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Native name
  
张光斗

Role
  
Engineer

Name
  
Zhang Guangdou


Institutions
  
Citizenship
  
Chinese

Fields
  
Civil Engineering

Zhang Guangdou Three Gorges Project veteran Zhang Guangdou death


Born
  
1 May 1912Changshu, Jiangsu Province (
1912-05-01
)

Alma mater
  
Xi'an Jiao Tong UniversityUniversity of California, BerkeleyHarvard University

Died
  
June 21, 2013, Beijing, China

Zhang Guangdou (1 May 1912 – 21 June 2013) was a specialist in hydraulic engineering, professor and vice president of Tsinghua University, and a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Biography

Zhang graduated from National Chiao Tung University (now Xi'an Jiao Tong University) in 1934, obtained his master's degree in Civil Engineering from University of California, Berkeley in 1936, and a master's degree in engineering mechanics from Harvard University in 1937.

Zhang was the chief designer of the Miyun Reservoir and Yuzixi powerplant. He was also involved in the design of many major hydraulic and hydropower projects, including Sanmenxia, Danjiangkou, Gezhouba, Ertan, Geheyan, Xiaolangdi, and the Three Gorges Dam.

Zhang received numerous awards, including the Haas International Award from UC Berkeley (1981), the National Award for Technology Advancement (2nd Prize, 1985), the He-Lang-He-Li Technology Advancement Award (1995), and the Technology Achievement Award from Chinese Academy of Engineering (1996). He was elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1955, and the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1994. He was also elected as a foreign member of Mexico National Academy of Engineering in 1981.

References

Zhang Guangdou Wikipedia


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