Prof. Feng Xiating
Prof. Feng Xiating from the Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics (IRSM), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), was elected president of the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM) for 2011-2015, at the council meeting on 18 May in Hong Kong.
Prof. Feng is now the director of State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. He also served as the chief scientist for the National Basic Research Program, or 973 Program in 2002. He acted as the vice-president of ISRM since 2007.
Feng will start serving his term after the 12th International Congress of the ISRM, which will take place in Beijing, from October 16 to 21, 2011.
It is the first time for a Chinese scientist to be elected president of the ISRM since its founding in 1962.
