Man-Chung Tang
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Man-Chung Tang, is a notable American
civil engineer
and businessman.
and the Technical Director of the T. Y. Lin International
, an American design and construction company.
In 1938, Tang was born in Zhaoqing
, Guangdong Province, China. In 1959, Tang received his engineering degree from the Chu Hai College in Hong Kong
. In 1963, Tang received his engineering degree from the Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt), Western Germany
. In 1965, Tang obtained doctor of engineering
degree from TU Darmstadt.
From 1989 to 1995, Tang was an Adjunct Professor at the Columbia University
Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics.
In 1965, Tang joined the Oberhausen GHH in Western Germany. In 1968, Tang worked for the Severud & Associates in New York City, USA. 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 it's 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.
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
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
civil engineer
Civil engineer
A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering; the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructures while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructures that have been neglected.Originally, a...
and businessman.
Biography
Tang is current Chairman of the BoardChairman of the Board
The Chairman of the Board is a seat of office in an organization, especially of corporations.Chairman of the Board may also refer to:*Chairman of the Board , a 1998 film*Chairmen of the Board , a 1970s American soul music group...
and the Technical Director of the T. Y. Lin International
T. Y. Lin International
T.Y. Lin International , founded in 1954 by Tung-Yen Lin and headquartered in San Francisco, is an infrastructure consulting firm that provides engineering and architectural services to clients throughout the world...
, an American design and construction company.
In 1938, Tang was born in Zhaoqing
Zhaoqing
Zhaoqing is a prefecture-level city of Guangdong province in southern China.-Geography:Zhaoqing is located 110 km northwest of Guangzhou, in the west Pearl River Delta. It lies on the north shores of the Xijiang River, which is flows from west to east, and opposite of Gaoyao...
, Guangdong Province, China. In 1959, Tang received his engineering degree from the Chu Hai College in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
. In 1963, Tang received his engineering degree from the Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt), Western Germany
Western Germany
The geographic term Western Germany is used to describe a region in the west of Germany. The exact area defined by the term is not constant, but it usually includes, but does not have the borders of, North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse...
. In 1965, Tang obtained doctor of engineering
Doctor of Engineering
The Doctor of Engineering is an academic degree awarded on the basis of advanced study and research in engineering or applied sciences...
degree from TU Darmstadt.
From 1989 to 1995, Tang was an Adjunct Professor at the Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics.
In 1965, Tang joined the Oberhausen GHH in Western Germany. In 1968, Tang worked for the Severud & Associates in New York City, USA. 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
Chongqing
Chongqing is a major city in Southwest China and one of the five national central cities of China. Administratively, it is one of the PRC's four direct-controlled municipalities , and the only such municipality in inland China.The municipality was created on 14 March 1997, succeeding the...
, China, now it's China branch of the T.Y.LIN International.
Tang also served as the Chairman of the American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society of Civil Engineers
The American Society of Civil Engineers is a professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. It is the oldest national engineering society in the United States. ASCE's vision is to have engineers positioned as global leaders who strive toward...
(ASCE) committee on Cable-Suspended Bridges. Tang is a former President of the American Segmental Bridge Institute.
Awards and honors
Tang holds Honorary Professorship at many universities internationally, including Tsinghua UniversityTsinghua University
Tsinghua University , colloquially known in Chinese as Qinghua, is a university in Beijing, China. The school is one of the nine universities of the C9 League. It was established in 1911 under the name "Tsinghua Xuetang" or "Tsinghua College" and was renamed the "Tsinghua School" one year later...
in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
, Tongji University
Tongji University
Tongji University , colloquially known as Tongji , located in Shanghai, has more than 30,000 students and 8,000 staff members . It offers degree programs at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels...
in Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
, Southeast University
Southeast University
Southeast University , colloquially Dongda is a public, coeducational research university located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China....
in Nanjing
Nanjing
' is the capital of Jiangsu province in China and has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having been the capital of China on several occasions...
, Zhejiang University
Zhejiang University
Zhejiang University , sometimes referred to as Zheda, is a national university in China. Founded in 1897, Zhejiang University is one of China's oldest institutions of higher education...
in Hangzhou
Hangzhou
Hangzhou , formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Governed as a sub-provincial city, and as of 2010, its entire administrative division or prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people...
, Chongqing Jiaotong University
Chongqing Jiaotong University
Chongqing Jiaotong University was founded in 1951 as a multiple disciplinary University with engineering being the primary focus. The university has also invested in the development of other disciplines especially management, natural sciences and humanities...
in Chongqing, Dalian Institute of Technology
Dalian University of Technology
Dalian University of Technology , colloquially known in Chinese as Dagong , is located in Dalian, Liaoning, People's Republic of China and directly administered by the state Ministry of Education.-Introduction:...
in Dalian
Dalian
Dalian is a major city and seaport in the south of Liaoning province, Northeast China. It faces Shandong to the south, the Yellow Sea to the east and the Bohai Sea to the west and south. Holding sub-provincial administrative status, Dalian is the southernmost city of Northeast China and China's...
.
- Member, United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
National Academy of EngineeringNational Academy of EngineeringThe National Academy of Engineering is a government-created non-profit institution in the United States, that was founded in 1964 under the same congressional act that led to the founding of the National Academy of Sciences...
, elected in 1995; - Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of EngineeringChinese Academy of EngineeringThe Chinese Academy of Engineering is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for engineering. It was established in 1994 and is an institution of the State Council of China...
; - Honorary Fellow, American Society of Civil EngineersAmerican Society of Civil EngineersThe American Society of Civil Engineers is a professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. It is the oldest national engineering society in the United States. ASCE's vision is to have engineers positioned as global leaders who strive toward...
, elected in 1995; - In 1999, Roebling Award;
- In 1998, John A. Roebling Medal for lifetime achievement in bridge engineering;
- In 2010, Outstanding Projects And Leaders (OPAL) Award, from American Society of Civil Engineers.
List of Tang's projects
- Seohae Grand Bridge, South KoreaSouth KoreaThe Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
; - San Francisco-Oakland Bay BridgeSan Francisco-Oakland Bay BridgeThe San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge is a pair of bridges spanning San Francisco Bay of California, in the United States. Forming part of Interstate 80 and of the direct road route between San Francisco and Oakland, it carries approximately 270,000 vehicles per day on its two decks...
, Oakland, CaliforniaOakland, CaliforniaOakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
; - Sidney Lanier BridgeSidney Lanier BridgeThe Sidney Lanier Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the Brunswick River in Brunswick, Georgia, carrying four lanes of U.S. Route 17. The current bridge was built as a replacement to the original lift bridge which was twice struck by ships. It is currently the longest spanning bridge in...
, New Brunswick, Georgia; - Second New Haeng Ju Bridge, South Korea;
- Talmadge Memorial BridgeTalmadge Memorial BridgeThe Talmadge Memorial Bridge is a bridge in the United States that spans the Savannah River between downtown Savannah, Georgia, and Hutchinson Island.-History:...
, Savannah, GA: - Yangpu BridgeYangpu BridgeThe Yangpu Bridge , in Shanghai, China,sister bridge to Nanpu Bridge, is among the world's longest bridges, with a total length of 8354 meters. Its longest span of 602 m makes it the fourth largest cable-stayed bridge in the world. It carries the Inner Ring Road from the Yangpu District in Puxi to...
, ShanghaiShanghaiShanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
, China: - Annacis Island Bridge, VancouverVancouverVancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, British ColumbiaBritish ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... - Nanjing Yangtze Bridge, China;
- Humen (Boca Tigris) Bridge, Guandgdong, China;
- Tagus River Bridge, LisbonLisbonLisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
, PortugalPortugalPortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
; - Xiamen Harbor Bridge, XiamenXiamenXiamen , also known as Amoy , is a major city on the southeast coast of the People's Republic of China. It is administered as a sub-provincial city of Fujian province with an area of and population of 3.53 million...
, China: - Penang BridgePenang BridgePenang Bridge is a dual carriageway toll bridge connects Gelugor on the island of Penang and Seberang Prai on the mainland of Malaysia on the Malay Peninsula. The bridge is also linked to the North-South Expressway in Prai and Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway in Penang. It was officially opened to...
, Malaysia; - Sunshine Skyway BridgeSunshine Skyway BridgeThe Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge is a bridge spanning Tampa Bay, Florida, with a cable-stayed main span, and a total length of 21,877 feet . It is part of I-275 and US 19 , connecting St. Petersburg in Pinellas County and Terra Ceia in Manatee County, Florida, passing through Hillsborough...
, St. Petersburg, FL; - ALRT Fraser River Bridge, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada;
- Baytown Bridge, Houston TX;
- Denny Creek Bridge, WA;
- Shubenacadie River Bridge, Nova Scotia;
- Knie Bridge, DüsseldorfDüsseldorfDüsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
, Germany; - Pine Valley Bridge, CA;
- Kipapa Stream Bridge, HI;
- Duisburg Neuenkamp Bridge, Duisburg, Germany;
- East Huntington Bridge, Huntington, WV;