Shi Changxu (; 15 November 1920 – 10 November 2014) was a Chinese metallurgist. He served as vice president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Biography

Born in

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(now Baoding, Hebei), he attended National Northwestern Engineering Institute (a predecessor of Northwestern Polytechnical University) until 1945. He then studied for his master's degree in the United States, at the

Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy Missouri University of Science and Technology, or Missouri S&T, is a public research university in Rolla, Missouri. It is a member institution of the University of Missouri System. Most of its 7,645 students (fall 2020) study engineering, busi ...

, before receiving a doctoral degree in 1952 from the

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. Shi was a recipient of the 2010

Highest Science and Technology Award The Highest Science and Technology Award () also known as the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award, State Supreme Science and Technology Award, or China's Nobel Prize is the highest scientific award issued by the President of the PRC to ...

. He died in Beijing at the age of 93 in 2014. The asteroid 28468 Shichangxu, discovered in 2000, is named after him. In 2015, he was honored as one of the "Top Ten People Touching China in 2014".

Honours

* 1980 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) * 1994 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) * 1995 Fellow of

The World Academy of Sciences The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) is a merit-based science academy established for developing countries, uniting 1,000 scientists in some 70 countries. Its principal aim is to promote scientific capacity and excellence for sustainable devel ...

(TWAS)

Awards

* 1982 State Natural Science Award (Third Class) * 1987 State Natural Science Award (Third Class) * 1988 State Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class) * 1988 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) * 2010

References

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