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Wu Chengkang (Chinese: 吴承康; 14 November 1929 – 25 December 2022) was a Chinese engineer, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Biography

Wu was born in Shanghai, on 14 November 1929. He attended Nanyang Model High School. In 1947, he entered Jiaotong University, where he majored in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. After completing his master's degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1952, he entered Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he obtained his doctor's degree in 1957.

Wu returned to China in 1957 and became associate research fellow of the Power Research Office of Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 1970, he was transferred to the 7th Ministry of Machinery Industry, serving until 1978. Since 1978, he successively worked as associate researcher, researcher, director of the Research Room.

On 25 December 2022, Wu died in Beijing, at the age of 93.

Honours and awards

• 1991 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
• 1998 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Third Class)

References

1. 悲痛！吴承康院士逝世，为我国著名高温气体动力学家. qq.com (in Chinese). 30 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
2. "Wu Chengkang", China Vitae website at chinavitae.com. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
3. Zhu Zixia (朱子峡) (22 December 2022). 5天痛失13位院士，12月以来各行各业讣告不断，这些名人离我们而去. Sohu (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 December 2022.
4. 大科学家 小提琴手. sina (in Chinese). 15 January 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2022.

• 1929 births
• 2022 deaths
• Engineers from Shanghai
• Nanyang Model High School alumni
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
• University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
• Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
• National Chiao Tung University (Shanghai) alumni