Du Qinghua Explained

Du Qinghua
Birth Date:14 April 1919
Birth Place:Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, Republic of China
Death Place:Beijing, China
Nationality:Chinese
Fields:Physics
Workplaces:Peking University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Tsinghua University
Alma Mater:Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Stanford University
Zhejiang University
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Du Qinghua (; April 14, 1919 – 2006), also known as Q.H. DU, was a Chinese physicist. He was a pioneer of aeronautic and astronautic material engineering in China. and a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.[1]

Life

On April 14, 1919, Du was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. in the 1930s, Du studied in Hangzhou Middle School. In 1936, he graduated from Hangzhou High School. In 1937, Du studied at Zhejiang University. In 1940, he graduated from the Department of Mechanics, National Chiao Tung University (now Shanghai Jiao Tong University).

In 1947, Du went to study in the United States. He entered Stanford University and majored in solid state physics. In June 1948, Du obtained a master's degree of aeronautic engineering from Stanford. In September 1948, Du turned to Harvard University and studied hydrodynamics under the academic advice of Richard von Mises. In June 1949, Du earned another master of aeronautics from Harvard. In September 1949, Du went back to Stanford and did research on aeronautic light structure with Stephen Timoshenko and Goodier. He received his doctorate in April 1951.

In June 1951, Du went back to China and taught at Peking University. In 1952, Du was transferred to Tsinghua University and became a teaching and research leader of mechanics. In 1958, Du was one of the founders of the Department of Engineering Mechanics of Tsinghua University. From 1983 to 1987, Du was also a part-time professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Xi'an Jiao Tong University, and Zhejiang University, and he was an honorary professor at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.[2]

Du was a founder of Chinese modern aeronautic and astronautic material engineering. He was also a founder of the teaching and research of mechanics and material engineering at Tsinghua University. In 1997, Du was elected academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE).[3]

Works

Du wrote more than 130 papers and also several popular textbooks and handbooks, including:[4]

Family

Du's daughter Du Xian is a former news anchor of China Central Television and the wife of actor Chen Daoming.

References

  1. http://www.cae.cn/english/member/content.jsp?id=62 Chinese Academy of Engineering - list of senior members
  2. http://news.tsinghua.edu.cn/new/news.php?id=14197 杜庆华院士因病逝世
  3. Web site: 中国工程院-院士信息 . 2008-08-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071213150103/http://www.cae.cn/experts/detail.jsp?id=364 . 2007-12-13 .
  4. SuperStar Internet Digital Reader: Works by Du Qinghua

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