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King's College Exam Top Ten Excellent Scholar Jiang Meng Appointed as President of Purdue University Outstanding Academic Achievement

2022-06-11T10:56:04.946Z


Purdue University announced on Friday (10th) local time that Jiang Meng, its executive vice president and dean of the John A. Edwardson School of Engineering, will succeed the current president on January 1, 2023.


Purdue University announced on Friday (10th) that its executive vice president and dean of the John A. Edwardson School of Engineering, Jiang Meng, will succeed the current president, Mitch Daniels, on January 1, 2023. The school's new principal, the 13th principal of the school, is only 45 years old.


Jiang Meng was born in Tianjin, Mainland China in 1977. He went to Hong Kong with his family at the age of 11 and was admitted to the prestigious Imperial College of the Imperial College.

He later received a scholarship to study in the United States, obtained a bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees from Stanford University, and then joined Princeton University; he will serve as a science and technology advisor to the US Secretary of State in 2020. The Occupy Central incident was voiced.


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Purdue University announced on Friday that the board of directors unanimously elected Jiang Meng as the next president. He will succeed Mitch Daniels, who has served as president since 2013, in 2023. The highest ranking ever, and in 2020 he served as a science and technology adviser to the US Secretary of State.

The school ranks 129th in the world in the latest QS 2023 university rankings, and 105th in the world in THE 2022 rankings.

Michael Berghoff, chairman of the school's board of trustees, praised Jiang as an ideal choice to lead the school's leap, and expressed confidence in him, noting that he was not only academically outstanding, but also had a keen sense of management.

Born in Tianjin, moved to Hong Kong at the age of 11

Looking through the information, Jiang Meng was born in Tianjin. He went to Hong Kong with his family at the age of 11 and entered the Queen's College. In 1995, he obtained 10 A in the examination, and was one of the top ten champions of the year.

He then entered Stanford University, where he received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, and then joined Princeton University as an assistant professor, and was later promoted to a professor, making him one of the youngest professors in the school.

He became dean of Purdue's School of Engineering in 2017 and vice president of administration in 2021.

Jiang Meng, 45, will be the new president of Purdue University in January 2023.

(Purdue University website)

Outstanding academic performance with 25 patents

According to Purdue University, Jiang has outstanding performance in edge computing, internet congestion control, cloud and video optimization. He holds 25 patents and founded 3 companies. He was awarded by the National Science Foundation in 2013. The Alan T. Waterman Award, the highest honor for young scientists, became the top scientist under the age of 40 at the time.

Jiang Meng: I will learn from everyone like a student

Jiang Meng said that it is the highest honor to be the president of the school. He hopes to continue the glory of the previous president. Although the work is difficult, he will still do it humbly, and will learn from everyone like a student. Next, he will listen to students, faculty, alumni and even the state, Country, partners, friends and family opinions.

He also said that education has made his life free from deprivation, and he is grateful for the honor to serve the university; he also said that as an immigrant who has realized the American dream, he is proud to serve in American higher education, and said that American higher education is encountering more and more challenges , I believe that we can jointly innovate and move towards the infinite potential of the future.

Participated in the initiation of the Youth Academia Anti-National Education Federation to criticize Occupy Central for tear gas clearance

Looking through the information, Jiang Meng has spoken out for Taiwan and Hong Kong issues from time to time, including in the 2012 Hong Kong anti-nationalist movement, he became one of the founders of the Youth Academia Anti-Chinese Education Federation. , retweeted the news that the police fired tear gas to clear the scene on Twitter, and claimed that it was the darkest moment in Hong Kong so far, but a darker night has yet to come.

He also attended the anti-epidemic sharing speech with Taiwan in 2020, and pointed out that the United States and Taiwan share the core values ​​of free people, free society and free enterprise. Hope, emphasizing that freedom is the cornerstone of public health and the north star of technological progress.

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