Duan Zhengcheng Explained

Duan Zhengcheng
Native Name:段正澄
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Date:1934 6, df=y
Birth Place:Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
Death Place:Wuhan, Hubei, China
Fields:Industrial engineering
Workplaces:Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Alma Mater:Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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Duan Zhengcheng (; 15 June 1934 – 15 February 2020) was a Chinese industrial engineer and inventor. He specialized in machinery manufacturing and automation, was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) and served as a professor and doctoral supervisor at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology.[1]

Biography

Duan was born in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, on 15 June 1934. After graduating from high school in 1953, he studied, then taught, at what is now Huazhong University of Science and Technology. On 15 February 2020, he died of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, aged 85.[1] [2] [3]

Contribution

In 1996, he invented the OUR-QGD stereotactic gamma-ray system, which won him a State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) in 2005.[1]

Honours and awards

Notes and References

  1. News: Li Yuan (Chinese: 李苑). http://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2020/2/435790.shtm . zh:段氏伽马刀发明人段正澄院士去世 . sciencenet.cn . 15 February 2020 . 16 February 2020 . zh.
  2. News: https://www.sohu.com/a/373388268_260616 . zh:追忆段正澄:75岁高龄当选院士,将一生献给了华中科大 . Sohu . 16 February 2020 . 16 February 2020 . zh.
  3. News: https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_6017317 . zh:走好,段正澄院士!新冠疫情期间,华中科大已经失去4位教授 . thepaper.cn . 16 February 2020 . 16 February 2020 . zh.