Zheng Zhemin

Zheng Zhemin (2 October 1924 – 25 August 2021), also romanized as Cheng Che-Min, was a Chinese explosives engineer and physicist specializing in explosive mechanics.

Biography Zheng is a native of Yin County (now Yinzhou District) of Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, and was born in Jinan of Shandong Province. He obtained a BS from Tsinghua University in 1947, and a MS and a PhD in mechanical engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1952. His doctoral advisor was Qian Xuesen.

In 1955, Zheng returned to China and later served as Director of the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), President of the Chinese Mechanical Society, and Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics .

He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1983.

He died from an illness in Beijing, on 25 August 2021, aged 96.

Honors and awards 1980, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences 1993, Foreign associate of the United States National Academy of Engineering 1993, Tan Kah Kee Science Award 1994, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering 2012, State Preeminent Science and Technology Award