Zhou Yaohe | |
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周尧和 | |
Born | May 1927 |
Died | 30 July 2018 | (aged 91)
Alma mater |
Tsinghua University, Moscow Institute of Steel |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Materials science |
Institutions |
Northwestern Polytechnical University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
Zhou Yaohe ( Chinese: 周尧和; pinyin: Zhōu Yáohé; Wade–Giles: Chou Yao-ho May 1927 – 30 July 2018) was a Chinese materials scientist. [1] He was elected as academician of the Chinese Academy of Science in 1991. [2]
Born in May 1927, Zhou attended Tsinghua University. He went to the Soviet Union in 1953, and returned to China with a Candidate of Sciences degree from the Moscow Institute of Steel, in 1957. He specialized in solidification theory and technology for metal casting, and developed a new method of metal casting, which is used to produce aluminium alloy for aerospace engineering. He received the highest award of Chinese aviation industry in 1991. [3]
He died on 30 July 2018 at Huadong Hospital in Shanghai, aged 91. [3]
Zhou Yaohe | |
---|---|
周尧和 | |
Born | May 1927 |
Died | 30 July 2018 | (aged 91)
Alma mater |
Tsinghua University, Moscow Institute of Steel |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Materials science |
Institutions |
Northwestern Polytechnical University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
Zhou Yaohe ( Chinese: 周尧和; pinyin: Zhōu Yáohé; Wade–Giles: Chou Yao-ho May 1927 – 30 July 2018) was a Chinese materials scientist. [1] He was elected as academician of the Chinese Academy of Science in 1991. [2]
Born in May 1927, Zhou attended Tsinghua University. He went to the Soviet Union in 1953, and returned to China with a Candidate of Sciences degree from the Moscow Institute of Steel, in 1957. He specialized in solidification theory and technology for metal casting, and developed a new method of metal casting, which is used to produce aluminium alloy for aerospace engineering. He received the highest award of Chinese aviation industry in 1991. [3]
He died on 30 July 2018 at Huadong Hospital in Shanghai, aged 91. [3]