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Chinese materials scientist (1921?2017)
Xu Zuyao
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Born
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1921-03-21
)
21 March 1921
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Died
| 7 March 2017
(2017-03-07)
(aged 95)
Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
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Alma mater
| National Yunnan University
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Xu Zuyao
(
Chinese
:
徐祖耀
;
pinyin
:
Xu Z?yao
;
Wade?Giles
:
Hsu Tsu-yao
; 21 March 1921 ? 7 March 2017) was a Chinese materials scientist. Focused on
Martensitic transformation
and Bainitic transformation, Xu was a pioneer in mainland China.
[1]
Since 1983, Xu was a member and honorable member of International Advisory Committee of Martensitic Transformations and later became a member of International Committee of Bainite.
[2]
Born in 1921 at rural area of Ningbo, Xu completed his earlier education at local schools. Then he studied at the Department of Metallurgy, National
Yunnan University
during 1938?1942. He stayed there as an Assistant Lecture after graduation. He went to Chongqing and Nanjing, served as a technician at Munitions Bureau afterwards. He began to teach at
Tangshan Jiaotong University
as associate professor since 1949. Then he was sent to
Beijing Iron and Steel College
in 1953.
[3]
Eight years later, he was transferred to
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
, where he held successively the post of associate professor, professor and pean. In 1990, he was appointed as a visiting professor at
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
.
[4]
Xu was elected as an Academician of
Chinese Academy of Sciences
in 1995.
[1]
Xu lived a frugal life and never married. He made substantial donations to charity.
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