On July 29, the 30th General Assembly of the Federation of Engineering Institutions of Asia Pacific (FEIAP) was held in Cebu, Philippines, at which the result of the award of Engineer of the Year 2022 was announced. Recommended by China Association for Science and Technology, Sun Hongbin, professor of Tsinghua University, vice president of Taiyuan University of Technology (in charge of administrative work), and vice chairman of the Energy Committee of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), won the FEIAP award of Engineer of the Year 2022. This is the second time that China’s engineering community has won this award since the China Association for Science and Technology became a full member of FEIAP in 1987.

The 30th General Assembly of FEIAP in 2022

Certificate and Medal of the 2022 Engineer of the Year

Sun Hongbin has long been engaged in scientific research and teaching in the fields of power system scheduling and control, smart grid and energy Internet technologies, and especially focusing on energy management systems, automatic voltage control and integrated energy systems. In the past 25 years, he and his team developed the world first automatic voltage control (AVC) system for complex power grids, which has been put into extensive project application in China, controlling 81% of hydro/thermal power plants, 87% of HV transformer substations and 48.% centralized grid-incorporated wind/solar power generation in China in closed loops, which makes the operation of China’s power grid (the world largest power grid) more reliable, low-carbon and efficient, and this AVC is also realized at the PJM control center, the largest regional power grid in the United States, becoming a mainstream smart grid technology. In addition, Sun Hongbin led the publication of the monograph “Energy Internet”, founded the IEEE Energy Internet and Energy System Integration Conference, advocated the establishment of the IEEE PES Energy Internet Coordination Committee and served as the first chairman, served as the vice chairman of the Energy Committee of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), and has made important contribution to promoting the development of energy Internet technology at home and abroad. This award further enhances the international influence of China’s engineering community.

Sun Hongbin

The Federation of Engineering Institutions of Asia and the Pacific (FEIAP) is a regional international organization established in 1978 with the support of international organizations such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), officially renamed from Federation of Engineering Institutions of Southeast Asia and the Pacific (FEISEAP) in June 2008. The organization aims to promote scientific and technological cooperation and information exchange among member organizations, promote the mutual recognition of engineer membership in different countries; encourage and strengthen the engineering vitality of member organizations, support engineering-related conferences, learn about content related to engineering vocational continuing education and engineer qualification certification; and strengthen exchanges and cooperation among international, regional, governmental and non-governmental organizations, etc. FEIAP established the award of Engineer of the Year to encourage engineers to make greater contribution to the engineering field in the Asia-Pacific region, with a maximum of three winners at a time per year. If a same organization nominates more than one candidate, only one will be granted the award at most.

The 2022 FEIAP award of Engineer of the Year is nominated by member organizations of FEIAP. According to the award criteria and after the review by the FEIAP Award Committee, Sun Hongbin recommended by the China Association for Science and Technology and Wael R. Abdulmajeed recommended by the Iraqi Engineers Union were granted the award.