Zhou Yaohe

Zhou Yaohe (Chinese: 周尧和; pinyin: Zhōu Yáohé; Wade–Giles: Chou Yao-ho May 1927 – 30 July 2018) was a Chinese materials scientist.[1] He was elected as academician of the Chinese Academy of Science in 1991.[2]

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhou.
Zhou Yaohe
BornMay 1927
Beijing, Republic of China
Died30 July 2018(2018-07-30) (aged 91)
Shanghai, China
Alma materTsinghua University,
Moscow Institute of Steel
Scientific career
FieldsMaterials science
InstitutionsNorthwestern Polytechnical University,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Born in May 1927, Zhou attended Tsinghua University. He went to the Soviet Union in 1953, and returned to China with a Candidate of Sciences degree from the Moscow Institute of Steel, in 1957. He specialized in solidification theory and technology for metal casting, and developed a new method of metal casting, which is used to produce aluminium alloy for aerospace engineering. He received the highest award of Chinese aviation industry in 1991.[3]

He died on 30 July 2018 at Huadong Hospital in Shanghai, aged 91.[3]

References
  1. "中国科学院院士周尧和逝世". Shanghai Jiao Tong University (in Chinese). Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  2. 中国大百科全书（第二版） [Encyclopedia of China (2nd Edition)] (in Chinese). 29. Encyclopedia of China Publishing House. 2009. p. 498. ISBN 978-7-500-07958-3.
  3. "Zhou Yaohe". Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
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