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University\nof Macau (UM) Rector Yonghua Song has been elected member of Academia Europaea\n(Academy of Europe). Members of Academia Europaea are the most outstanding or\ninfluential individuals in the fields of the humanities and natural sciences in\nEurope. Most of them are academicians of science from Europe or scientists with\na long collaborative relationship with Europe. Many are Nobel laureates, Fields\nMedal winners, and Turing Award winners.<\/p>
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Academia\nEuropaea was founded in 1988, on the initiative of the Royal Society of the\nUnited Kingdom and other national academies of sciences in Europe. Based in\nLondon, United Kingdom, it has 20 sections that cover the humanities, social\nsciences, natural sciences, and science and technology. It is considered to be\none of the most influential scientific organisations in the world, with the\nmost geographical and disciplinary coverage.<\/p>
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Academia\nEuropaea holds an election to recruit new members every year. The election\nprocess includes peer nomination, rigorous academic evaluation, multiple rounds\nof voting by section committee members, and approval by the Council and the\nBoard of Trustees. Currently, the Academia Europaea has nearly 4,000 members,\nincluding 73 Nobel laureates, 6 Turing Award winners, and 15 Fields Medal\nwinners.<\/p>
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Rector\nSong is a chair professor at UM and director of the university\u2019s State Key\nLaboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City. He received his bachelor\u2019s\ndegree from Chengdu University of Science and Technology (now Sichuan\nUniversity) and his PhD degree from the China Electric Power Research\nInstitute, in 1984 and1989, respectively. In 1991, after obtaining a PhD degree\nin electrical engineering from Tsinghua University, he travelled to the UK for\nfurther studies. In 1997, he was appointed Professor of Power Systems at Brunel\nUniversity, making him the youngest engineering professor in the UK at the\ntime. In 2002, he was awarded a doctor of science degree by Brunel University.\nIn 2004, he was elected fellow of the UK Royal Academy of Engineering. In 2014,\nhe was awarded an honorary doctorate in engineering by Bath University. In 2019,\nhe was awarded an honorary doctorate in science by the University of Edinburgh.\nRector Song is also a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics\nEngineers and the Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering. His main\nresearch interests include smart grid technologies, Internet of Things, new\nenergy sources, and electricity market and related policies. <\/p>
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Media Contact Information:Communications Office, University of Macau<\/p>
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Albee Lei Tel\uff1a(853) 88228004Kelvin U Tel\uff1a(853) 88224322Email\uff1aprs.media@um.edu.moUM Website\uff1awww.um.edu.mo<\/p>
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