Name: FANG Yibing

Professor of History of Science and Technology, IHNS, CAS

Residence: June, 2011– now 

Departments and Research Group: Department of History of Science and Technology in the West (Western Department)

Education

2004.09-2008.06 Ph.D. in History of Science and Technology

Institute of Historical Metallurgy and Materials, University of Science & Technology Beijing, China

1999.09- 2002.06 M.Phil. in Philosophy of Science and Technology

College of Social Science and Management, Guangxi University, China.

1993.09- 1995.06 B.Eng. in Management Engineering

Department of Management Engineering, Chengdu University of Science and Technology (CUST), China

1989.09 –1993.06 B.Eng. in Plastics Engineering

Department of Plastics Engineering, CUST, China

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Employment History

2012.11-2013.4 Visiting Fellow, Dept. of Engineering, University of Cassino, Italy

2011.07-Present  Professor, Institute for the History of Natural Science, CAS

2010.11-2010.12 Junior Visiting Fellow, Dept. of History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science & Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

2009.07-2011.06 Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for the History of Natural Science, CAS

2006.09-2007.07 Li foundation Visiting Scholar, The Needham Research Institute, Cambridge, UK

1999.01-2009.07 Lecturer, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, College of Social Science and Management, Guangxi University, China

1995.07-1998.12 Teaching Assistant, College of Social Science and Management,

Guangxi University, China

Research Interest/Areas

History of Science

Selected Publications

1. The History of Iron and Steel Technology in Modern China and Japan (1868-1933): A Comparative Study. Jinan: Shandong Education Press, 2013 (forthcoming)

2. The iron and steel technology transplant in modern China: the Hanyehping Company Case. Bejing: Science Press, 2011.

3. Yibing FANG (2011)The Beginning of the Transfer of Western Iron and Steel Technology to East Asia: A Comparison between the Kamaishi Ironworks, Japan and Qingxi Ironworks, China. The Chinese Journal for the History of Science and Technology, 2011,32: 453-471

4. Yibing FANG (2010)Hanyehping Company's Industrial Heritage and Its Protection and Utilization. Journal of China University of Mining & Technology (Social Sciences）, 2010.9: 99-105

5. Yibing FANG (2009). Invention of Coke Ironmaking Technology and British Industrial Revolution. Science & Technology Review. 2009,27:120

6. Yibing FANG, Wei QIAN(2008). The Earliest Western-trained Engineers in China s Industrialization of Iron and Steel Production (1894—1925). The Chinese Journal for The History of Science and Technology,29.4:117-133(in Chinese)

7. Yibing FANG, Xu FAN (2008). An Empirical Study on Knowledge Interactions Between Universities and Enterprises Based on Regional Innovation System. R&D Management, 20.1: 110-117 ( in Chinese)

8. Yibing FANG, Wei QIAN (2005). Hanyang Iron Works (and China’s early railway construction. The Chinese Journal for The History of Science and Technology, 26.4: 313-22. ( in Chinese).

Contact

Address:Institute for the History of Natural Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences,

55 ZHONGGUANCUN East Road

Beijing, 100190

Email: yibingfang@126.com

Phone number: +86-10-57552547