Shen Zhonghou

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Shen Zhonghou
沈忠厚
Born(1928-02-13)13 February 1928
China University of Petroleum (Beijing)

Shen Zhonghou (

China University of Petroleum (Beijing). He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE). He was hailed as "Father of Drilling Bit".[1]

Biography

Shen was born in the town of

China University of Petroleum (Beijing) in September 1955, where he was promoted to associate professor in 1962 and to full professor in 1983.[2] And he served as its director of the Department of Petroleum Engineering in September 1983.[2] From March 1981 to July 1981 he studied at the University of Louisiana.[2] He was a visiting scholar at the University of Texas at Austin and Stanford University from November 1987 to February 1988.[2] He was a scholar at Tohoku University between February 1991 and September 1991.[2] On 5 February 2021, he died of illness in Beijing
, aged 92, eight days short from his 93rd birthday.

Honours and awards

References

  1. ^ Li Yuan (李苑) (5 February 2021). “钻头之父”沈忠厚院士逝世 ["Father of Drilling Bit", academician Shen Zhonghou, is dead]. sciencenet.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i 沈忠厚 [Shen Zhonghou]. Government of Dazhu County (in Chinese). 9 March 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2021.