Ph.D., Geo-engineering, 1983
Wang Yongjia, born in 1933 in Shanghai, graduated from Northeastern University of Technology in 1954, and then started teaching at the university. In 1980, Wang was enrolled in the University of Minnesota and received a doctorate degree in geo-engineering in 1983.
Wang came back to Northeastern University of Technology (now Northeastern University) and served successively as the director of Computation Center and the vice-director of Graduate School. In 1992, Wang received the special allowance from the State Council.
Wang was regarded as one of the founders of Chinese calculation of rock mechanics. He served as a visiting professor at Australian Rock-soil Mechanics Institute, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Geology Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and China University of Mining and Technology. In addition, Wang served as a member of China Coal Society, International Society for Rock Mechanics (Chinese team), and International Society of Rock-soil Mechanics Computation Techniques.
王泳嘉，1933年生于上海，1954年毕业于东北工学院采矿系，毕业后留校工作。1980年来到明尼苏达大学并于1983年获地质工程专业博士学位。
毕业回国后，王泳嘉回到东北工学院（现东北大学），历任计算中心主任、研究生院副院长。1992年享受政府特殊津贴。
王泳嘉是中国计算岩石力学奠基人之一，曾任澳大利亚岩土力学研究所、瑞典皇家工学院、中国科学院地质研究所、中国矿业大学等多家院校担任客座教授。同时，王泳嘉曾兼任中国煤炭学会理事、国际岩石力学学会中国小组成员、国际岩土力学计算机方法学会会员 。