S&T: CISDI expert is rewarded IEC 1906 prize

CISDI expert is rewarded IEC 1906 prize

An expert from CISDI’s Xi’an Electric Furnace Institute has been awarded a top honour.

Huashan Ge’s huge contribution to his industry has been rewarded with the IEC 1906, one of the International Electrotechnical Commission’s most coveted honours.

It is awarded to experts who have made special contributions. In China 64 experts have been awarded the prize, 14 of them in 2018.

Huashan has been engaged in industrial electric heater standardisation at the Xi’an Electric Furnace Institute since 1987. He has either participated in, or chaired, the preparation and revision of over 50 national and industrial standards and 10 international standards.

He is now the convener of PT63078 of the IEC’s industrial electric heating and electromagnetic technology commission (IEC/TC27), and a member of AG1, MT18, MT24 and MT32. Huashan is also a beneficiary of state specialist allowances.

●       1906 was the year the IEC was established.