Wang Dazhong (Chinese: 王大中; pinyin: Wáng Dàzhōng; born 2 March 1935) is a Chinese nuclear reactor engineer who was president of Tsinghua University, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[1]
Wang Dazhong | |
|---|---|
王大中 | |
| President of Tsinghua University | |
| In office January 1994 – April 2003 | |
| Party Secretary | Fang Huijian He Meiying |
| Preceded by | Gu Binglin |
| Succeeded by | Zhang Xiaowen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 March 1935 Changli County, Hebei, Republic of China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Alma mater | Tsinghua University RWTH Aachen University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Nuclear reactor |
| Institutions | Tsinghua University |
Biography
editWang was born in Changli County, Hebei, on 2 March 1935. during the Republic of China. After graduating from Tianjin Nankai High School in 1953, he enrolled in Tsinghua University, where he majored in nuclear reactor.[2] After university, he stayed at the university and worked in the Nuclear Energy Institute.[2] In 1980, he pursued advanced studies in Federal Germany, earning a doctor's degree from RWTH Aachen University in 1982.[2]
He returned to China in October 1982 and continued to work at Tsinghua University as deputy director of the Nuclear Energy Institute.[2] He moved up the ranks to become its president in 1994, a position at vice-ministerial level.[3]
Contributions
editWang participated in the construction of the shielding test reactor "No. 200" with a power of 2000 kW, which is the first nuclear reactor independently designed and built in China.[4] In 1985, he decided to choose the route of shell integrated natural circulation water-cooled reactor and planned to build a 5 MW low-temperature nuclear heating reactor, which is the first integrated natural circulation water-cooled reactor in the world.[4] In 1995, he presided over the construction of "Tsinghua No. 200" 10MW high temperature gas cooled experimental reactor, which is the world's first modular spherical bed high temperature gas cooled reactor and marks that China has mastered the key core technology of modular spherical bed high temperature gas cooled reactor.[4]
Honours and awards
edit- 1993 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- 3 November 2021 Highest Science and Technology Award[5]
References
edit- ^ Gao Kai (高凯); Ma Shuaisha (马帅莎) (3 November 2021). “神奇”+“超凡”，国家最高科学技术奖得主王大中“驾驭核能”之路. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Cao Xiuying (操秀英) (3 November 2021). 王大中：为国释放一个核能研究者的最大能量. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ 这才是我们该追的星！对话顾诵芬、王大中. thepaper (in Chinese). 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ a b c 祝贺！清华王大中院士获国家最高科学技术奖. thepaper (in Chinese). 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ 祝贺！顾诵芬、王大中获国家最高科学技术奖. thepaper (in Chinese). 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.