Professor Dr. QIN Jingyan, Director of Industrial Design Department, Ph.D Supervisor of Computer & Communication Engineering School, University of Science & Technology Beijing, Ph.D of Tsinghua University, Academic Visiting Scholar of King’s College and CRUCIBLE, University of Cambridge, Youth Changjiang Scholar, Ministry of Education, China, China Top 10 Youth Designers, Ministry of Science&Technology, China. Beijing Youth Famous Teacher. PI of 26 UN, NSFC, SSFC, MOE projects and over 50 industries projects about AI and innovation design, Design For Sustainability, Interaction Design and Information Design, Digital Cultural Heritage, Digital Culture Industry and Gameplay Mechanical Design. Published over 100 papers and won 21 medals of HCI and industrial design which include Red Dot and Red Star, GM Vehicle Design Award, China Design Intelligence Award, etc. Published over 12 invention patents. Committee member of Ministry of Culture, China, China EU Alliance for Humanities and Art Education, MOE, China Industrial Design Association, China Computer Federation and ACM. Reviewer and committee member of Journal of Visual Language and Computing. Deputy editor in chief of Encyclopedia of China.

Degrees Earned:

Ph.D., Information Art and Design, Tsinghua University, 2003-2007

M.E., Industrial Design, Beijing Institute of Technology, 1998-2001

B.S., Industrial Design, Beijing Institute of Technology, 1994-1998

Prior Positions:

Full time Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 2012.07-present

Ph.D Supervisor, School of Computer and Communication Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 2013.09-present

Associate Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 2007.12-2012.07

National Academic Visiting Scholar, University of Cambridge, 2011-2012

Lecturer, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 2003.07-2007.12

Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 2003.07-2007.12

Honors and Awards:

2020 Member of the First National Aesthetic Education and Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education

2019 Dragon Design Foundation Award China’s Top 70 Leading Designers in User Experience Design Industry 

2018 Member of the Industrial Design Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education

2017 Youth Scholars of the Changjiang Scholars Programme of the Ministry of Education

2017 The first award of Beijing Young Teachers Award

2014 Dragon Design Foundation Award China’s Top 10 Leading Designers of Ministry of Science & Technology

2013 New Century Excellent Talents of the Ministry of education