Wang Da, male, born in Xinyang, Hunan Province in October 1980, holds a Doctor of Engineering degree. He is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, a Distinguished Professor under the Furong Program for Academic Top Talents in Universities (Furong Scholar Distinguished Professor), and a Leading S&T Talent of Hunan Province. His research focuses on the computational theory and control of long-span bridges, composite structure bridges, intelligent construction and operation & maintenance of civil engineering throughout the whole life cycle, as well as the detection, evaluation and reinforcement of in-service bridges.

Currently, he serves as Dean of the School of Civil Engineering at Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Academic Leader of the Civil Engineering discipline, Expert of the 6th Discipline Evaluation Group of Hunan Province, Director of Hunan Engineering Research Center for Energy-Saving Buildings and Environmental Health in the Whole Life Cycle, Think Tank Expert of the Hunan Rural Revitalization Young Talents Research Institute under the Communist Youth League Hunan Provincial Committee, Vice Chairman of Hunan Highway Society, Deputy Director of the 9th Bridge and Tunnel Professional Committee of Hunan Highway Society, and Director of the Steel-Concrete Composite Structure Branch of China Civil Engineering Society.

He has successively been awarded the honorary titles of Advanced Scientific and Technological Worker by China Highway Society and Hunan Highway Society. He presided over projects that won 1 First-Class Award and 2 Second-Class Awards for Provincial and Ministerial Scientific and Technological Progress. He also participated in a project that won the First-Class Award in the Hunan Curriculum Ideological and Political Teaching Competition and another that obtained the Second-Class Award for Provincial and Ministerial Scientific and Technological Progress. He has published more than 110 high-level academic papers and presided over the completion of over 60 projects, including National Natural Science Foundation projects, provincial and ministerial-level research topics, as well as key national and local engineering technology research projects.

He has solved numerous key technical problems in the construction control of several extra-large cable-supported bridges, achieving remarkable social and economic benefits. Meanwhile, he has made major breakthroughs and substantial progress in the application and transformation of scientific research achievements, developing a series of integrated outcomes encompassing theoretical methods, patented technologies and engineering applications. These achievements have been successively applied to major national and local projects such as the Hurongxi Sidu River Bridge, Yibin Yangtze River Bridge, Hongjun Chishui River Bridge, Nanxi Yangtze River Bridge and Yanpingba Yangtze River Bridge, addressing a range of technical challenges in the field of bridge engineering.