Category: Professor

Research Areas:

Higher vocational education, transportation, automotive design and manufacturing.

Honors and Awards:

Key member of a National Teaching Innovation Team; recognized as an Outstanding Educator of Jiangsu Province; Distinguished Teaching Award recipient in Jiangsu Province; selected for Jiangsu Province’s “100 Talents Program” in the transportation industry; leader of an Excellent Teaching Team in Higher Education of Jiangsu Province; designated as a National Leading Figure in Vocational Education for Transportation.

Recipient of three Second Prizes for National Teaching Achievement Awards; three First Prizes and two Second Prizes for Jiangsu Provincial Teaching Achievement Awards. Principal investigator for numerous projects, including Jiangsu Provincial Higher Education Teaching Reform Research, Jiangsu Provincial Vocational Education Teaching Reform Research, Jiangsu Provincial Transportation Research, and Jiangsu Educational Science Planning. Led several provincial and national projects in professional development, platform construction, and training base development.

Research Areas:
Higher vocational education, statistics, accounting.

Achievements:
Recipient of the Shanghai Yucai Award, the Shanghai Distinguished Teaching Award (Vocational Education), and the Jiading District Gardener Award. Led the development of Entrepreneurship Management, recognized as a Shanghai Excellent Online Open Course. Co-authored Performance and Compensation Management and Entrepreneurship Management, both selected as national planning textbooks for vocational education during the 11th and 12th Five-Year Plans.

Chief editor of Applied Statistics and Excel Applications (3rd Edition), recognized as one of the first national planning textbooks for vocational education under the 14th Five-Year Plan. Chief editor of Marketing Theory and Practice, which won third prize for Excellent Teaching Materials in Shanghai. Published 17 academic papers. Awarded two First Prizes and two Second Prizes for Excellent Teaching Achievements in Vocational Education in Shanghai.

Research Areas:

Higher vocational education, ideological and political education, tourism management, aesthetics.

Honors and Achievements:

Recognized as a Rural Culture and Tourism Leader by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Author of the monograph Research on the Development of the Theory and Practice of the Party’s Ideological and Political Education in the New Era (published by Jilin University Press). Editor-in-chief of over ten works, including Practical Teaching Guide for Ideological and Political Theory Courses in the New Era and Professional Etiquette.

Published more than 100 papers in core journals and provincial journals such as Journal of Nanjing Normal University, Hubei Social Sciences, Guangxi Social Sciences, Education and Vocation, Vocational Education Research, and Development Research. One paper was reprinted in full by Xinhua Digest, and two papers were abstracted and reprinted. Additionally, over ten papers were reprinted by the China Social Science Excellence and publications such as Philosophy Trends and Social Science Trends.

Presided over six provincial and ministerial-level research projects. Received more than twenty awards, including the Provincial People’s Government Award for Outstanding Achievements in Philosophy and Social Sciences. Holds ten utility model patents.

Research Areas:

Higher vocational education management, entrepreneurship education, e-commerce.

Research Achievements:

Vice Chairman of the Education and Industry Cooperation Committee of the National College Graduates Employment Association, Deputy Director of the Entrepreneurship Education Professional Committee of the Shanghai Higher Education Association for Higher Vocational and Technical Colleges, Member of the Economic Teaching Steering Committee for Higher Vocational and Technical Colleges in Shanghai, Head of the “Shanghai Vocational Education—Han Fang E-commerce Master Studio”, selected for the “Shanghai High-level Vocational College President Training Program”.

She has won three first prizes and three second prizes in Shanghai Municipal Teaching Achievement Awards; led the development of the courses Online Payment and Settlement and Introduction to Exhibition, both of which were recognized as Shanghai Municipal Excellent Courses. Her e-commerce professional team was awarded as a Shanghai Municipal Teaching Team and won the first prize in the Shanghai Higher Vocational and Technical Colleges Key Major Teaching Design Competition.

Research Areas:

Higher vocational education management, textile materials and product design.

Honors and Awards:
  • National Outstanding Teacher
  • Chair of the Garment Professional Committee of the Teaching Steering Committee for Textile and Apparel Programs of Higher Vocational Colleges under the Ministry of Education
  • Executive Director of the China Vocational Education Research Association
  • Executive Director of the Jiangsu Provincial Higher Education Association
  • Vice President of the Jiangsu Higher Vocational and Technical Education Research Association
  • Recognized as an Academic Leader in the “Qinglan Project” for Young and Middle-Aged Scholars in Jiangsu Province
  • Selected as one of the first group of Young and Middle-Aged Leading Scientists and Technologists in Jiangsu’s “333 High-Level Talent Training Project”
  • Awarded the title of “Outstanding Young and Middle-Aged Expert with Remarkable Contributions” in Jiangsu Province
  • Leader of an Excellent Teaching Team in Higher Education Institutions in Jiangsu
  • Named an “Outstanding Science and Technology Worker” in regular higher education institutions in Jiangsu Province.

In the fields of scientific research and teaching, he has led and completed more than a dozen significant projects, including Jiangsu Province’s “Six Talent Peaks” Project, Jiangsu Industrial Promotion Projects, and Yangzhou Science and Technology Programs. Notably, he has achieved breakthrough progress in the study of light scattering and electromagnetic scattering properties of fiber materials, filling a domestic research gap. He has published nearly 30 academic papers, including about 10 indexed by EI and SCI, and has received multiple provincial and municipal scientific research achievement awards, as well as several national invention and utility model patents.

In education, he has led and completed numerous research projects under the Ministry of Education and Jiangsu Province, committed to the reform and development of higher vocational education. He has spearheaded the establishment of several specialized programs and high-quality courses, earning First and Second Prizes for Outstanding Teaching Achievements in Jiangsu Province.

Welcome Message:

Dear students, as you reach this important turning point in your lives, during your three years of college, I encourage you to learn and master two to three sports, and ensure that at least one or two of them become lifelong skills! Strive to become well-rounded individuals in moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor education — talents who meet the needs of our nation’s development.

Research Areas:

Physical education.

Honors and Awards:
  • National-level basketball referee.
  • Named one of the “Top Ten Outstanding Teachers” at Yangzhou Polytechnic College.
  • Domestic technical official for 3×3 basketball at the Asian Youth Games.
  • Domestic technical official for 3×3 basketball at the Youth Olympic Games.
  • Vice Chair of the Referees Committee of the Jiangsu Basketball Association.
  • Director of the Referee Training Base of the Jiangsu Basketball Association.
  • Vice President of the Yangzhou Basketball Association.

Over the years, he has been deeply dedicated to teaching, publishing multiple papers in journals such as Education and Vocation, Contemporary Sports Technology, Value Engineering, Journal of Higher Correspondence Education, and Educational Research. His paper “How to Use Praise and Criticism in Physical Education” was awarded “Outstanding Paper” by Contemporary Educational Teaching Research; “Theoretical Conception of Optimization of Physical Education Teaching Methods” won the Third Prize in the National Education and Teaching Research Achievement Awards; and his series of papers on middle school physical education curriculum research won the Third Prize for Outstanding Achievements in Philosophy and Social Sciences in Yangzhou.

Welcome Message:

In the prime of youth, the winds of music rise. Every seed you sow today at Shanghai College of Science and Technology is a hope for future harvest; every drop of sweat you shed is the effort behind success. I hope that today you shine because of Shanghai College of Science and Technology, and tomorrow the college will be proud of you.

Research Areas:

Analytic number theory, convex extremal analysis, global optimization theory and algorithms, game theory, and economic informatics.

Honors and Awards:

Recipient of the Baosteel National Excellent Teacher Award and the Shanghai University Teaching Excellence Award.
Published 14 books and over 80 papers in well-known domestic and international journals.
The book “Riemann Hypothesis” won the National First Prize for Educational Books.
“Advanced Mathematics” was awarded as a Shanghai Municipal Quality Course (primary contributor).
Recipient of the Shanghai Municipal Teaching Achievement Second Prize (primary contributor).
Guided students to achieve top three rankings in the undergraduate group of the National College Mathematical Modeling Competition in Shanghai (multiple times won national first prize); consistently led the specialized college group to maintain first place in Shanghai’s specialized college division.

Welcome Message

Welcome to Shanghai Polytechnic Institute! Here, you are about to embark on a brand-new learning journey—not only acquiring theoretical knowledge and mastering practical skills, but also shaping your own future.

In the days ahead, I hope you will:

  • Stay curious: Curiosity is the source of innovation; never stop asking questions or seeking knowledge.
  • Be courageous in practice: Theory needs to be tested and deepened through practice; hands-on experience is the best way to truly understand.
  • Persevere: Success often favors those who persist; when faced with challenges, don’t give up easily.
  • Collaborate in teams: Learn to work with others, as the power of a team far surpasses that of an individual.

May you pursue your dreams passionately and make the most of your youthful years. Shine brightly on the stage of university life and lay a solid foundation for your future endeavors.

Research Areas
  • Vocational education management
  • Textile engineering
Honors and Achievements
  • Former Secretary-General of the Teaching Steering Committee for Textile and Apparel Programs at Higher Vocational Colleges under the Ministry of Education
  • Member of the National Textile and Apparel Vocational Education Teaching Steering Committee
  • Secretary-General of the Apparel Collaboration Group of the China Association of Higher Vocational Education
  • Council Member of the China Textile and Apparel Education Society
  • Executive Council Member of Jiangsu Vocational Education Textile and Apparel Industry Group
  • Member of the National Society of Textile Engineering
  • Member of the Curriculum Research Center for Textile and Apparel Vocational Education in Jiangsu Province
  • Senior evaluator for fiber inspector qualification at the Jiangsu Province Vocational Skills Appraisal Center

Received:

  • First Prize in Jiangsu Provincial Teaching Achievement Award (1 project)
  • Second Prize in Jiangsu Provincial Teaching Achievement Award (2 projects)

Participated as project leader or key member in more than 10 provincial, municipal, and university-funded research projects. Published nearly 20 academic papers in journals such as Textile Journal.

Chief editor of the “11th Five-Year Plan” textbook Textile Product Inspection for higher vocational and technical colleges. Led the university-level “Excellent Course” project Fabric Structure Design and Application. Participated as a core team member in the development of Jiangsu Province’s “Featured Major” Fashion Design and the provincial “Excellent Course” Apparel Materials Application.

Recognized as an “Outstanding Contributor” in the National Vocational College Skills Competition and received a merit award from the Yangzhou Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau.

Message to Students

Dear students,

Congratulations on becoming part of the Ke Yuan (Shanghai Polytechnic College) community! I warmly welcome each of you as you embark on this exciting new journey.

For over 60 years, the people of Ke Yuan have upheld the spirit of “seeking truth, emphasizing practical results, learning through teaching, and striving for innovation.” With perseverance and dedication, we have advanced step by step—staying true to our mission, passing down knowledge across generations, and cultivating countless talented individuals. The college has grown from nothing into a well-established institution with both scale and depth, building a distinct brand and identity.

Now, with your arrival, we stand at a new starting point. A fresh chapter awaits us, and together, we begin a new journey with renewed energy and purpose.

I encourage you to seize the present, rise above the past, stay humble in learning, and be bold in exploration.

Let your aspirations become ink and passion your brush—paint the canvas of your youth and become your best self, starting today!

Research Interests
  • Vocational education management
  • Career guidance
Honors and Appointments
  • National Teaching Achievement Award (Vocational Education category) Review Expert
  • Senior Evaluator for National Vocational Skill Certification
  • Judge for the National Vocational College Skills Competition (Higher Vocational Group, Landscape Design)
  • Academic Committee Member, Jiangsu Arts and Crafts Association
  • Former Member, Higher Education Committee of Jiangsu Industrial Design Association
  • Former Deputy Secretary-General, Jiangsu Mural Art Society
Academic Contributions

Since taking office, Professor Kong has published over 30 academic papers, including 9 in CSSCI and core Chinese journals, and 7 abstracts reprinted in Renmin University of China’s academic digests. He has received three Third Prizes in the Yangzhou Philosophy and Social Science Achievement Awards. He was awarded the Second Prize in the Jiangsu Provincial Teaching Achievement Awards (ranked second) and has led four provincial education reform and planning projects, along with multiple city-level research initiatives.

Teaching and Creative Work

Professor Kong’s course Design and Color was named a Shanghai Model Course for Ideological and Political Education and was recognized as part of an Outstanding Team in that initiative. He received Second Prize in the related citywide showcase. Dozens of his works in sculpture, mural, and lacquer painting have been selected for national and provincial art exhibitions, some winning awards and being collected by institutions like the China Sports Museum.

He has also designed and built various classical gardens and modern landscapes, with his interior and graphic design projects widely applied in society.

Welcome Message from Professor Zhang Yaoxiang

University marks a new beginning in life. I hope you will plan your future thoughtfully, make full use of your time in college, gain solid professional knowledge, and develop a range of skills to lay a strong foundation for achieving your dreams.

About Professor Zhang Yaoxiang

Research Areas:

  • Vocational education management
  • Career guidance

Honors and Achievements:

  • Led and participated in over 10 provincial and ministerial-level research projects
  • Published more than 10 papers in top-tier and core academic journals such as Educational Research, China Higher Education Research, and the Guangming Daily theoretical edition; some papers were also reprinted in the Renmin University of China copy materials
  • Authored or co-authored 3 academic books and textbooks
  • Received three provincial/ministerial-level second prizes for educational achievements (one as principal investigator, two as a team member)
  • Recognized as an “Outstanding Educator” and “Outstanding Career Advisor” at the provincial/ministerial level
  • Named an “Excellent Career Planning Instructor” in Zhejiang Province
  • Guided students to win a provincial Challenge Cup special prize and two first prizes in career planning competitions