Zhang Xingqian, a metal physicist, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a researcher of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics, died in Beijing on July 29, 2022, at the age of 101.
Zhang Xingqian was born on October 16, 1921 in Wuyi, Hebei.
He graduated from the Department of Mining and Metallurgy of Wuhan University in 1942, obtained a master's degree in physical metallurgy from the American Academy of Science and Technology in 1949, and a doctorate in physical metallurgy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1952.
In 1991, he was elected as a member (academician) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Zhang Xingqian systematically studied the deformation and fracture mechanisms of pure aluminum and its binary single-phase alloys during creep, especially the behavior of grain boundaries.
At the same time, studying metal physics, he devoted himself to the cause of nuclear weapons, participated in the research and manufacture of nuclear weapons in my country, and made important contributions to the development of nuclear weapons in China and the training of young scientific and technological talents.
Since 2022, the Republic has so far lost 23 academicians of the two academies.
On January 1, Xu Xingchu, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a person without party affiliation, an expert in precision machine tool design and technology, and a former senior engineer of the Science and Technology Committee of the Ministry of Machinery Industry (Bureau), died in Beijing at the age of 88.
On January 19, Pan Ziqiang, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, an expert in radiation protection and environmental protection, and a researcher of the Science and Technology Committee of China National Nuclear Corporation, died in Beijing at the age of 85.
On January 27, Dai Yongnian, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, mining and metallurgist, and professor of Kunming University of Science and Technology, died in Kunming at the age of 92.
On January 30, Zhu Zhaoliang, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a soil agricultural chemist, and a researcher at the Nanjing Institute of Soil Studies, Chinese Academy of Sciences, died in Nanjing at the age of 90.
On March 6, Mao Yongze, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, an expert in nuclear technology applications, and a former researcher at the Institute of Chemical Defense of the Academy of Military Sciences, died in Beijing at the age of 91.
On March 16, Chen Jingxiong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, an expert in electromagnetic field theory and antenna technology, and the former deputy director of the 23rd Institute of the Second Research Institute of the Seventh Ministry of Machinery Industry, died in Beijing at the age of 101.
On March 20, Wen Shengchang, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a physical oceanographer and a professor at Ocean University of China, died in Qingdao at the age of 100.
On March 23, Zhang Ziyi, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and an animal nutritionist, died in Beijing at the age of 97.
On April 6, Yu Guocong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, an expert in chemical engineering, and a professor at Tianjin University, died in Tianjin at the age of 100.
On April 19, Pan Jiluan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a welding expert, died in Beijing at the age of 95.
On April 23, Li Sanli, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a computer expert and a professor at Tsinghua University, died in Beijing at the age of 87.
On May 8, Zhuang Qiaosheng, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a wheat genetics and breeder, and a researcher at the Institute of Crop Science of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, died in Beijing at the age of 105.
On May 19, Huang Wenhu, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, mechanical dynamicist and former president of Harbin Institute of Technology, died in Harbin at the age of 96.
On May 31, Wang Zherong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and an expert in tank vehicle design, died in Beijing at the age of 86.
On June 7, Zhou Qinzhi, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, an expert in mechanical manufacturing technology and equipment, and a professor at Donghua University, died in Shanghai at the age of 95.
On June 9, Zou Jing, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, an expert in photosensitive materials, chief expert of the Research Institute of China Lucky Group Co., Ltd., and a professor at the School of Chemical Engineering of Tianjin University, died in Tianjin at the age of 86.
On June 12, Yu Chongwen, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, geochemical kineticist, mineral deposit geochemist, and professor of China University of Geosciences, died in Beijing at the age of 98.
On June 23, Liang Junwu, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, an expert in semiconductor materials, and a researcher at the Institute of Semiconductors of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, died in Beijing at the age of 89.
On July 8, Fan Haifu, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a famous crystallographer, and a researcher at the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, died in Beijing at the age of 88.
On July 12, Xu Xurong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a physicist and a luminescence scientist, died in Beijing at the age of 100.
On July 15, Meng Zhaozhen, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a famous landscape architect, landscape architecture educator, and a professor at the School of Landscape Architecture of Beijing Forestry University, died in Beijing at the age of 90.
On July 17, Professor Yang Fujia, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a famous nuclear physicist and former president of Fudan University, died in Shanghai at the age of 86.
The Paper reporter Yue Huairang