Shi Changxu | |||||||
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师昌绪 | |||||||
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| Born | (1918-11-15)15 November 1918 Xushui County,Zhili, Republic of China | ||||||
| Died | November 10, 2014(2014-11-10) (aged 95) Beijing, People's Republic of China | ||||||
| Alma mater | Northwestern Polytechnical University Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy University of Notre Dame | ||||||
| Awards | Highest Science and Technology Award (2010) | ||||||
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| Fields | Materials science | ||||||
| Institutions | Chinese Academy of Sciences | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 师昌绪 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 師昌緒 | ||||||
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Shi Changxu (Chinese:师昌绪; 15 November 1920 – 10 November 2014) was a Chinese metallurgist. He served as vice president of theChinese Academy of Engineering.
Born inXushui County,Zhili (nowBaoding, Hebei), he attended National Northwestern Engineering Institute (a predecessor ofNorthwestern Polytechnical University) until 1945. He then studied for his master's degree in the United States, at theMissouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, before receiving a doctoral degree in 1952 from theUniversity of Notre Dame. Shi was a recipient of the 2010Highest Science and Technology Award.[1] He died in Beijing at the age of 93 in 2014.[2]
The asteroid28468 Shichangxu, discovered in 2000, is named after him.[3]
In 2015, he was honored as one of the "Top Ten People Touching China in 2014".
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