Xu Delong (; August 1952 – 21 September 2018) was a Chinese materials scientist and a leading authority in

silicate In chemistry, a silicate is any member of a family of polyatomic anions consisting of silicon and oxygen, usually with the general formula , where . The family includes orthosilicate (), metasilicate (), and pyrosilicate (, ). The name is al ...

research and engineering. He was an academician of the

Chinese Academy of Engineering The Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE, ) is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for engineering. It was established in 1994 and is an institution of the State Council of China. The CAE and the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

(CAE), and served as Vice President of the CAE and President of

Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology (XUAT) is a joint venture between the People's Government of Shaanxi Province, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Education. "It ...

Biography

Xu was born in

Lanzhou Lanzhou (, ; ) is the capital and largest city of Gansu Province in Northwest China. Located on the banks of the Yellow River, it is a key regional transportation hub, connecting areas further west by rail to the eastern half of the country. H ...

Gansu Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...

, China in August 1952. He graduated from Xi'an Institute of Metallurgy and Architecture (now

) in 1976. He earned his master's degree in inorganic, non-metallic materials science from Nanjing Institute of Chemical Technology (now Nanjing Tech University) in 1983, and his Ph.D. in iron and steel metallurgy from

Northeastern University (China) Northeastern University (NEU; ) is a Chinese Public university, public research university in Shenyang, Liaoning, Liaoning province with strengths in engineering and architecture. It is known for its prominent role in the Information technology, ...

in 1996. Xu pioneered a number of technical innovations which have been widely used in cement production and iron and steel metallurgy. In 2003, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He also served as vice president of the CAE and president of his alma mater, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology. He was elected a member of the

12th National People's Congress The 12th National People's Congress was elected in national congressional conferences from October 2012 to February 2013 and was in session from 2013 to 2018. It succeeded the 11th National People's Congress. It held five plenary sessions in ...

. He won many national, provincial, and ministerial prizes for his innovations. Xu died on 21 September 2018 in

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

, aged 66.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Xu, Delong 1952 births 2018 deaths Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Northeastern University (China) alumni Delegates to the 12th National People's Congress Chinese materials scientists Scientists from Gansu People from Lanzhou