Bohua Sun

Biography

Education Experience

• 1986 - 1989 | Lanzhou University, China | Mechanics | Ph.D. | (Supervisor: Ye Kaiyuan)
• 1983 - 1986 | Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, China | Structural Mechanics | M.Sc. | (Supervisor: Huang Yi)
• 1979 - 1983 | Chang'an University, China | Engineering Mechanics | B.Sc.

Work Experience

• 2024 - -- | Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China | Senior Research Fellow and PI
• 2023 - 2026 | Stellenbosch University, South Africa | Distinguished Professor
• 2018 - 2023 | Institute of Mechanics and Technology, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, China | Dean and Chief Scientist
• 2018 - 2021 | Ningbo University, China | Bao Yugang Chair Professor
• 2015 - 2016 | Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China | Visiting Professor | Host: Prof. Shiyi Chen, President
• 2011 - 2012 | College of Engineering, Peking University; State Key Laboratory for Turbulence and Complex Systems, China | Visiting Professor | Host: Prof. Zhesu She; co-host: Prof. Shiyi Chen
• 2006 - -- | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa | Professor (Permanent Position) | Member of Senate and Director of Smart Structures and MEMS Lab; early retirement at age 55 (normal retirement age in South Africa is 65)
• 2002 - 2008 | International School, Jinan University, China | Founding Dean
• 2001 - 2008 | Jinan University, China | First-Class Distinguished Professor
• 2001 - 2006 | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Peninsula Technikon, South Africa | Professor | Permanent position
• 1996 - 2000 | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Peninsula Technikon, South Africa | Lecturer | Permanent position
• 1994 - 1995 | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Peninsula Technikon, South Africa | Visiting Professor
• 1993 - 1994 | Centre for Research in Applied and Computational Mechanics, University of Cape Town, South Africa | Postdoctoral Fellow
• 1992 - 1993 | Institute of General Mechanics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany | Humboldt Research Fellow | Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow
• 1991 - 1992 | Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands | Research Fellow
• 1989 - 1991 | Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, China | Postdoctoral Fellow | Supervisor: Prof. Zhang Wei (Academician)
• 1989 - 1991 | Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA | Visiting Professor | Hosts: Prof. Stuart Bateman and J. Diane
• 1986 - 1986 | Department of Basic Courses, Xi'an Institute of Metallurgy and Construction Engineering, China | Teaching Assistant

Honors and Awards

• 2018 | Research Award, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
• 2017 | Outstanding Postdoctoral Alumni, Tsinghua University | Only three selected that year: Jiang Peixue, Sun Bohua, and Su Jun
• 2010.8 | Selected for the Beijing Overseas High-level Talent Program | Beijing Overseas High-level Talent Program (Beijing Thousand Talents Program), i.e., Beijing Haiju Program; recognized as Beijing Overseas High-level Talent and appointed as Beijing Specially Invited Expert
• 2010 | Top 10 Overseas Chinese Headline Figures in the World | Including Yo-Yo Ma et al.
• 2010 | Long Services Award, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
• -- | Academician (MASSAf), Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) | Lifetime title; received a letter of congratulation from the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee (December 2010)
• -- | Member (Economics and Science), Expert Advisory Committee of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council

Academic Service

• 2005 - -- | Guangzhou International Science and Technology Exchange Association | President and Legal Representative
• -- - -- | Transport Phenomena | Founding Editorial Board Member
• -- - -- | Physics of Fluids | Advisory Board Member
• -- - -- | Frontiers in Mechanics and Engineering Technology Book Series, Higher Education Press | Editor-in-Chief
• -- - -- | Jiangsu Center for Applied Mechanics (China University of Mining and Technology) | Chair, Academic Committee
• -- - -- | x-Science Seminar Series on Basic Sciences and Interdisciplinarity | Founder
• -- - -- | Acta Mechanica Sinica | Editorial Board Member
• -- - -- | Advances in Mechanics | Invited Editorial Board Member
• -- - -- | Advances in Materials and Mechanics Book Series | Editor-in-Chief