Shi Changxu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Chinese material scientist
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Place of Birth: Xushui District, Hebei, China
About Shi Changxu
- Shi Changxu (simplified Chinese: ???; traditional Chinese: ???; 15 November 1920 – 10 November 2014) was a Chinese metallurgist.
- He served as Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Born in Xushui District, Hebei, he attended National Northwestern Engineering Institute (a predecessor of Northwestern Polytechnical University) until 1945.
- He then studied for his master's degree in the United States, at the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, before receiving a doctoral degree in 1952 from the University of Notre Dame.
- Shi was a recipient of the 2010 Highest Science and Technology Award.
- He died in Beijing at the age of 93 in 2014.The asteroid 28468 Shichangxu, discovered in 2000, is named after him.
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