Ding Lieyun

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ding.

Ding Lieyun (Chinese: 丁烈云; born 22 November 1955) is a Chinese management scientist and educator. He served as the president of Northeastern University and is the current president of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He was elected a member of Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2015.

Ding Lieyun
丁烈云
President of Huazhong University of Science and Technology
In office March 2014 – October 2018
Preceded by	Li Peigen [zh]
Succeeded by	Li Yuanyuan
President of Northeastern University
In office January 2011 – March 2014
Preceded by	He Jicheng [zh]
Succeeded by	Zhao Ji [zh]
Communist Party Secretary of Central China Normal University
In office June 2003 – January 2011
Preceded by	Ma Min
Succeeded by	Yang Zongkai [zh]
Personal details
Born	(1955-11-22) 22 November 1955 (age 69) Honghu, Hubei, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Wuhan Colledge Of Building Meterials Industry Wuhan Polytechnic University Tongji University
Scientific career
Fields	Industrial management engineering
Institutions	Central China Normal University Northeastern University Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	丁烈云
Traditional Chinese	丁烈雲
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dīng Lièyún

Life and career

Ding was born on 22 November 1955 in Honghu, Hubei.^[1] He completed his undergraduate study in Wuhan College of Building Materials Industry in 1982, and received his master of industrial management engineering from Wuhan Polytechnic University in 1987. In 2002, he got his doctor of industrial management engineering from Tongji University.^[2]

He served as the vice-president of Wuhan Institute of Urban Construction from 1994 to 1999, and the president from 1999 to 2000. After he received his doctor's degree, he served as the vice-president of Huazhong University of Science and Technology and the director of the university's National Laboratory of Defense Technology from 2000 to 2003. Then he served as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Central China Normal University from 2003 to 2011, the president of Northeastern University from 2011 to 2014, and the president of HUST from 2014.^[3]

Research

Ding led the design of digital management systems of urban rail transit construction project in China. He proposed 3 kinds of system architecture based on Computer Integrated Construction. This system was used in the construction of Shenyang Metro.^[4] Ding and his colleagues also developed a computer system to automatically identificate and pre-warn the security risks in rail transit construction.^[5]