Zhou Heng (physicist)
Chinese physicist (1929–2025)
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Zhou Heng (20 November 1929 – 1 August 2025) was a Chinese physicist specializing in fluid dynamics.[1]
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Zhou Heng | |||||||
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周恒 | |||||||
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| Born | 20 November 1929 Shanghai, China | ||||||
| Died | 1 August 2025 (aged 95) Tianjin, China | ||||||
| Alma mater | Peiyang University | ||||||
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| Fields | Fluid dynamics | ||||||
| Institutions | Tianjin University | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 周恒 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 周恆 | ||||||
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Life and career
Zhou was born in Shanghai, on 20 November 1929, while his ancestral home is in Pucheng County, Fujian.[2] His father was a primary school teacher.[2] He had two elder sisters.[2] After the Imperial Japanese Army occupied Shanghai in 1937, his family fled to different cities to take refuge.[2]
In 1946, Zhou was admitted to Peiyang University with the first ranking in his class, where he majored in Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering.[2] After graduating in 1950, he stayed at the university (later regrouped as Tianjin University), where he successively was lecturer, professor, head of Department of Mechanics, vice-president and president of the Graduate School.[2][3] He was a visiting scholar at the Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London between 1981 and 1982. In 1985, he was hired as a visiting professor at Brown University.[1]
Zhou was a member of the 8th and 9th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[3]
Honours and awards
- 1987 State Natural Science Award (Second Class)
- 1993 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)