About the Author

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Dr. Haiyan Hu is Professor of Mechanics at Beijing Institute of Technology, where he served as President from 2007 to 2017. Prior to that appointment, he was President of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China from 2001 to 2007, Professor of Mechanics at that university from 1994 to 2007, and a Humboldt Research Fellow at University of Stuttgart, Germany from 1992 to 1994.Prof. Hu has made recognized contributions to the nonlinear dynamics and control of aerospace structures, including the stability and bifurcations of nonlinear vibration systems under delayed control, the active flutter suppression for aircraft structures, and the deployment dynamics of space structures in orbit. He has authored and co-authored 5 monographs/books and around 300 journal papers, which have been cited over 12,000 times. Prof. Hu received The State Award of Natural Science of China twice and many honors, such as Fellow of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2007, Fellow of TWAS in 2010, and Honorary Doctor of Science from Moscow State University, Russia in 2015.