Shen Zhonghou (; 13 February 1928 – 5 February 2021) was a Chinese engineer who was a professor and doctoral supervisor at

China University of Petroleum (Beijing) The China University of Petroleum () is a state Double First Class University in China. It consists of China University of Petroleum (Beijing), and China University of Petroleum (Huadong). Both are regarded as the best universities in China a ...

. He was an academician of the

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(CAE). He was hailed as "Father of Drilling Bit".

Biography

Shen was born in the town of ,

Dazhu County Dazhu () is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Dazhou city. In 2019 it had a population of 1,082,700 of which 241,000 in the urban area. Dazhu is known for its ramie, glutinous rice and for giant timber bamboo ...

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

, on 13 February 1928. In September 1947, he was admitted to

Chongqing University Chongqing University (CQU; , colloquially abbreviated as ChóngDà) is a public research university located in Chongqing, China. It is a National Key University directly funded by the central government of China as part of the Double First Class U ...

, majoring in petroleum engineering. After graduating in September 1951, he taught at the university. He joined the

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in January 1957. He joined the faculty of

in September 1955, where he was promoted to associate professor in 1962 and to full professor in 1983. And he served as its director of the Department of Petroleum Engineering in September 1983. From March 1981 to July 1981 he studied at the University of Louisiana. He was a visiting scholar at the

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and

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from November 1987 to February 1988. He was a scholar at

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between February 1991 and September 1991. On 5 February 2021, he died of illness in

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, aged 92, eight days short from his 93rd birthday.

Honours and awards

* 2001 Member of the

(CAE)

References

1928 births 2021 deaths People from Dazhu County Engineers from Sichuan Chongqing University alumni Chongqing University faculty Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering {{China-engineer-stub