Dr. R. Du was born in China in 1955. He received his Master’s degree from the South China University of Technology in 1983 and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Michigan in 1989. He has taught in the University of Windsor, in Windsor, Ontario and University of Miami, in Coral Gables, Florida. Currently, he is a professor in the Dept. of Mechanical and Automation Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He is also the director the Institute of Precision Engineering of CUHK and the director of the Guangzhou Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Advanced Technology. His area of research include: design and manufacturing (metal forming, machining, plastic injection molding and etc.), as well as energy and materials. He has published 6 books and over 400 papers in various academic journals and international conferences. He is the associate editor / the members of editorial board of six international journals. He has received a number of awards including:

 Fellow of SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers);

 Fellow of ASME (Society of American Mechanical Engineers);

 中组部千人计划；

 广东省科技领军人才；

 山东省泰山学者；

 Fellow of HKIE (Hong Kong Institute of Engineers).

He has being happily married for 30 years and has two children, Jin and Ann. He enjoys Chinese poetry and tennis.