Zhou Heng
周恒
Born (1929-11-20) 20 November 1929
Shanghai, China
Alma materPeiyang University
Scientific career
FieldsFluid dynamics
InstitutionsTianjin University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese周恒
Traditional Chinese周恆

Zhou Heng (born 20 November 1929) is a Chinese physicist specializing in fluid dynamics.[1]

Biography

Zhou was born in Shanghai, on 20 November 1929, while his ancestral home in Pucheng County, Fujian.[2] His father was a primary school teacher.[2] He has 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, he was admitted to Peiyang University with the 1st ranking in his class, where he majored in the 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 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]

He was a member of the 8th and 9th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[3]

Honours and awards

References

  1. 1 2 Cui Jingyue (10 October 2019). "Zhou Heng: It Is Necessary to Promote the Combination of Science and Engineering". Tianjin University. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bai Jiali (白佳丽); Lei Kun (雷琨) (24 June 2021). 九旬院士周恒：最感念的人除了钱学森，还有一位技工. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 中国科学院院士周恒. Tianjin University (in Chinese). 4 April 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
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