Sun Wei (engineer)
Sun Wei (Chinese: 孙伟; 20 November 1935 – 22 February 2019) was a Chinese civil engineer and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE).[1]
Sun Wei | |||||||||
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| Born | 20 November 1935 | ||||||||
| Died | 22 February 2019 (aged 83) | ||||||||
| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||
| Education | Southeast University | ||||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||||
| Fields | Civil engineering and materials science | ||||||||
| Institutions | Southeast University | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 孫偉 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 孙伟 | ||||||||
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Biography
Sun was born in Jiaozhou, Shandong, on 20 November 1935. She graduated from the Nanjing Institute of Technology (now Southeast University) in July 1958 and became a faculty member. She joined the Communist Party of China in 1956. She was promoted to associate professor in 1986 and to full professor in 1991.[2]
She published over 400 scientific papers and five monographs. In 2005, she was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE).[1]
She died of an illness in Nanjing, Jiangsu, on 22 February 2019.[1]
References
- 孙伟院士逝世 [Academician Sun Wei passed away]. people.com.cn (in Chinese). 23 February 2019.
- 84岁中国工程院院士孙伟逝世，今年已痛失6位院士 [Sun Wei, 84, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, passed away]. ifeng (in Chinese). 23 February 2019.
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