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Zheng Zhemin (2 October 1924 – 25 August 2021), also romanized as Cheng Che-Min, was a Chinese explosives engineer and physicist specializing in explosive mechanics.




Biography


Zheng is a native of Yin County (now Yinzhou District) of Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, and was born in Jinan of Shandong Province. He obtained a BS from Tsinghua University in 1947, and a MS and a PhD in mechanical engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1952. His doctoral advisor was Qian Xuesen.
In 1955, Zheng returned to China and later served as Director of the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), President of the Chinese Mechanical Society, and Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (中国力学学报).
He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1983.
He died from an illness in Beijing, on 25 August 2021, aged 96.




Honors and awards


1980, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
1993, Foreign associate of the United States National Academy of Engineering
1993, Tan Kah Kee Science Award
1994, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
2012, State Preeminent Science and Technology Award




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External links


郑哲敏：一切皆力之变
郑哲敏：爆炸传奇 (Cheng Chemin: the legend of explosion)
Xinhuanet.com Zheng Zhemin – explosion specialist

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