Bio

Yiming Rong received Ph.D degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kentucky in December 1989. Before returning to China, he was the John W. Higgins Professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). He is the Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME Fellow).

Prof. Rong was a Chair Professor of mechanical engineering at Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, and Tsinghua University, Beijing China. His research area is mainly in manufacturing processes and systems. He has presided over 50 scientific research projects and published numerous technical papers.