Faculty Profile

Prof. Rongjun Ding is an academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering. His main research interests include power electronics and control technology. He is the director of the National Key Laboratory of Power Semiconductor and Integrated Technology, the chairman of the Power Semiconductor Industry Alliance, and the editor-in-chief of the journal “Locomotive Electric Transmission”. He is currently the chief scientist of CRRC and the dean of the School of CRRC Times Microelectronics, Southwest Jiaotong University.

Prof. Ding has long been engaged in innovative research and achievement transformation of power electronic devices, traction converter and AC transmission systems. He created a Chinese standard system and a technical model in line with the international standards. He has made significant contributions to the breakthrough development of Chinese railway from general load to heavy load, and from normal speed to high speed. He has presided and participated in more than 30 major scientific research projects at the national and provincial levels. He has received 1 National Invention Award, 2 second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award, 3 provincial and ministerial outstanding prizes, 8 first prizes and 4 second prizes. He received the honorary titles of "He Liang Heli Science and Technology Award", "Zhan Tianyou Science and Technology Achievement Award", "MAO Yisheng Science and Technology Award", "National Candidate of the New Century Hundred Million Talents Project", "National Model Worker", "the most beautiful railway science and Technology Worker" and "China Metro 50 years Tribute Figure".