Zhao Guofan
Zhao Guofan | |||||||||
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赵国藩 | |||||||||
| Born | 29 December 1924 Fenyang County, Shanxi, China | ||||||||
| Died | 1 February 2017 (aged 92) | ||||||||
| Alma mater | Chiao Tung University East China People's Revolutionary University | ||||||||
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| Fields | Civil structure | ||||||||
| Institutions | Dalian University of Technology | ||||||||
| Academic advisors | Xu Zhilun | ||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 赵国藩 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 趙國藩 | ||||||||
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Zhao Guofan (29 December 1924 – 1 February 2017) was a Chinese civil structural engineer. He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Biography
Zhao was born in Fengyang County, Shanxi, on 29 December 1924.[1][2] He had two younger brothers.[2] By age 13, the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out, his father was conscripted into military service.[2] Zhao and her mother fled to different cities to take refuge.[2] Finally, they settled in the suburb of Xi'an, Shaanxi.[2] In 1945, he was admitted to Chiao Tung University, where he majored in the Department of Civil Engineering.[1][2] After graduation, he entered the East China People's Revolutionary University (华东人民革命大学).[1][2]
After graduating in 1949, he was recruited by the Qiqihar Railway Bureau and soon after moved to the Department of Water Conservancy, Lanzhou University.[1][2] He was appointed assistant of Dalian University of Technology, in August 1950, becoming professor in 1954.[1][2] During the Korean War, he was an engineer in the 810 National Defense Construction Committee.[1] He joined the Jiusan Society in 1956. He was a visiting scholar at North Carolina State University from March 1981 to September 1981.[2]
He died of illness in Dalian, Liaoning, on 1 February 1924, aged 92.[1]
Works
- 高等钢筋混凝土结构学 [Advanced Reinforced Concrete Structure] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Machine Press. 2012. ISBN 9787111168478.
- 赵国藩院士学术论文选 [Selected Academic Papers of Academician Zhao Guofan] (in Chinese). Dalian, Liaoning: Dalian University of Technology Press. 2010. ISBN 9787561177907.
- 钢纤维混凝土结构 [Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete Structure] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Architecture & Building Press. 1999. ISBN 9787112039807.
- 结构可靠度理论 [Structural Reliability Theory] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Architecture & Building Press. 2000. ISBN 9787112045648.
- Zhao Guofan; Cao Juyi; Zhang Kuanquan (2011). 工程结构可靠度 [Structural Reliability] (in Chinese). Beijing: Science Press. ISBN 9787030318640.
Honours and awards
- 1997 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)
- 1998 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Third Class)
References
External links
- Zhao Guofan on the official website of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (in Chinese)