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Man-Chung Tang Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, NAE, CorrFRSE (Chinese: 鄧文中; pinyin: Dèng Wénzhōng; born 1938) is a Chinese-born American civil engineer and businessman. Tang is chairman of the board and the technical director of T. Y. Lin International, an American design and construction company.[1]
Man-Chung Tang | |
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鄧文中 | |
Born | 1938 (age 85–86) Zhaoqing, China |
Nationality | American |
Education | Chu Hai College, TU Darmstadt |
Occupation | Engineer |
Engineering career | |
Discipline | Structural engineer |
Institutions | Dist.M.ASCE, NAE, FIStructE |
Practice name | T. Y. Lin International |
Awards | IStructE Gold Medal IABSE International Award of Merit in Structural Engineering |
In 1938, Tang was born in Zhaoqing, Guangdong, china, Guangdong, China.[citation needed] In 1959, Tang graduated from the Chu Hai College in Hong Kong. In 1965, Tang obtained his doctor of engineering degree from Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt).
From 1989 to 1995, Tang was an adjunct professor at the Columbia University Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics.[2]
In 1965, Tang joined the Oberhausen GHH in Western Germany. In 1968, Tang worked for the Severud & Associates in New York City, US. In 1978, Tang founded for the DRC – an engineering consultancy company. In 1983, Tang founded the Contech – an engineering consultancy company, too. In 1994, Tang founded the DRC in Chongqing, China, now its China branch of the T.Y.LIN International.
Tang also served as the chairman of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) committee on Cable-Suspended Bridges. Tang is a former president of the American Segmental Bridge Institute.
Tang holds honorary professorship at many universities internationally, including Tsinghua University in Beijing, Tongji University in Shanghai, Southeast University in Nanjing, Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, Chongqing Jiaotong University in Chongqing, Dalian Institute of Technology in Dalian.
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