UTD’s Da Hsuan Feng Named Vice President Of American-European Academy of Sciences

Dr. Da Hsuan Feng

RICHARDSON, Texas (Aug. 11, 2003) – A
top administrator at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) has been appointed vice president of
the American-European Academy of Sciences (AEAS), a year-old organization designed to bridge the
scientific communities on both sides of the Atlantic.

Dr. Da Hsuan Feng, vice president for research
and graduate education and a professor of physics at UTD, will represent AEAS in the United States.
A second vice president position based in Europe was filled by Prof. Peter Fulde, founding director
of the Max Planck Institute for Physics of Complex Systems in Germany, a renowned research organization.

Both Feng and his counterpart in Europe
received temporary appointments from AEAS President Prof. Guram Adamashvili, an eminent scientist
who is currently chairman of the board of presidents of the Georgian Academies of Sciences. The appointments
must now be ratified by members of the organization in an election to be conducted in the near future.

” The American-European Academy of
Sciences is a profound idea whose time has come,” said Feng. “European and North American
scientists have had a strong link for the past two centuries, but have lacked a formal vehicle across
all fields of science and technology through which scientific leaders from both continents can work
together seamlessly and synergistically. AEAS intends to fill that void.”

According to Feng, the organization was
founded about one year ago by a group of distinguished scientists on both continents, with many founding
members coming from Germany, France, the former Soviet Union and the U.S. Just recently, U.S. Rep.
Nick Smith , R-Mich., chairman of the Subcommittee on Research of the House Committee on Science,
agreed to become affiliated with AEAS.

An independent, not-for-profit organization,
AEAS seeks to advance education and research in all fields of science, as well as apply science and
technology for the public good.

To be eligible to be an AEAS member, one
must have earned a doctoral degree in the sciences, hold a professorship in science or engineering
and be recognized for high professional achievement in his or her field.

About UTD
The University of Texas at Dallas, located at the convergence of Richardson, Plano and Dallas in the heart
of the complex of major multinational technology corporations known as the Telecom Corridor,
enrolls more than 13,000 students. The school’s freshman class traditionally stands at the forefront
of Texas state universities in terms of average SAT scores. The university offers a broad assortment
of bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs. For additional information about UTD, please
visit the university’s Web site at http://www.utdallas.edu.