Sun Zhongliang

Sun Zhongliang (Chinese: 孙忠良; 26 August 1936 – 29 June 2019) was a Chinese electrical engineer and professor at Southeast University who specialized in extremely high frequency research.[1] He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a recipient of the State Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class).[1]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Sun.

Biography

Sun was born on 26 August 1936 in Shanghai, Republic of China.[2][3] He tested into the Department of Radio Engineering of Nanjing Institute of Technology (now Southeast University) in 1955, and was hired by the university as a faculty member upon graduation in 1960. He became an associate professor in 1983 and full professor in 1987.[4]

Sun was a renowned expert in the field of extremely high frequency (EHF). He solved a series of difficult problems in EHF, with important applications in military engineering and 5G mobile communication.[2] For his contributions, he was awarded the State Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class) as well as six provincial and ministerial science prizes.[2] Sun was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2001.[4][5] He was a member of the 8th, 9th, and 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).[2]

Sun died from an illness on 29 June 2019 in Nanjing, at the age of 82.[2][3]

References
  1. "中国工程院院士、东南大学教授孙忠良逝世 享年83岁". bjnews.cn (in Chinese). 2019-06-29. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  2. "孙忠良院士逝世，其研究助力5G发展！" (in Chinese). Sohu. 2019-06-29. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  3. "毫米波技术专家孙忠良院士逝世". Sciencenet.cn (in Chinese). 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  4. Pang Xueting 庞雪汀 (2019-07-04). "孙忠良院士告别仪式举行 为我国毫米波技术工程和国防应用做出贡献" (in Chinese). Xinhua. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  5. "讣告" (in Chinese). School of Information Science and Engineering. 2019-06-29. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
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