Yue Qingrui (Jan.21962-) is a native of Qiqihar City in Heilongjiang Province, Academician of CAE, an expert in engineering structures, a tenured professor of Beijing University of Science and Technology, President of the Institute of Urbanization and Urban Safety, the part-time president of China Steel Construction Society, vice-chairman of China Composites Industry Association, director of Expert Committee of Seismic Fortification for Building Engineering of MOHURD, chairman of the editorial committee of Industrial Construction, etc. He has previously held the position as director of National Engineering Research Center for Industrial Building Diagnosis and Rehabilitation, director of National Engineering Research Center for Steel Structure, vice-chairman of National Technical Committee for Building Appraisal and Reinforcement Standards, vice-chairman of China Association for Engineering Construction Standardization. He has long been an expert in the fields of social development, new materials and science and technology platform of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China.
Having long engaged in the theoretical research, technological development, standard compilation, engineering application and industrialization of engineering structures diagnosis, Academician Yue has made a wide array of innovative achievements in the reliability inspection and evaluation of industrial buildings/structures, structural reinforcement and renovation, application of high-performance structural materials such as FRP in civil engineering, which have contributed significantly to guaranteeing the safety of industrial/civil buildings and infrastructure, facilitating the application of fiber composite in civil engineering. He has presided the accomplishment of more than 10 national scientific research programs, presided the compilation of more than 20 national and industrial standards, published 3 monographs and more than 100 papers. Besides, he has been honored 3 National Scientific and Technological Progress Second Prize and more than 10 provincial scientific and technological awards.
He was elected academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering in November 2017.