Mr. Cai Meifeng

Biography

Mr. Cai Meifeng, aged 73, was born in May 1943. He graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and obtained his PhD in Mine Geotechnical Engineering from the University of New South Wales. Mr. Cai is a member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, also a specialist in geotechnical engineering and mining engineering. Being one of the pioneers in crustal stress measurement of domestic mines, he was the first person to develop the measurement technique of crustal stress, which owns an independent intellectual property right in the PRC, and he has also introduced a system of techniques for optimisation of mining design based upon crustal stress theory, safe mining techniques of high efficiency, and techniques for forecast, prevention and control of mine dynamic disasters. At present, he is a professor of the University of Science and Technology Beijing, and the convener of the assessment division for mining engineering discipline of the State Council Academic Degrees Committee. He was the former director of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the University of Science and Technology Beijing, and chairman of Commission on Education of International Society for Rock Mechanics. Mr. Cai is concurrently serving as the independent directors of Guangdong Hongda Blasting Co., Ltd. (stock and Sichuan Yahua Industrial Group Co., both of which are companies listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.  

Research Interest

Geotechnical Engineering and Mining Engineering