Academicians
Professor Zhou Yaohe, born in May,1927,native of Shenxian County, Hebei
Province.Frome 1953 to 1957,Prof.Zhou studied as a graduate at the
former Soviet Union and obtained degree of associate doctor of science
and technology. Since 1957, he has been working at the casting
specialty of Northwestern Polytechnical University.In 1981 and 1991 he
was appointed advisor for doctors and academician of chinese Academy
of sciences respectively. Prof. Zhou is a well- known physical
me tallurgist in the world and has made outstanding achievements in
casting engineering, modern solidification theory and new materrial
preparation. Prof. Zhou is the president of Casting Society of China
Machinery Engineering Society and the chaiman of the International
society of casting. Prof. Zhou has won one national award of science
and technology progress, one national award of invention,one award of
excellent teaching achievements and five ministrical awards and is a
national model worker and an excellent member of CPC. Prof. Zhou also
won the golden prize of aeronautics which is the highest prize of the
aviation industry.

Professor Fu Henzhi, born in Augest,1929 in Kaifeng City, Henan Province.
Prof. Fu graduated in 1955 in Harbin Engineering University after his
graduate studies at the university and obtained degree of associate
doctor in the former Soviet Union.Since 1962, Prof.Fu has been working
at Northwestern Polytechnical University and was appointed advisor
for doctors in Casting specialty in 1983 and academician of chinese
Academy of Engineering in 1995 respectively. Prof. Fu is a well- known
metallurgist in our country in the research fields of high temprature
alloy, solidification theory and technology,and new function materials
. From 1984 to 1992, he has been the president of Northwestern
Polytechnical University and at the present is the president of Shanxi
Provincial Casting Society, the honorary chaiman of Xi'an Association
of science and technology. Prof. Fu has won four national awards of
invention, science and technology progress, and excellent teaching
achievements, and six ministrical awards. Prof. Fu is a model worker
of the Aviation Indeustries of China and has published over 150 papers
and one monograph.
Professor Zhang Litong, born in March,1929 in Haicheng City, Liaoning
Province.Prof. Zhang graduated in 1961 at Northwestern Polytechnical
University after her graduate studies at the university since then.
Prof.Zhang has been appointed advisor for doctors of Casting in 1990
and academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1995 respectively.
Prof. Zhang has made outstanding achievements in the research fields
of special high temprature ceramics, aeronautical and astronantical
structural ceramics and their composites. Prof. Zhang has won four
national awards of science and technology progress in the first,second
and third places and wins provincial and ministrical awards in the
first and second places. Prof. Zhang has been elected successively a
"National March Eighth Red-Baner Pacesettler", an "Advanced worker of
Aviation Industries of China", and an expert of "National Middle- aged
and young Experts with Outstanding Achievements". Prof. Zhong has
published over fifty papers.