Jane Jiang

Jane Jiang, FREng
Born 1955
Shanghai, China
Alma mater Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Employer

Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

University of Huddersfield, UK
Known for Precision metrology
Honours

DBE (2017)
FREng (2012)
FIET

FRSA
Website http://mse.hust.edu.cn/info/1013/1061.htm

Dame Xiangqian (Jane) Jiang (Chinese:蒋向前；pinyin:jiǎng xiàng qián) DBE FREng (born 1955) is a Professor of Precision Metrology at the Huazhong University Of Science And Technology and University of Huddersfield. She is the Director of the EPSRC for Innovative Manufacturing in Advanced Metrology and is the Royal Academy Engineering/Renishaw Chair in Precision Metrology.

Education

The cultural revolution of Chairman Mao drove Jiang's family out of their home in Shanghai.[1] In 1970 she started her career as an apprentice on a bus production line in China.[1] Here she managed to become a qualified technician, metrologist and engineer.[1] She attended Huazhong University of Science and Technology, where she completed a Masters in 1992. Her earlier work was turned into a series of lectures for Changzhou Polytechnic College.[1] She earned her PhD "Theory and method for measurement of curved surface topography" in 1995.[2] In 1999, she won an award for the best engineering dissertation of the decade in China.[3] In the same year, the Ministry of Education awarded her a prestigious Changjiang Professorship, which was followed by the Outstanding Young Scientist award from the Chinese National Natural Science Foundation Council.

Career

Jiang's research focuses on the development of mathematical models for metrology as well as new optics to create sensors and hardware.[4] In 1994 Jiang joined City, University of London, working with Professor Ken Grattan. She joined University of Birmingham, working with Professor Kenneth Stout.[5] The group moved to the University of Huddersfield in 1997, where the Centre for Precision Technologies was founded.[6] She became a Professor and head of the surface metrology group in 2003.[1] In 2006 she was invited to meet the queen at a celebration of people who had made a significant contribution to national life that year.[7] That year, she was appointed a Royal Society Senior Research Fellow.[2]

In 2011 she hosted a two-day Ultra-precision Engineering workshop at the Royal Society.[8] She became Director of the EPSRC National Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Advanced Metrology.[7] She was appointed the Royal Academy Engineering /Renishaw Chair in Precision Metrology.[9] The five year post involves research inspired by the demands of industry, focussing on measurement and verification of items in the production process.[10] In 2017 she became chair of the £30 million EPSRC Future Advanced Metrology hub, which will embed metrology informatics into the manufacturing value chain.[11][12][13]

She spoke at ESOF 2016, Will 2D Materials Change the World?.[14] Jiang has secured over £13 million in research funds.[15] She is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.[16] She is a Chartered Engineer. She is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology.[14] She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Liveryman with the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers.[7] She is on the editorial board of Nature Light: Science & Applications.[17] She was appointed a Dame in the 2017 Birthday Honours.[3]

Awards and honours

2006 - Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award[18]

2006 - Lloyds TSB Outstanding Asian Woman of Achievement Award[19]

2009 - Fellow of Collège International pour la Recherche en Productique[1]

2010 - China - One of the Top Talent Specialist in Science[7]

2012 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering[3]

2013 - Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers made her a Freeman of the City of London

2014 - Sir Harold Hartley Medal[20]

2014 - IET Innovation Award 2014 – Manufacturing Technology[21]

2017 - Dame Commander of the British Empire in the 2017 Birthday Honours[22]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Articles - Integrating metrology in business and academe". www.ingenia.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  2. 1 2 "CIMComp - The EPSRC Future Composites Manufacturing Research Hub". cimcomp.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  3. 1 2 3 "Huddersfield professor becomes a Dame - University of Huddersfield". www.hud.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  4. ↑ "Lamdamap 2017 Keynotes - euspen". www.euspen.eu. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  5. ↑ "Dame Xiangqian (jane) Jiang Dbe | University of Huddersfield | United Kingdom". OMICS International. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  6. ↑ "Profile - University of Huddersfield". research.hud.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  7. 1 2 3 4 ORCID. "Xiangqian Jiang (0000-0001-7949-8507) - ORCID | Connecting Research and Researchers". orcid.org. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  8. ↑ "Ultra-precision engineering – from physics to manufacturing". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  9. ↑ Uni Huddersfield (2016-08-03), Royal Academy of Engineering /Renishaw Chair Appointment for Professor Jane Jiang, retrieved 2018-03-06
  10. ↑ Boardley, Aaron. "New engineering Chair to help develop factories of the future". Royal Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  11. ↑ "ORC welcomes £60 million boost to strengthen the UK manufacturing base | Optoelectronics Research Centre | University of Southampton". www.orc.soton.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  12. ↑ University of Huddersfield Research (2016-12-05), The Future Metrology Hub Led by Professor Jane Jiang, University of Huddersfield, retrieved 2018-03-06
  13. ↑ EPSRCvideo (2017-02-20), EPSRC Manufacturing Hub Interviews - Professor Jane Jiang, retrieved 2018-03-06
  14. 1 2 "Xiangqian Jane Jiang - ESOF 2016 Manchester". manchester2016.esof.eu. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  15. ↑ "Photon14". photon14.iopconfs.org. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  16. ↑ "Professor Jane Jiang". Royal Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  17. ↑ "XIANGQIAN JANE JIANG". ESOF 2016. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  18. ↑ "University of Huddersfield 2017/18 International Prospectus". Issuu. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  19. ↑ Examiner, Huddersfield (2006-05-25). "Scientist Jane's never-give-up spirit rewarded". huddersfieldexaminer. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  20. ↑ "November - Huddersfield Professor receives the Sir Harold Hartley Medal - University of Huddersfield". www-old.hud.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  21. ↑ "IET Innovation Awards 2017 | 15 November 2017, The Brewery, London". conferences.theiet.org. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  22. ↑ "Honours list: Damehood for Huddersfield professor who taught herself in Mao's China". Retrieved 2018-03-06.
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