Ni Weidou

Not to be confused with Ni Wei-Tou of National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan.
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Ni.

Ni Weidou (simplified Chinese: 倪维斗; traditional Chinese: 倪維斗; pinyin: Ní Wéidòu; born October 6, 1932 in Zhenhai, Ningbo, Zhejiang), is a renowned Chinese mechanical and thermodynamical scientist and engineer.

Career

Ni's hometown is Zhenhai District, Ningbo, Zhejiang province. Ni entered Tsinghua University in 1951. Ni was transferred to the Bauman Moscow State Technical University of USSR and graduated in 1957. Ni obtained Candidate of Sciences degree (in 1962) and later honorary doctor degree (in 1990) from the Saint Petersburg Polytechnical University. [1]

Ni is a professor at energy department of Tsinghua University. Ni was former Executive Vice-president of Tsinghua University. [2]

Ni is a senior academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Ni is the Vice-chairman of the Beijing Association for Science and Technology. Ni is also a leader and senior advisor of energy strategy, technology, policy for Chinese government. [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ni's biography from Baidu
  2. ↑ Ni Weidou's profile at Tsinghua University
  3. ↑ 中外对话| China Dialogue | 倪维斗Ni Weidou

External links

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