Jiang Hongde

Jiang Hongde
Jiang Hongde
Born	July 4, 1942; Hengyang, Hunan, China
Died	January 4, 2020 (aged 77); Beijing, China
Resting place	Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery
Alma mater	Tsinghua University; University of Science and Technology of China
	Scientific career
Fields	Turbomachine; Power engineering
Institutions	Tsinghua University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	蔣洪德
Simplified Chinese	蒋洪德
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Jiǎng Hóngdé

Jiang Hongde (Chinese: 蒋洪德; 4 July 1942 – 4 January 2020) was a Chinese engineer and professor at Tsinghua University.^[1]

Early life and education

Jiang was born in Hengyang, Hunan, Republic of China (1912-1949), on July 4, 1942, while his ancestral home was in Changsha. He attended Changsha No.1 High School. He received his bachelor's degree from Tsinghua University in 1968 and his master's degree from University of Science and Technology of China in 1981, respectively.^{[citation needed]}

Career

After university, he worked at Qingdao Steam Turbine Factory between March 1968 and September 1978. In July 1981 he joined the Institute of Engineer Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Engineering as a researcher, and served until November 2004. From 1987 to 1989 he was a visiting scholar at Virginia Tech. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in December 1992. In November 2004 he became a professor and doctoral supervisor at Tsinghua University.^{[citation needed]}