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Chen Jing (engineer)
Chen Jing (; 9 March 1935 – 1 June 2024) was a Chinese specialist in precious metal metallurgy, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Biography Chen was born into a highly educated family, in Dali County (now Dali), Yunnan, on 9 March 1935. He attended Yunnan Provincial Dali Middle School (now Yunnan Provincial Dali No. 1 High School). In 1954, he entered Yunnan University, where he majored in chemistry. After university in September 1958, Chen was assigned to work at the Kunming Workstation (now Kunming Precious Metals Research Institute) under the Shanghai Institute of Metallurgical Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he successively served as an assistant researcher, deputy director of the Metallurgical Research Office, deputy researcher, and researcher. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in May 1960. He joined the faculty of the School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Yunnan University, in 2005. On 1 June 2024, Chen died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen (surname)
Chen () () is a common Chinese-language surname and one of the most common surnames in Asia. It is the most common surname in Taiwan (2010) and Singapore (2000). Chen is also the most common family name in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Macau, and Hong Kong. It is the most common surname in Xiamen, the ancestral hometown of many overseas Hoklo. Chen was listed 10th in the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem, in the verse 馮陳褚衛 (Feng Chen Chu Wei). In Cantonese, it is usually romanized as Chan (as in Jackie Chan), most widely used by those from Hong Kong. Chan is also widely used in Macao and Malaysia. It is also sometimes spelled Chun. In many Southern Min dialects (including dialects of Hainan, Fujian, and Taiwan), the name is pronounced Tan, while in Teochew, it is pronounced Tang. In Hakka and Taishanese, the name is spelled Chin. In Wu it is pronounced Zen or Tchen. In Vietnam, this surname is written as Trần (in Quốc Ngữ) and is 2nd most common. In Thailand, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 Births
Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to successfully complete a solo flight from Hawaii to California, a distance of 2,408 miles. * January 13 – A plebiscite in the Saar (League of Nations), Territory of the Saar Basin shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Germany. * January 24 – The first canned beer is sold in Richmond, Virginia, United States, by Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company. February * February 6 – Parker Brothers begins selling the board game Monopoly (game), Monopoly in the United States. * February 13 – Richard Hauptmann is convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. in the United States. * February 15 – The discovery and clinical development of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Chinese Academy Of Engineering
This is a list of the members (academicians) of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE). CAE academician is the highest academic title officially recognized by the Chinese government in engineering and technological sciences. As of January 2023, the academy has 928 living members, divided into nine academic divisions: * Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering: 131 members * Information and Electronic Engineering: 134 members * Chemical, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering: 114 members * Energy and Mining Engineering: 124 members * Civil and Hydraulic Engineering and Architecture: 103 members * Light Industry and Environmental Engineering: 67 members * Agriculture: 87 members * Medicine and Health: 126 members * Engineering Management: 29 members There are 298 deceased members as of January 2023. Additionally, there are 111 living foreign members and 19 deceased ones. Eligibility and election process As of 2019, official rules of the Chinese Academy of Engineering stipulate that e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academic Staff Of Yunnan University
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and Skills, skill, north of Ancient Athens, Athens, Greece. Etymology The word comes from the ''Academy'' in ancient Greece, which derives from the Athenian hero, ''Akademos''. Outside the city walls of Athens, the Gymnasium (ancient Greece), gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a center of learning. The sacred space, dedicated to the goddess of wisdom, Athena, had formerly been an olive Grove (nature), grove, hence the expression "the groves of Academe". In these gardens, the philosopher Plato conversed with followers. Plato developed his sessions into a method of teaching philosophy and in 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
