Zhang Youqi
Zhang Youqi | |||||||||
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Trương hữu khải | |||||||||
| Born | 18 September 1934 | ||||||||
| Died | 23 September 2022(aged 88) Hong Kong,China | ||||||||
| Alma mater | South China University of Technology University of Wales University of Adelaide | ||||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||||
| Fields | Civil engineering Computational mechanics | ||||||||
| Institutions | University of Hong Kong South China University of Technology | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | TrươngHữuKhải | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | TrươngHữuKhải | ||||||||
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Zhang Youqi(Chinese:Trương hữu khải;Wade–Giles:Chung Yau-Kai;18 September 1934 – 23 September 2022) was a Chinese scientist who was a professor atSouth China University of Technology,a former vice president of theUniversity of Hong Kong,and an academician of theChinese Academy of Sciences.
Biography
[edit]Zhang was born inBritish Hong Kong,on 18 September 1934, while hisancestral homeinXinhui DistrictofJiangmen,Guangdong.[1][2]He attended theQueen's College, Hong Kong.[2]He was accepted to theFaculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kongbut soon dropped out.[2]In 1954, he enteredSouth China University of Technology,where he majored incivil engineering.[1][2]After graduating in 1958, he was assigned as a technician to Henan Architectural Design Institute inZhengzhou,capital ofnorth China'sHenanprovince.[2]
Zhang returned to British Hong Kong in 1961 and was admitted to theUniversity of Wales,where he earned his doctor's degree in 1964.[1][2]In 1967, he was recruited as an associate professor than full professor of theUniversity of CalgaryinCanada.He went on to receive his Doctor of Science degree from the University of Wales in 1973.[1][2]He joined the faculty of theUniversity of Hong Kongin August 197, becoming dean of the Faculty of Engineering the next year. In 1979, he entered theUniversity of Adelaidewhere he received his Doctor of Engineering degree in 1982.[1][2]In 1988, he rose to become vice president of the University of Hong Kong, and served until 1998. In November 2001, he was hired as a professor of South China University of Technology.
On 23 September 2022, he died inHong Kong,at the age of 88.[3]
Honours and awards
[edit]- 1987 Fellow of theRoyal Academy of Engineering[1][2]
- 1990 State Natural Science Award (Second Class) for the development and application of the finite strip method[2]
- 1995 British Empire Medal (ODE)[2]
- 1999 Member of theChinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)[1][2]
- 1999 State Natural Science Award (Third Class) for the incremental harmonic balance method and generalized perturbation methods for strongly non-linear vibration[2]
- 2002 Fellow of theRoyal Society of Canada[1][2]
- 2003Silver Bauhinia Star[2]
- 2003 Myklestad Prize by theAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME)
References
[edit]- ^abcdefghYue Huairang (Nhạc hoài nhượng) (26 September 2022).Trung quốc khoa học viện viện sĩ, kế toán lực học chuyên gia trương hữu khải thệ thế.thepaper(in Chinese).Retrieved16 November2022.
- ^abcdefghijklmnoĐại sư vẫn lạc! Miến hoài trung quốc khoa học viện viện sĩ trương hữu khải.thepaper(in Chinese). 28 September 2022.Retrieved16 November2022.
- ^Yue Huairang (Nhạc hoài nhượng) (27 September 2022).Lưỡng vị đại sư đồng nhất thiên viễn khứ, cộng hòa quốc kim niên dĩ thống thất 28 vị lưỡng viện viện sĩ.thepaper(in Chinese).Retrieved16 November2022.
- 1934 births
- 2022 deaths
- Scientists from Guangdong
- South China University of Technology alumni
- Alumni of the University of Wales
- University of Adelaide alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Calgary
- Academic staff of the University of Hong Kong
- Academic staff of the South China University of Technology
- Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada