[2] He later pursued graduate studies at the same university, earning his master's degree in 1987 and his doctor of engineering in 2005.
After an investigation, Ning and eleven other university officials were found responsible for safety lapses and reprimanded in February 2019.
[2] Two days later, the university established the Sichuan–Tibet Railway Research Center and Ning was appointed its director.
[2] Ning was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2014 "for contributions to train operation control systems".
[1][2] On 14 June 2019, according to a preliminary report released by the Beijing Police Department, Ning was the passenger in a Buick GL8 involved in an accident which occurred at 8:57 a.m. in Chaoyang District.