Qian Weichang
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Qian Weichang | |
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钱伟长 | |
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Died | 30 July 2010 Shanghai, China | (aged 97)
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Occupation | Physicist |
Known for | Chinese physicist |
Qian Weichang or Chien Wei-zang (simplified Chinese: 钱伟长; traditional Chinese: 錢偉長; pinyin: Qián Wěicháng; Wade–Giles: Ch'ien Wei-ch'ang; 9 October 1912 – 30 July 2010) was a Chinese physicist and applied mathematician, as well as academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He served as President of Shanghai University.[2]
Career
Qian was born in
In 1946, Qian returned to China and served as mechanics professor of
In 1982, Qian became president of Shanghai University of Technology, which had been turned into shambles after the consolidation of four institutions of higher education in 1994.
Qian was editor-in-chief of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition), a member of the editorial boards of International Journal of Engineering Science (US), Advances in Applied Mechanics (US), Journal of Thin-walled Structure (Holland) and Journal of Finite Elements in Analysis and Design. He had been vice chairman of the National Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference since 1987.
Qian was a specialist in applied mathematics, mechanics, physics, engineering science and Chinese information processing. He was generally acknowledged as one of the pioneers and founders of modern mechanics undertakings in China. His major research activities include; the intrinsic theory of plates and shells, the analysis of large deflection of thin plates and shells, the analysis of corrugated pipes, mechanics of armour penetration, singular perturbation methods, variational principles and generalized variational principles, finite element methods as well as the measurements of atmospheric electricity, spectral analysis of rare-earth elements, wave guide theory, lubrication theory, the development of high-energy batteries, his macro-coding of Chinese characters, etc. The joint work with J. L. Synge on the intrinsic theory of plates and shells is considered as a pioneering classical work in solid mechanics and his successive approximation method of treating large deflection problem is now named as "Chien's method". And he initiated a novel singular perturbation method, the method of composite expansions.
He had published in academic monographs and hundreds of scientific papers. Due to his work on the problems of large deflation of circular elastic plates and the generalized variational principles, he won the
In the early 1980s, Qian worked with Zhou Youguang and Liu Zunqi on creating a Chinese-language edition of Encyclopædia Britannica.[5]
During his presidency of Shanghai University (formerly Shanghai University of Technology), he devoted himself to the reconstruction of the University and to the accomplishment of reforms in higher education. He believed that the key role of higher education is to bring up excellent new generations with prefect personality and advanced expertise. For this purpose, he laid emphasis on raising the academic level of the University and showed great concerns to the publication of academic journals at the University.[citation needed]
Qian also served as chairman of the Steering Committee of the Third International Conference on Linear Mechanics in Shanghai in 1998.
He died in Shanghai at 6:20AM on 30 July 2010.[6][7]
Awards and honors
- In 1965 and 1982, he won the State Natural Science Award(Second Class) twice.
- Asteroid M.P.C. 121135).[8]
References
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