Zhou Huijiu

Zhou Huijiu (; 1 March 1909 – 9 February 1999) is a Chinese scientist specializing in metallic materials, heat treating and mechanical properties. He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Biography Zhou was born in Shenyang, , on 1 March 1909, while his ancestral home in Shaoxing, Zhejiang. He secondary studied at Shenyang No. 1 High School. In 1927, he was admitted to Tangshan Jiaotong University (now Southwest Jiaotong University), where he majored in structural engineering. After graduation in 1931, he was hired as an assistant at Northeast University. On September 18, the Mukden Incident broke out, Manchuria was annexed by the Empire of Japan. He fled to Beijing, where he served as an assistant at Tsinghua University. In 1935, he pursued advanced studies in the United States on government scholarships, earning his master's degree in mechanics from the University of Illinois under the supervision of Harold E. Moore in 1936 and master's degree in metallurgical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1938. During the Cultural Revolution in 1971, he forced to work at Baoji Petroleum Machinery Factory .

On 9 February 1999, he died in Xi'an, Shaanxi, aged 89.

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Honours and awards 1980 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)