Vice President of Aviation Industry Corporation of China Appointed as an Adjunct Professor of the Department of Industrial Engineering 2015.06.05

Dr. Xinguo Zhang, Vice President and CIO of Aviation Industry Corporation of China, was appointed as an adjunct professor of the Department of Industrial Engineering on May 28th, 2015. Vice president Dr. Bin Yang, Department Head Dr. Zuo-jun Max Shen, Chairman of the Department Council Prof. Zhizhong Li, along with other faculty members and students, as well as some representatives from the Information Center of Aviation Industry Corporation of China, attended the ceremony.

Vice President Yang awarded the appointment certificate to Dr. Xinguo Zhang and highly commented on Dr. Zhang’s great achievements. In addition, he expressed his highly warm welcome and thanks to Dr. Xinguo Zhang. As Yang said that, Dr. Zhang is a practitioner and scientist in the area of systems engineering and has excellent experience in business management. His appointment in the Department of Industrial Engineering would further speed up the combination between theories and practices in systems engineering, and would lead to the development in the discipline of systems engineering nationwide. 

Prof. Zuo-jun Max Shen welcomed Dr. Xinguo Zhang and his colleagues, on behalf of the Department of Industrial Engineering. As Prof. Shen addressed, systems engineering is one of the most important parts for the discipline development of the department; collaborations have been established with national military enterprises, such as Aviation Industry Corporation of China and China Aerospace Science & Industry Corp, along with the funding support from corresponding departments of the Ministry of Science and Technology. Dr. Xinguo Zhang will widely participate in research and education in systems engineering in the Department and promote the industry-university-research cooperation.

Dr. Xinguo Zhang, elaborated the processes how he had deepen his knowledge and understanding of systematic management from his precious work. He mentioned that requirement identification best reflects creativity. The nature of systems engineering is to capture and solve the requirements of the stake-holders. Optimized solutions, with respect to cost, schedule, functions and performance, should come from interdisciplinary technologies, structured technological and management procedures. Besides, Dr. Zhang pointed out, modern open-source research models and information support have allowed unprecedented high-speed evolution and sharing of knowledge. Strong collaborations between universities and industries will accelerate the development of systems engineering and further support the national innovation strategy.


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