日前，經過全世界提名和五輪嚴格評選，林同棪國際（中國）董事長鄧文中院士當選愛丁堡皇家學會外籍院士。5月14日，鄧文中院士出席入會儀式，并受到愛丁堡皇家學院院長安妮格洛弗頒發(fā)證書。
Recently, after worldwide nominations and five rounds of rigorous selection, Man-Chung Tang, Chairman of the Board, T. Y. Lin International (China), was elected as a Corresponding Fellow (foreign member) of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. On Monday, 14th May, 2018 the new Fellows elected to the RSE in 2018 attended the Induction Ceremony and were welcomed to the Fellowship by RSE President, Professor Dame Anne Glover.
第二天，5月15日，鄧文中院士還獲頒了2018年第17屆歐洲橋梁會議的“終身成就獎”。
該獎項在愛丁堡市政廳由愛丁堡市的貝利，諾曼．沃克先生頒發(fā)。注：愛丁堡市的貝利是蘇格蘭地方政府的民官。相當于市長老或地方法官的職位。
The next day, 15th May, 2018, Dr. Tang also received a "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the 17th European Bridge Conference 2018" in Edinburgh.
The award was presented by the Baillie of the City of Edinburgh, Mr. Norman Work at the City Hall of Edinburgh. The Baillie is a civic officer in the local government of Scotland, a post similar to that of an alderman or magistrate.
鄧文中是林同棪國際（中國）董事長，林同棪國際是一家國際知名咨詢工程公司，總部設在美國舊金山。他本人是一位結構工程師，在世界不同地區(qū)設計了100多座大橋，因此獲得“太陽永遠照在他的橋上！”的稱號！他是美國國家工程院院士和中國工程院外藉院士。他是工學博士，并獲頌了名譽工學博士，名譽文學博士和名譽建筑師等榮譽學位。他是13所大學的榮譽教授。
Dr. Man-Chung Tang is the Chairman of the Board of T.Y. Lin International (China), a consulting engineering firm with headquarters in San Francisco. He is a structural engineer and has designed over 100 major bridges in different parts of the world, hence the motto “the Sun never sets on his bridges!” He is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering and a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He has been awarded honorary degrees of Doctor of Engineering, Doctor of Literature and in Architecture. He is an Honorary Professor of 13 universities.
