| Chen Shilu | |
| Birth Date: | 1920 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Dongyang, Zhejiang, China |
| Death Place: | Xi'an, Shaanxi, China |
| Field: | Flight mechanics |
| Work Institutions: | Northwestern Polytechnical University |
| Alma Mater: | National Southwestern Associated University Moscow Aviation Institute |
Chen Shilu (; 24 September 1920 – 24 April 2016) was a Chinese flight mechanics expert, educator and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE).
Chen was born in Dongyang County, Zhejiang. He obtained a bachelor's degree of aeronautical engineering from National Southwestern Associated University in 1945.[1] He became a teaching assistant in National Southwestern Associated University (1945–1946) and Tsinghua University (1946–1948) after his graduation. He taught at National Chiao Tung University as a lecturer in 1948. Chen moved to Eastern China Aeronautics Institute in 1952 due to the adjustment for university colleges and departments in China.[1] He went to Soviet Union in 1956 by the Chinese government sponsorship and obtained a master's degree from Moscow Aviation Institute in 1958.[2]
Chen returned to Northwestern Polytechnical University and founded the Department of Aerospace Engineering in 1959.[2] Chen's research was mainly in the field of flight mechanics and fostered China's first and second doctors in flight mechanics.[1] He became the foreign academician of Russian Academy of Astronautics on 29 March 1994.[1] On 24 November 1997, Chen was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering for his achievements in flight mechanics.[1]
Chen died on 24 April 2016 at the age of 95 in Xi'an.[3]
Eastern China Aeronautics Institute was relocated to Xi'an and renamed as the Xi'an Aeronautics Institute in 1956. Xi'an Aeronautics Institute was merged to form the Northwestern Polytechnical University in 1958.