Background
April 14, 1919, Du was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.
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Du Qinghua
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Education
1930s, Du studied in Hangzhou Middle School. 1936, He graduated from the famous Hangzhou High School. 1937, Du studied at Zhejiang University.
1940, He graduated from the Department of Mechanics, Jiao Tong University (current Shanghai Jiao Tong University).
Career
He was a pioneer of aeronautic and astronautic material engineering in China. 1947, Du went to study in United States. He entered Stanford University, and majored in solid state physics.
June 1948, Du obtained a master"s degree of aeronautic engineering from Stanford.
September 1948, Du turned to Harvard University, studied hydrodynamics there, under the academic advice of Professor.von Mises. June, 1949, Du earned another master of aeronautics from Harvard.
September 1949, Du went back to Stanford, and did research on aeronautic light structure (advisors: ProfTimoshenko and Professor Goodier). He received his doctorate in April, 1951.
June 1951, Du went back to China and taught in Peking University in Beijing.
1952, Du was transferred to Tsinghua University, and became a teaching and research leader of mechanics there. 1958, Du was one of the main founders of the Department of Engineering Mechanics of Tsinghua University. 1983-1987, Du was also a part-time professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Xi"an Jiao Tong University and Zhejiang University, and he was an honorary professor at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
1997, Du was elected to academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE).
Du"s daughter Du Xian (杜宪) is the wife of famous actor Chen Daoming.
Achievements
Membership
Chinese Academy of Engineering]
Du was also a senior member of Chinese Academy of Engineering.
