Personal Statement

Dr. Fan Jiang received his Bachelor’s degree in Welding technology and engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2008, then participated in successive postgraduate and doctoral program and received PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Beijing University of Technology. Prof. Jiang has been with the Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing of Beijing University of Technology (BJUT) in Beijing, China since August 2014. Since 2016, he has been invited to become a joint researcher of JIJREC International Cooperative Research Program from Osaka University in Japan, and has been invited to become a visit professor of University of Alberta in Canada since 2019. His major research interests include novel arc welding process, welding arc physics, welding process control and metal additive manufacturing. Recently he has won 3 prizes of Science and Technology Progress from government and China Machinery Industry Federation, been responsible of National Natural Sciences Foundation of China and other ministerial-level programs, has published 40 papers in scholarly journals and major international conferences, received 30 Chinese patents, has been the principal investigator of more than 10 research projects, including grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China, Beijing Natural Science Foundation, Ministry of Science and Technology and Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission.