- Cheng Chemin
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Cheng Chemin (or Zheng Zhemin, (born 1924), Simplified Chinese: 郑哲敏), is a Chinese physicist specialized in explosive mechanics.
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Biography[1]
Cheng is a native of Yin County (now Yinzhou District) of Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, and was born in Jinan of Shandong Province. Cheng obtained BS from Tsinghua University in 1947. Cheng was a teaching assistant at Tsinghua University Department of Physics. Cheng obtained MS and PhD from the California Institute of Technology.
Cheng was former Director-general of the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Cheng was former President of the Chinese Mechanical Society. Cheng was former Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (中国力学学报).
Honors and awards
- 1980, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Scineces
- 1993, Foreign Member of the United States National Academy of Engineering
- 1993, Tan Kah Kee Science Award
- 1994, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
References
- ^ The biography of Cheng Chemin from Baidu internet encyclopedia
External links
- China Vitae: Biography of Zheng Zhemin
- 郑哲敏:一切皆力之变
- 郑哲敏:爆炸传奇 (Cheng Chemin: the legand of explosion)
- Xinhuanet.com Zheng Zhemin - explosion specialist
Chinese Academy of Engineering Ba Denian • Cheng Chemin • Du Qinghua • Fu Zhihuan • Thomas Huang • Jiang Shaoji • Jin Yilian • Li Guohao • Li Sanli • Liu Yuanzhang • Min Enze • Ni Weidou • Pan Jiazheng • Pan Yunhe • Qian Xuesen • Shao Xianghua • Sun Baoguo • Sun Jinliang • Wang Xuan • Wang Yongzhi • Wang Zhenyi • Weng Shilie • Xu Kuangdi • Yuan Longping • Zhang Guangdou • Zhou Ji • Zhu Guangya • Zhuang ShonglinCategories:- 1924 births
- People from Ningbo (hometown)
- Tsinghua University alumni
- Tsinghua University faculty
- California Institute of Technology alumni
- Chinese physicists
- Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
- Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Living people
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