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Farewell to the centenarian academician!
According to Tianjin University
April 6, 2022
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, famous chemical expert,
Professor Yu Guoqun of Tianjin University
He died in Tianjin at the age of 100 due to illness
He was one of the first scholars to return from studying in the United States
It has made important contributions to the breakthrough of "two bombs and one satellite"
Yu was born in 1922 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province
It is the forerunner of modern industrial distillation technology
He is in basic research in distillation technology,
Achievement transformation and industrialization
Made systematic and pioneering contributions
Yu Guochun was founded after the founding of New China
One of the first scholars to return to China
In 1947
Yu received his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh
He was invited to stay in the chemical engineering department of the university to teach
After the founding of the People's Republic of China
August 1950
He broke through a lot of resistance
Resolutely return to the motherland
Since 1952
Yu works in the Department of Chemical Engineering of Tianjin University
In 1991, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
He proposed a more complete theory of unstable distillation
and the "two-tower method" of concentrating heavy water
Solves the key problem of heavy water separation
Start for new Chinese nuclear technology
And the "two bombs and one satellite" breakthrough has made important contributions
Yu is committed to the research of basic theory of chemical industry
Propose the vapor-liquid equilibrium composition
The "co-library" equation with temperature relation theory
He has pioneered a new research field in computational mass transfer
Led the development of the chemical separation discipline field
The 85-year-old is still teaching undergraduates
At the age of 90, he is still supervising doctoral students
It is understood
Yu Guochun is an outstanding educator in mainland China.
The first batch of doctoral supervisors in mainland China
It has trained nearly 100 doctoral students and master's students
A large number of professionals have been sent to the chemical industry
As a researcher
Yu Guochun always remembers 1959
When Premier Zhou Enlai inspected Tianjin University
Let him be honored for the motherland
Be sure to produce your own "heavy water" entrustment
"Fighting for a breath" has also become his life's belief
He used to say
"I don't just have to fight for my own breath,
It is even more necessary to pass on the spirit of 'fighting for a breath',
Let more young people face it
The phenomenon of developed countries controlling the import of high and new technologies into China,
Continue to 'fight for a breath' for China! ”
As a teacher, at the age of 85
Mr. Yu Guochun also insisted on giving undergraduate students a course
Innovative course "Development and Innovation of Chemical Engineering Disciplines"
At the age of 90, he is still supervising phD students
At the age of 97, he is still working on the case and writing theoretical books...
Mr. Yu Guochun's letter to the students
Today, the begonia flowers of Tianjin University have bloomed
But he left forever
The garden is fragrant and the spirit lives on
Farewell to Mr. Yu Guochun!
Source | China Youth Daily, People's Daily
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