Cheng Chemin

Cheng Chemin, also known as Zheng Zhemin is a Chinese physicist specialized in explosive mechanics.

Biography

Cheng is a native of Yin County (now Yinzhou District) of Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, and was born in Jinan of Shandong Province. Cheng obtained BS from Tsinghua University in 1947. Cheng was a teaching assistant at Tsinghua University Department of Physics. Cheng obtained MS and PhD from the California Institute of Technology.^[1]

Cheng was former Director-general of the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Cheng was former President of the Chinese Mechanical Society. Cheng was former Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (中国力学学报).

Honors and awards

• 1980, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
• 1993, Foreign Member of the United States National Academy of Engineering
• 1993, Tan Kah Kee Science Award
• 1994, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
• 2012, State Preeminent Science and Technology Award

References

External links

• China Vitae: Biography of Zheng Zhemin
• 郑哲敏：一切皆力之变
• 郑哲敏：爆炸传奇 (Cheng Chemin: the legand of explosion)
• Xinhuanet.com Zheng Zhemin – explosion specialist