About Sun Jun
Lived 1926 – 2024 (aged 97). Sun Jun was a Chinese civil engineer.
Sun Jun (; 23 October 1926 – 1 March 2024) was a Chinese tunnel and underground structure engineer who served as president of the Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics & Engineering from 1994 to 1998, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Biography Sun was born in Wu County (now Suzhou), Jiangsu, on 23 October 1926, while his ancestral home in Shaoxing, Zhejiang. He attended Jiangsu Provincial Shanghai High School. In 1944, he enrolled at St. John's University, Shanghai, but transferred to Jiaotong University. From 1980 to 1981, he was a visiting professor at the North Carolina State University. 2015 Fellow of the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM)
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Chinese engineer (1926–2024)
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Sun Jun was born on 3 October 1926 in Suzhou.
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Sun Jun died on 1 March 2024 in Zhongshan Hospital.
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Sun Jun was a civil engineer.
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