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8.48 Shen Yuan (1916–2004)
Shen Yuan (1916–2004) was a pioneer and educationalist of Chinese
aerospace higher education, a famous aerodynamicist, and one of the
founders of Beihang University. In 1945, he received his doctorate from
Imperial College of London University. In the early days of Beihang’s
founding, he devoted a lot of energy to the school’s teaching work, from
determining the preparation plan to making the teaching plan and syllabus,
from organizing a large number of young teachers to learn from Soviet experts
to establishing the teaching organization and system. In 1956, he participated
in the formulation of the national long-term plan for the development of
science and technology, foreseeing the urgency of the demand for talents in
the aerospace industry, the rocket and missile industries. Together with other
leaders of the University, he took decisive measures to take the lead in creating
a whole set of new majors in rocket, missile, and other aspects in colleges and
universities across the country. Many graduates of these majors have now
become the pillars of Chinese aerospace industry. In 1958, he led teachers
and students to design and build China’s first medium-sized supersonic wind
tunnel in Beihang, which played an important role in teaching and research.
At that time, the development of light passenger plane, sounding rocket,
drone all gathered his efforts and sweat. In 1975, he personally presided over
the import of the third generation of medium-sized electronic computers
from abroad, enriched the hardware equipment of the computer major of
Beihang, and laid the foundation for the development of the new subject
of Beihang. In 1978, the national recruitment system for postgraduates was
restored. He put forward the policy of “selecting seedlings, preferring lack to
abuse, laying a good foundation, strict requirements, and combining ability
training with scientific research tasks". He actively encouraged and organized the reliability research of Beihang, which played an important role in
promoting the development of reliability engineering (Fig. 8.48).
8.49 Batchelor (1920–2000)
George Keith Batchelor (1920–2000) was an Australian applied mathematician and hydrologist. He had been a professor of Applied Mathematics at
Cambridge University in the UK for a long time. He is the founder of the
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Cambridge
University. In 1956, he established the Journal of Fluid Mechanics and
served as the editor in chief for 40 years. As an applied mathematics
P. Liu
8.48 Shen Yuan (1916–2004)
Shen Yuan (1916–2004) was a pioneer and educationalist of Chinese
aerospace higher education, a famous aerodynamicist, and one of the
founders of Beihang University. In 1945, he received his doctorate from
Imperial College of London University. In the early days of Beihang’s
founding, he devoted a lot of energy to the school’s teaching work, from
determining the preparation plan to making the teaching plan and syllabus,
from organizing a large number of young teachers to learn from Soviet experts
to establishing the teaching organization and system. In 1956, he participated
in the formulation of the national long-term plan for the development of
science and technology, foreseeing the urgency of the demand for talents in
the aerospace industry, the rocket and missile industries. Together with other
leaders of the University, he took decisive measures to take the lead in creating
a whole set of new majors in rocket, missile, and other aspects in colleges and
universities across the country. Many graduates of these majors have now
become the pillars of Chinese aerospace industry. In 1958, he led teachers
and students to design and build China’s first medium-sized supersonic wind
tunnel in Beihang, which played an important role in teaching and research.
At that time, the development of light passenger plane, sounding rocket,
drone all gathered his efforts and sweat. In 1975, he personally presided over
the import of the third generation of medium-sized electronic computers
from abroad, enriched the hardware equipment of the computer major of
Beihang, and laid the foundation for the development of the new subject
of Beihang. In 1978, the national recruitment system for postgraduates was
restored. He put forward the policy of “selecting seedlings, preferring lack to
abuse, laying a good foundation, strict requirements, and combining ability
training with scientific research tasks". He actively encouraged and organized the reliability research of Beihang, which played an important role in
promoting the development of reliability engineering (Fig. 8.48).
8.49 Batchelor (1920–2000)
George Keith Batchelor (1920–2000) was an Australian applied mathematician and hydrologist. He had been a professor of Applied Mathematics at
Cambridge University in the UK for a long time. He is the founder of the
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Cambridge
University. In 1956, he established the Journal of Fluid Mechanics and
served as the editor in chief for 40 years. As an applied mathematics