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Sun Wei (engineer)

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Sun Wei
孙伟
Born(1935-11-20)20 November 1935
Died22 February 2019(2019-02-22) (aged 83)
Alma materSoutheast University
Scientific career
FieldsCivil engineering and materials science
InstitutionsSoutheast University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSūn Wěi

Sun Wei (Chinese: 孙伟; 20 November 1935 – 22 February 2019) was a Chinese civil engineer and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE).[1]

Biography

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Sun was born in Jiaozhou, Shandong, on 20 November 1935. She graduated from the Nanjing Institute of Technology (now Southeast University) in July 1958 and became a faculty member. She joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1956. She was promoted to associate professor in 1986 and to full professor in 1991.[2]

She published over 400 scientific papers and five monographs. In 2005, she was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE).[1]

She died of an illness in Nanjing, Jiangsu, on 22 February 2019.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c 孙伟院士逝世 [Academician Sun Wei passed away]. People's Daily (in Chinese). 23 February 2019.
  2. ^ 84岁中国工程院院士孙伟逝世,今年已痛失6位院士 [Sun Wei, 84, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, passed away]. Phoenix Television (in Chinese). 23 February 2019.