Biographical note

Jianrong Tan, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Full Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, China. He received his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Zhejiang University. He is currently a Full Professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University and Vice Chairman of the Mechanical Engineering Society of China. His current research interests include theory of mechanical design, digital design and manufacturing, and CAD&CG. He has published eight books and authored or coauthored over 140 papers and invited presentations for international conferences and symposia. He has received the 2^nd place prize in China’s national award for science and technology progress four times (2005, 2007, 2011 and 2012), and received the 1^st place prize in Zhejiang province’s award for scientific and technological progress seven times.