Chen Shilu (; 24 September 1920 – 24 April 2016) was a Chinese flight mechanics expert, educator and 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).

Biography

Chen was born in Dongyang County,

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , Chinese postal romanization, also romanized as Chekiang) is an East China, eastern, coastal Provinces of China, province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable citie ...

. He obtained a bachelor's degree of aeronautical engineering from

National Southwestern Associated University When the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out between China and Japan in 1937, Peking University, Tsinghua University and Nankai University merged to form Changsha Temporary University in Changsha and later National Southwestern Associated Universi ...

in 1945. He became a teaching assistant in National Southwestern Associated University (1945–1946) and

Tsinghua University Tsinghua University (; abbr. THU) is a national public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education. The university is a member of the C9 League, Double First Class University Plan, Projec ...

(1946–1948) after his graduation. He taught at

National Chiao Tung University National Chiao Tung University (NCTU; ) was a public research university located in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Established in 1896 as Nanyang Public School by an imperial edict of the Guangxu Emperor, it was one of China's leading universities. After th ...

as a lecturer in 1948. Chen moved to Eastern China Aeronautics Institute in 1952 due to the adjustment for university colleges and departments in China. He went to Soviet Union in 1956 by the Chinese government sponsorship and obtained a master's degree from

Moscow Aviation Institute Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University) (MAI; russian: Московский авиационный институт, МАИ) is one of the major engineering institutes in Moscow, Russia. Since its inception MAI has been spearhe ...

in 1958. Chen returned to

Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU; ) is a national key public research university in Xi'an, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The university is a Chinese national Class A Double ...

and founded the Department of Aerospace Engineering in 1959. Chen's research was mainly in the field of flight mechanics and fostered China's first and second doctors in flight mechanics. He became the foreign academician of Russian Academy of Astronautics on 29 March 1994. On 24 November 1997, Chen was elected as an academician of the

for his achievements in flight mechanics. Chen died on 24 April 2016 at the age of 95 in

Xi'an Xi'an ( , ; ; Chinese: ), frequently spelled as Xian and also known by other names, is the capital of Shaanxi Province. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong Plain, the city is the third most populous city in Western China, after Chongqi ...

Notes

Eastern China Aeronautics Institute was relocated to Xi'an and renamed as the Xi'an Aeronautics Institute in 1956. Xi'an Aeronautics Institute was merged to form the

in 1958.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Shilu 1920 births 2016 deaths Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Scientists from Jinhua Moscow Aviation Institute alumni Academic staff of Tsinghua University Academic staff of Shanghai Jiao Tong University Academic staff of the Northwestern Polytechnical University People from Dongyang Engineers from Zhejiang