Professor B.V. Gusev, president of the RAE, announced that in addition to the order of “Engineering Fame,” this year, the RAE and the IAE decided to create two more orders in honor of Dr. Samuel Yin, founder of the Tang Prize Foundation and the first vice president of the IAE, and Mr. Boris Evgenievich Paton, the legendary Ukrainian scientist, honorary president of the IAE and president of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Claiming 566 patents for his inventions in the field of building construction technology, Dr. Yin is especially lauded for developing an efficient and precise method for constructing earthquake-resistant structures, and Mr. Paton, who turned 100 in 2018, is a world-renowned figure in the field of welding, metallurgy, and technology of materials and material science. The “International Engineering Academy Star of Fame” order, with Dr. Yin’s portrait inlaid in the center and the Chinese characters of the Tang Prize in the background, was presented by Professor Gusev and accepted by Dr. Jenn-Chuan Chern, president of Taiwan Chapter of International Academy of Engineering (TCIAE) and CEO of the Tang Prize Foundation, on behalf of Dr. Yin. As a token of recognition of the Tang Prize ethos “for the betterment of the world,” it can be awarded to scientists of outstanding achievements in engineering.

The “International Engineering Academy Star of Fame” order is with Dr. Yin’s portrait inlaid in the center and the Chinese characters of the Tang Prize in the background.