Recently, Professor Lin Huang from the College of Engineering, along with other nine outstanding Peking University (PKU) faculty members, have been awarded the third “PKU Cai Yuanpei Award” by PKU President Enge Wang on an award ceremony held in Yingjie Overseas Exchange Center at Peking University for the celebration of the 29th Teacher’s Day.

The prestigious “PKU Cai Yuanpei Award” is the highest honor for PKU teachers, awarded every five years. Naming after PKU’s past president and celebrated educator Cai Yuanpei, the award aims to recognize PKU teachers for their outstanding contributions to education, knowledge innovation, and social service.

President Enge Wang said, “The ten scholars who have won the award are recognized PKU elites of our time. They embody the PKU culture and spirit, and reflect the excellent quality in PKU teachers. No doubt they are the ethic and learning model for all the PKU teachers and students. ”

The University has interviewed Professor Huang lately and released an article about his studying, working and research experience in the past decades.

Professor Huang received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mathematics and Mechanics from Peking University in 1957 and 1961, respectively. Currently a professor in the Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science, he is member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2003), IFAC Fellow, and an expert in Control Science.

Professor Huang is one of the pioneering scientists in Control Science in China and founder of the Doctoral Degree of General Mechanics at Peking University. Throughout the years, he has worked on problems in stability theory, robust control, and complex systems control.

In recent years, Huang has been leading and organizing the undertaking of research on development strategy of Control Science in China, and has completed the report. He was awarded ‘’Outstanding Achievement Award” by the Professional Committee of Control Theory in China in 2010 and the Academy of Automation in 2011. Professor Huang’s current research focuses on complex motion control in aerospace dynamics and control of complex nonlinear mechanical systems.