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Zhou Yaohe
周尧和
BornMay 1927
Died30 July 2018(2018-07-30) (aged 91)
Alma materTsinghua University,
Moscow Institute of Steel
Scientific career
FieldsMaterials science
InstitutionsNorthwestern Polytechnical University,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Zhou Yaohe (Chinese: 周尧和; pinyin: Zhōu Yáohé; Wade–Giles: Chou Yao-ho May 1927 – 30 July 2018) was a Chinese materials scientist.[1] He was elected as academician of the Chinese Academy of Science in 1991.[2]

Born in May 1927, Zhou attended Tsinghua University. He went to the Soviet Union in 1953, and returned to China with a Candidate of Sciences degree from the Moscow Institute of Steel, in 1957. He specialized in solidification theory and technology for metal casting, and developed a new method of metal casting, which is used to produce aluminium alloy for aerospace engineering. He received the highest award of Chinese aviation industry in 1991.[3]

He died on 30 July 2018 at Huadong Hospital in Shanghai, aged 91.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "中国科学院院士周尧和逝世". Shanghai Jiao Tong University (in Chinese). Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  2. ^ 中国大百科全书(第二版) [Encyclopedia of China (2nd Edition)] (in Chinese). Vol. 29. Encyclopedia of China Publishing House. 2009. p. 498. ISBN 978-7-500-07958-3.
  3. ^ a b "Zhou Yaohe". Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Retrieved 2018-08-01.