Zheng Zhemin

Zheng Zhemin (2 October 1924 – 25 August 2021), also romanized as Cheng Chemin, was a Chinese explosives engineer and physicist specializing in explosive mechanics.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zheng.
Zheng Zhemin
Born(1924-10-02)2 October 1924
Jinan, Shandong, China
Died25 August 2021(2021-08-25) (aged 96)
Beijing, China
Alma materCalifornia Institute of Technology
Tsinghua University
AwardsAcademician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[1]
Highest Science and Technology Award
Scientific career
FieldsExplosives engineering
Physics
Doctoral advisorQian Xuesen
InfluencedAndrew Yao
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese郑哲敏
Traditional Chinese鄭哲敏

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 his MS and PhD from California Institute of Technology.

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.[2]

He died from an illness in Beijing, on 25 August 2021, aged 96.[3][4]

Honors and awards

References
  1. "Zheng Zhemin". China Vitae. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  2. 中国科学院优秀共产党员. Official website of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (in Chinese). 29 June 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  3. 悼念！国家最高科技奖得主郑哲敏院士逝世. sciencenet.cn (in Chinese). 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  4. 郭凯. "Explosives expert Zheng Zhemin dies at 97". China Daily. Retrieved 25 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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