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Biography

Weng Shilie, male, Han nationality, is a native of Ningbo, Zhejiang province. He was born in 1932, graduated from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and obtained an associate doctor's degree of science and technology in Russia.

Weng has taken charge of nearly 10 national level major science projects, solved multiple key technologies for the gas turbines, and won 9 awards at national and ministerial levels. He has introduced information science and computer technology into the development of the thermo-engine, set up the digital simulating real-time emulation and parallel computing emulation working station, and initiated the national brainstorming project on the emulation monitoring of the gas turbo-machine's functions for the large power plants of China. Weng also developed the first ceramic, heatproof and turbo-charging compound diesel engine and completed the design experimentation on the first ceramic turbo-rotors of China. He set up the first domestic doctoral station and key courses on the thermo-turbine and has made important contributions to the establishment of the gas-mechanics lab, the emulation lab and the postdoctoral mobile station and the cultivation of a high level team in the field of thermo-turbine technology.

Weng Shilie was formerly president of Shanghai Jiaotong University. He was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1995.