Professor Renke He, born in 1958, studied civil engineering and architecture at Hunan  University in China. From 1987 to 1988, he was a visiting scholar at the Industrial  Design Department of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen and,  from 1998 to 1999, at North Carolina State University’s School of Design. Renke He is the full Professor in the School of Design at Hunan University and is also director of the Chinese Industrial Design Education Committee. Currently, he holds the position of vice-chair of the China Industrial Design Association.