical engineering expert, having published more than 100 scientific articles, as well as being the editor of two research monographs. He holds a Canadian patent.

On 27 June 2015 at the United International College's 7th Graduation Ceremony in Zhuhai, Chang Hsin-kang was rewarded with the Honorary Fellowships.

References

  1. "List of Fellows". Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  2. "Professor CHANG Hsin-kang | 團結香港基金 OUR HONG KONG FOUNDATION". www.ourhkfoundation.org.hk. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  3. ^ Government of Canada, Innovation. "Canadian Patent Database / Base de données sur les brevets canadiens". brevets-patents.ic.gc.ca. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  4. "List of Fellows". Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  5. "List of Fellows". Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  6. "UIC holds 7th Graduation Ceremony and Honorary Fellowship Conferment". Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
Academic offices
Preceded byCheng Yiu-chung President of the City University of Hong Kong
1996–2007 		Succeeded byRichard Ho
Acting
Order of precedence
Preceded bySelina Chow
Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star 		Hong Kong order of precedence
Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star 		Succeeded byPoon Chung-kwong
Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star
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