Background
He was born in Pingjiang County, Hunan Province.
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Liu Zhijian
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Education
Liu graduated from Chiao Tung University in Tangshan in 1933.
Career
He is famous for his contribution to earthquake engineering and is seen as "the father of earthquake engineering". He later received his master"s degree from Cornell University and his doctorate from the University of Illinois. He taught in Zhejiang University and National Southwestern Associated University from 1938 until 1946.
In 1947 he went to the United States and taught in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
In 1951, he went back to China and taught in Tsinghua University. In 1952 he joined the Jiusan Society and went to the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In 1978 he joined the Communist Party of China. He died in Harbin in 1992.
A statue of Liu was installed at Southwest Jiaotong University in 2013.
There is also a prize for earthquake engineering named after Liu.
Membership
He was a member of the Eighth Route Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Communist Party of China