Ge Yaojun, professor, doctoralsupervisor and director of the State Key Laboratory for Disaster Reduction inCivil Engineering, Tongji University and vice chairman of InternationalAssociation for Bridge and Structural Engineering; granted with specialallowance of the State Council of China in 1997.
Specializingin teaching, research and design of concrete bridge structure theory andconstruction control technology and now engaged in research on wind engineeringand bridge structure wind resistance; successively supervised 16 doctoralgraduates and 18 master graduates; took charge in completing one key projectsponsored by National Natural Science Foundation, one project under 863 Programand one project under Science and Technology Support Program and more than 10key engineering projects such as Japan Nagoya Yadakawa Bridge, Shanghai LupuBridge, Shanghai Chongming River-crossing Project, Shanghai Donghai Bridge andZhoushan Xihoumen Bridge; published 6 works and teaching books and more than 70theses on domestic and foreign academic journals and presented more than 50theses at the academic conferences; successively rewarded with one second-prizeof National Natural Science Award, one second-prize of National Science andTechnology Progress Award, three first-prizes of provincial and ministerialnatural science award and science and technology progress award, three second-prizeand third-prizes of provincial and ministerial science and technology progressaward, International Bridge Conference Outstanding Bridge Design Eugene C. FiggJr. Award and IABSE Excellent Structure Award.