Life
April 14, 1919, Du was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. 1930s, Du studied in Hangzhou Middle School. 1936, He graduated from the famous Hangzhou High School . 1937, Du studied at Zhejiang University. 1940, He graduated from the Department of Mechnics, Jiao Tong University .
1947, Du went to study in United States. He entered Stanford University, and majored in solid state physics. June 1948, Du obtained a master degree of aeronautic engineering from Stanford. September 1948, Du turned to Harvard University, studied hydrodynamics there, under the academic advice of . June, 1949, Du earned another master of aeronautics from Harvard. September 1949, Du went back to Stanford, and did research on aeronautic light structure . He received his doctorate in April, 1951.
June 1951, Du went back to China and taught in Peking University in Beijing. 1952, Du was transferred to Tsinghua University, and became a teaching and research leader of mechanics there. 1958, Du was one of the main founders of the Department of Engineering Mechanics of Tsinghua University. 1983-1987, Du was also a part-time professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Xi'an Jiao Tong University and Zhejiang University, and he was a honorary professor at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics .
Du was a main founder for Chinese modern aeronautic and astronautic material engineering. He was also a main founder for the teaching and research of machanics and material engineering at Tsinghua University. 1997, Du was elected to academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering .
Works
Du wrote more than 130 papers and also several popular textbooks and handbooks, e.g. :
''Material Mechanics''
''Theory for Elasticity''
''Handbook for Engineering Mechanics''
Family
Du's daughter Du Xian is the wife of famous actor Chen Daoming
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