Zheng Zhemin (2 October 1924 – 25 August 2021), also romanized as Cheng Che-Min, was a Chinese explosives engineer and physicist specializing in explosive mechanics.
Zheng Zhemin | |||||||||
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郑哲敏 | |||||||||
| Born | 2 October 1924 | ||||||||
| Died | 25 August 2021 (aged 96) Beijing, China | ||||||||
| Other names | Cheng Che-Min | ||||||||
| Alma mater | |||||||||
| Awards | Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[1] Highest Science and Technology Award | ||||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||||
| Fields | Explosives engineering Physics | ||||||||
| Thesis | Studies on Thermal Stresses in Elastic Solids (1952) | ||||||||
| Doctoral advisor | Tsien, Hsue Shen | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 郑哲敏 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鄭哲敏 | ||||||||
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Biography
Zheng is a native of Yin County (now Yinzhou District) of Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, and was born in Jinan of Shandong Province. He obtained a BS from Tsinghua University in 1947, and a MS and a PhD in mechanical engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1952. His doctoral advisor was Qian Xuesen.[2]
In 1955, Zheng returned to China and later served as Director of the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), President of the Chinese Mechanical Society, and Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (中国力学学报).
He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1983.[3]
He died from an illness in Beijing, on 25 August 2021, aged 96.[4][5]
Honors and awards
- 1980, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[1]
- 1993, Foreign associate of the United States National Academy of Engineering[1]
- 1993, Tan Kah Kee Science Award[1]
- 1994, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering[1]
- 2012, State Preeminent Science and Technology Award[1]
References
External links
- 郑哲敏：一切皆力之变
- 郑哲敏：爆炸传奇 (Cheng Chemin: the legand of explosion)
- Xinhuanet.com Zheng Zhemin – explosion specialist