Prof. Lihui Lang and His Contribution to Metal Forming Technology

Professor Lihui Lang is an internationally renowned scholar in the field of metal forming technology. He was deputy director of Youth Work Committee of China Society for Technology of Plasticity, editorial board members of many scientific journals and chair of many international conferences. During his more than 20 years’ research in theories, technologies and equipment in hydroforming and powder hot isostatic pressing field, he has published about 10 textbooks and monographs, more than 300 academic papers, obtained more than 40 authorized invention patents, and cultivated nearly 100 doctoral and master students. Based on these contributions, he won international and national awards 3 times, including the Thomas Stephen Group Prize and second prize of Chinese National Award for Technological Inventions.