Mao Zhi

In this Chinese name, the family name is Mao.
Mao Zhi
茆智
Born(1932-09-20)20 September 1932
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Died13 January 2023(2023-01-13) (aged 90)
Wuhan, Hubei, China
Alma materHohai University
Scientific career
FieldsHydraulics
InstitutionsWuhan University

Mao Zhi (Chinese: 茆智; pinyin: Máo Zhì; 20 September 1932 – 13 January 2023) was a Chinese engineer in the fields of hydraulics, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.[1][2]

Biography

Mao was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu, on 20 September 1932.[3][4] At the age of 5, due to the Second Sino-Japanese War, his family passed through Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou and other provinces of China, and went into exile all the way.[4] At the age of 9, they finally came to Hechuan County, Sichuan (now Hechuan District, Chongqing).[4] In 1950, he entered East China Water Conservancy Institute (now Hohai University), where he majored in the Department of Hydraulic Structure.[3]

After university in 1953, Mao taught at the Water Conservancy Department of Hebei Agricultural University, two years later he moved to Wuhan Institute of Water Resources (now College of Water Resources and Hydropower, Wuhan University), where he was later appointed professor in July 2000.[3] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1988.[3]

On 13 January 2023, Mao died in Wuhan, Hubei, at the age of 90.[3]

Honors and awards

References

  1. ^ Wang Shan (王珊) (31 July 2014). 中国工程院院士茆智：防控农业面源水污染须发展水利. sciencenet.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  2. ^ 茆智. cae.cn (in Chinese). 12 June 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e 深切悼念！著名农田水利学家茆智院士逝世. sina (in Chinese). 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  4. ^ a b c Chen Wanyin (陈宛吟); Zhang Han (张晗) (7 December 2021). 茆智院士：逆境中的成长让人受益终身. dangjian.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 13 January 2023.