Chinese honour awarded to Nottingham Professor

PA 143/09 A University of Nottingham professor has been honoured by one of the oldest and most prestigious higher education institutions in China. Professor Alan Dodson, an expert in the use and development of satellite navigation systems, has been awarded an 'Advisory Professorship' by Tongji University in Shanghai. The award will help to foster closer collaboration between the two universities in the future, in areas of mutual research interest. The honour was presented by Professor Yongsheng Li, Executive Vice President of Tongji University, during a recent visit to China by Professor Dodson. Established in 1907, Tongji is one of China's oldest and most prestigious universities and the nation's leading institution in the field of civil engineering. Its Department of Surveying, which was established in 1932, is known as the 'Cradle of Chinese Surveyors'. The former President of Tongji University, Dr Wan Gang, is now the Minister of Science and Technology in the Chinese Government.