Cao Chunxiao | |||||||
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曹春晓 | |||||||
Born | |||||||
Died | 23 November 2023
Beijing, China | (aged 89)||||||
Alma mater | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | ||||||
Spouse | Zhang Beilian | ||||||
Scientific career | |||||||
Fields | Materials science | ||||||
Institutions | Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 曹 春 晓 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 曹 春 曉 | ||||||
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Cao Chunxiao ( Chinese: 曹春晓; 6 August 1934 – 23 November 2023) was a Chinese materials scientist, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Cao is best known for developing the first aircraft engine in China equipped with titanium alloy blades. [1] Cao was a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). [2]
Cao was born into a merchant family, in Shangyu County (now Shangyu District of Shaoxing), Zhejiang, on 6 August 1934. [1] In 1937, his family moved to Shanghai and settled down in the Shanghai French Concession due to the War of Japanese Aggression Against China. [1]
After graduating from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1956, he worked in the newly established national defense research unit - Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials (now AVIC Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials), until his retirement. [1]
On 23 November 2023, he died from an illness in Beijing, at the age of 89. [1] [3]
Cao married Zhang Beilian (张琲联). [4]
Cao Chunxiao | |||||||
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曹春晓 | |||||||
Born | |||||||
Died | 23 November 2023
Beijing, China | (aged 89)||||||
Alma mater | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | ||||||
Spouse | Zhang Beilian | ||||||
Scientific career | |||||||
Fields | Materials science | ||||||
Institutions | Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 曹 春 晓 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 曹 春 曉 | ||||||
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Cao Chunxiao ( Chinese: 曹春晓; 6 August 1934 – 23 November 2023) was a Chinese materials scientist, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Cao is best known for developing the first aircraft engine in China equipped with titanium alloy blades. [1] Cao was a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). [2]
Cao was born into a merchant family, in Shangyu County (now Shangyu District of Shaoxing), Zhejiang, on 6 August 1934. [1] In 1937, his family moved to Shanghai and settled down in the Shanghai French Concession due to the War of Japanese Aggression Against China. [1]
After graduating from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1956, he worked in the newly established national defense research unit - Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials (now AVIC Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials), until his retirement. [1]
On 23 November 2023, he died from an illness in Beijing, at the age of 89. [1] [3]
Cao married Zhang Beilian (张琲联). [4]