Yin Xiaowei
Yin Xiaowei (
composite materials. He served as Professor of Materials Science at Northwestern Polytechnical University
, and Executive Vice Dean of the Graduate School of the university.
Biography
Yin was born in April 1973 in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China, with his ancestral home in Anqiu, Shandong.[1][2]
He earned his bachelor's (1995), master's, and Ph.D. (2001) degrees from the Materials Science and Engineering Department of
Lady Davis Fellowship the following year.[1] In 2004, he was awarded a fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to conduct research at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg in Germany.[1][2]
In June 2006, Yin returned to China and was appointed a professor of the School of Materials Science of Northwestern Polytechnical University. In May 2015 he became Vice Dean of the school. In November 2018, he was appointed Executive Vice Dean of the Graduate School of Northwestern Polytechnical University.[1][3]
Yin published 70 papers in journals included in the
Ministry of Education of China (First Class) and the Shaanxi Provincial Natural Science Award (First Class).[1][3] In 2017, he was awarded the inaugural Young Scientist Award by the Chinese Society for Composite Materials.[4]
Yin died from an illness on 26 November 2019 in Xi'an, aged 46.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Yue, Huairang (2019-11-29). "47岁知名材料学者、西工大研究生院常务副院长殷小玮逝世". The Paper. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
- ^ a b c d "处级干部试用任职公示". Northwestern Polytechnical University. 2015-05-06. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
- ^ Wen Hui Bao. 2019-11-29. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
- ^ "青年奖-殷小玮". Chinese Society for Composite Materials. 2017-12-29. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
