Qin Yukun

Qin Yukun (; 30 May 1933 – 13 November 2023) was a Chinese engineer who was a professor at Harbin Institute of Technology, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Biography Qin was born in Shanghai, on 30 May 1933, while his ancestral home in Yangzhou, Jiangsu. In 1949, he was accepted to the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jiaotong University, where he graduated in 1953.

Honours and awards 1985 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Third Class) for the development of a 130t/h fluidized bed boiler for power generation. 2000 State Technological Invention Award (Second Class) for the risk controlled combustion technology for thick and thin coal powder. 2001 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) 2015 State Technological Invention Award (Second Class) for the high performance center feeding swirl coal powder combustion technology.