Born in China in 1938, Dr. Tang studied at Darmstadt Technical University in the 1960s and completed his doctorate under Prof. Kurt Klöppel. After a short period of practical work in Germany - where he was chief designer of the Duisburg Neuenkamp bridge, among other projects - he emigrated to the USA. He was instrumental in building up the globally active engineering company TYLin, headquartered in California, with over 3,000 employees, and Dr. Tang is still its CEO today.
In his professional career, Dr. Tang has designed numerous outstanding bridge structures as chief engineer, including famous bridges such as the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the Yangpu Bridge in Shanghai and the Qianximen Jialing River Bridge in Chongqing.
Dr. Tang is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland. He is an honorary professor of 12 universities, including Tongji and Tsinghua Universities in China. He is a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and an Honorary Member of the International Association for Bridge Management and Safety (IABMAS).
Dr. Tang is the recipient of numerous awards such as
1998 Roebling Medal of the IBC
1999 Roebling Award of the ASCE
2001 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Kassel
2010 International Award of Merit in Structural Engineering of the IABSE
2010 OPAL Award of the ASCE
2013 Gold Medal of the Institute of Structural Engineers of Great Britain.
2015 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Conference of Orthotropic Bridge Decks
In 1999, Dr. Tang was named by Engineering News-Record as one of the top 125 people in the engineering and construction industry over the past 125 years.
Dr. Tang has published over 150 articles and four books and was an adjunct professor at Columbia University, New York for 8 years. He has been involved in the design and construction of over 100 major bridges worldwide.
