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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

<strong>PKU</strong> Alumnus Pr<strong>of</strong>. Lin Hao Won<br />

PECASE<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2010—03—24<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=269533473<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Mar. 24, 2010: <strong>PKU</strong> Alumnus Pr<strong>of</strong>. Lin Hao won the 2010 The<br />

Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) on Jan.<br />

13th. Pr<strong>of</strong>. Lin Hao and other scholars attended the prize-awarding ceremony which<br />

was held in the Department <strong>of</strong> Commerce and the White House, and they also took<br />

group pictures with US President Barack Obama to commemorate the moment.<br />

PECASE, the highest award for young experts and scholars, was first founded by<br />

former US President Bill Clinton in 1996, aiming to award young scientists and<br />

engineers with outstanding contributions in all fields.<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>. Lin Hao graduated from Qian Jiang High School in Hubei Province in 1991 and<br />

majored in fluid mechanics in the College <strong>of</strong> Engineering at <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> from<br />

1991 to 1996, during which he finished his thesis under the guidance <strong>of</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>. Wu<br />

Jianghang. Afterwards, he obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in<br />

<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> California, Berkeley in 2001 and furthered his post doctorate study in<br />

Stanford <strong>University</strong> from 2001 to 2005. Since 2005, he has been an associated<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essor in Rutgers, the State <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> New Jersey. His researches mainly<br />

focus on fluid mechanics, but also involve advanced fields, such as micro-transfer<br />

and bioengineering. In 2008, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Lin Hao achieved the US Faculty Early Career<br />

Development Award (CAREER), and was simultaneously nominated for the<br />

Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers <strong>of</strong> that year.<br />

Edited By : Seren<br />

Translated By : An Jiang<br />

Source : <strong>PKU</strong> <strong>News</strong> (Chinese)<br />

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