Ruan Xueyu | |
|---|---|
阮雪榆 | |
| Born | (1933-01-06)6 January 1933 |
| Died | 3 February 2019(2019-02-03) (aged 86) Shanghai, China |
| Alma mater | Shanghai Jiao Tong University Tsinghua University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Material Processing Engineering |
| Institutions | Chinese Academy of Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University North University of China |
Ruan Xueyu (Chinese:阮雪榆;pinyin:Ruǎn Xuěyú; 6 January 1933 – 3 February 2019) was a Chinese pressure processing specialist and academician of theChinese Academy of Engineering (CAE). He had hailed as the "Father of Cold Extrusion Technology" in China. He was a professor atShanghai Jiao Tong University, a part-time professor atTsinghua University, and honorary professor atKumamoto University.[1]
He was the head of Shanghai Mould Technology Research Institute, director of Ford Motor Company-SJTU C3P Research Center, advanced counselor of Swiss FEINTOOL company, director on the Korean journalInternational Journal of Automotive Technology and the German journalResearch in Engineering Design, standing member of ICEM.[2] He was a member of the 10th Central Committee ofJiusan Society, one of the eight legally recognised political parties in China.[3]
Ruan was born inShanghai, on 6 January 1933, with hisancestral home inZhongshan,Guangdong. His paternal grandfather was anoverseas Chinese in Australia. His maternal grandfather was anoverseas Chinese in Thailand. His father was a businessman in Shanghai and his mother was a famous doctor. He attended the Huanguang School. He elementary studied at the Second Middle School Affiliated to Datong University and secondary studied at theNanyang Model High School. In 1950 he was accepted toShanghai Jiao Tong University, where he majored in the Mechanical Department. After graduation, he pursued advanced studies inTsinghua University.
He taught at Shanghai Jiao Tong University since 1953. His first academic work,Cold Extrusion Technology, was published by Shanghai Science and Technology Publishing House in 1963, which became textbook ofBeijing Institute of Technology. In 1983, with the support of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the leaders of Shanghai Municipal Government, he established the Shanghai Institute of Mold Technology and served as its director. That same year, he joined theJiusan Society, one of the eight legally recognised political parties in China. In 1994 he was elected a fellow of theChinese Academy of Engineering (CAE). In 1994, the Department of Plastic Forming Engineering was established in Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Ruan served as its dean. In 1996, with the approval of theState Planning Commission, the National Die and Mould CAD Engineering Research Center was established on the basis of the Shanghai Die and Mould Technology Research Institute, Ruan Xueyu became its director.
On 3 February 2019, he died of illness atHuadong Hospital, in Shanghai, aged 86.[4]