国家双一流高校，迎“80后”新任副校长

Core Viewpoint - Yang Xiaowei has been appointed as the academic vice president of Taiyuan University of Technology, bringing significant expertise in the field of new energy materials and chemical engineering [6]. Group 1: Background of Yang Xiaowei - Yang Xiaowei, born in April 1982 in Jinzhong, Shanxi, is a non-partisan individual with a PhD in Applied Chemistry from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and a postdoctoral fellowship from Monash University, Australia [4]. - He has held various academic positions, including a distinguished researcher at Tongji University from December 2014 to May 2020, and currently serves as a researcher and distinguished professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University [4][5]. Group 2: Research Contributions - Yang has focused on the mechanisms, technologies, and equipment in the field of new energy materials and chemical engineering, leading several national research projects [5]. - He has published over 100 academic papers in prestigious journals such as Science, Engineering, and Angewandte Chemie International Edition, and has received a provincial-level first prize for his research [5]. Group 3: History of Taiyuan University of Technology - Taiyuan University of Technology was established in 1902 as Shanxi University Hall, one of the earliest national universities in China [5]. - The university became independent in 1953, was renamed Taiyuan Institute of Technology in 1984, and merged with Shanxi Mining Institute in 1997 to form the current institution [5]. - It was included in the national "211 Project" for key construction universities in 1997 and was selected for the "Double First Class" initiative in 2017 [5].