Prof. Lifang Zheng obtained her PhD in Mechanical Design and Theory from USTB in 2008. She is currently the associate dean of School of Mechanical Engineering in USTB, and she is the Senior Member of Chinese Institute of mechanical engineering, China Composites Society. Her current research interests include Advanced electromechanical hydraulic system, Material damage in irradiation environment, Robot technology and its application. She won the second prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ministry of Education, Outstanding Contribution Award of the National Major Scientific Project—Beijing Electron Positron Collider Major Reconstruction Project, the first prize of the 8th Young Teachers' Teaching Basic Skills Competition of Beijing. She presided over 2 National Natural Science Foundation Projects. She participated in 1 Foundation of Major Program of National Key Research and Development Program of China and 2 National Natural Science Foundation Projects. She has published over 30 EI /SCI papers. She teaches “hydraulic and Pneumatic transmission” for undergraduates and “electro-hydraulic Systems and Control” for graduate students. She was selected as the Young Talents Program of Beijing Universities in 2013. In 2018, she won the title of “I Love My Teacher - The Best Teacher in my mind” of USTB.

Degrees Earned:

·PhD, Mechanical Design and Theory, USTB/Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Joint Culture), 2002.09-2008.06

·B.S., Fluid transmission and control, USTB, 1996.09-2000.07

Prior Positions:

·Lecturer, Department of Electromechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, USTB, 2008.06-2010.07

·Associate Professor and Master supervisor, Department of Electromechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, USTB, 2010.07-2019.06

·State - sponsored visiting scholar, University of Birmingham in UK, 2016.07-2017.01

·Professor and Doctoral supervisor, Department of Electromechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, USTB, 2019.06-Now

Honors and Awards:

·Second Prize, Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ministry of Education, 2009

·Outstanding Contribution Award, National Major Scientific Project - Beijing Electron Positron Collider Major Reconstruction Project, 2009

·Second Prize, Education and teaching achievement Award of USTB, 2010

·Second Prize, Undergraduate Teaching of USTB, 2014

·First Prize, The 8th Young Teachers' Teaching Basic Skills Competition Paper of Beijing, 2014

·Second Prize, Education and teaching achievement Award of USTB, 2015

·Second Prize ＆ Best Teaching presentation award, Young Teachers' Teaching Basic Skills Competition of USTB, 2018

·Title “I Love My Teacher - The Best Teacher in my mind”, USTB, 2018