大连理工大学教授、博士生导师，现任材料科学与工程学院党委书记。1994-2004年于哈尔滨工业大学获学士、硕士和博士学位；2004年就职于大连理工大学；2005.12-2007.12于美国威斯康星大学麦迪逊校区材料科学与工程系做博士后研究；2013年晋升为教授。

        长期从事焊接制造领域的教学与科研工作，带领研究团队在新材料及异种材料连接工艺与冶金机理、焊接材料成分设计、焊接热过程数值模拟等方向开展研究。先后承担国家重点研发计划项目、973项目、国家自然科学基金、辽宁省自然科学基金、辽宁省科技创新重大专项、企事业单位委托项目等若干项。获辽宁省科学技术进步奖一等奖、中国机械工程学会青年科技成就奖、美国焊接学会Warren F. Savage Award、河南省科学技术进步奖二等奖等奖励，发表学术论文200余篇，获授权发明专利10余件。入选全球前2%顶尖科学家（World top 2% scientists）、辽宁省百千万人才工程千人层次。

       主要社会兼职：国际先进材料学会会士，中国机械工程学会焊接分会理事、青年工作组主任（2020）、计算机辅助焊接工程专业委员会副主任委员、压力焊专业委员会委员，中国焊接协会理事，辽宁省机械工程学会焊接分会理事，中国有色金属学会先进焊接与连接专业委员会副主任委员，辽宁省化工学会腐蚀与防护专业委员会委员，山东省特种焊接技术重点实验室学术委员会委员，黑龙江省先进摩擦焊接技术与装备重点实验室学术委员会委员，航空发动机先进焊接技术联合实验室专家委员会委员，广东省智能焊接制造装备及机器人工程技术研究中心技术委员会委员，国内杂志《焊接学报》、《焊接技术》、《China Welding》、《焊接技术》、《电焊机》等编委，国际杂志《Welding International》Associate Editor。

        Professor Honggang Dong has been working in welding community, and his research activity includes dissimilar materials joining technology and metallurgy, composition design of welding materials, and numerical simulation of welding processes. He achieved Bachelor, Master and PhD degrees from 1994 to 2004 at Harbin Institute of Technology (China), and worked as Postdoc from 2005 to 2007 at University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA), and now is Chair of School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, China. He won First Award of Liaoning Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, Second Award of Henan Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, Youth Science and Technology Achievement Award from Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, Warren F. Savage Award from American Welding Society, World Top 2% Scientists, etc.

Education and Work Experience

Chair                           Jan. 2023-Present          MSE, Dalian University of Technology, China

Deputy Dean              Jul. 2014-Dec. 2022       MSE, Dalian University of Technology, China

Professor                     Dec. 2013-Present         MSE, Dalian University of Technology, China

Associate Professor    Sep. 2008-Dec. 2013      MSE, Dalian University of Technology, China

Research Associate     Dec. 2005-Dec. 2007     MSE, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Lecturer                      Sep. 2004- Aug. 2008    MSE, Dalian University of Technology, China

Ph.D.                           Mar. 2000-Aug. 2004     MSE, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

M.Eng.                        Sep. 1998-Jul. 2000       MSE, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

B.Eng.                         Sep. 1994-Jul. 1998       MSE, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Research Interests

l  Dissimilar metals joining

l  Composition design of filler materials

l  Welding metallurgy

l  Numerical modeling of welding processes

Major Areas of Expertise

l  Investigate dissimilar metals joining of aluminum to steel, aluminum to copper, titanium and TiAl alloys to steel, high temperature alloys with arc welding, friction stir welding, friction welding and brazing processes.

l  Design new types of welding materials for dissimilar metals joining and explore the joining mechanism.

l  Develop computer codes to numerically simulate the distribution of temperature field and fluid flow in welding processes.