Zhou Yaohe, male, Han nationality, is a native of Beijing. He was born in 1927, attended Tsinghua University, and obtained a doctorate from the Moscow Institute of Steel and Iron. Zhou has been devoted to the research of solidification theory and technology for many years. He has conducted systemic research on heat diffusion, mass transfer and momentum transfer and published over 200 dissertations. Zhou has trained nearly forty doctors, six of which have won awards from the German Hamburg Research Fund, four of which have won awards from the National Outstanding Youth Science Fund of China, and one who has won the Youth Scientist Award of China.
Zhou Yaohe has had a distinguished career, and won the highest awards of both the aviation industry and the Mechanical Engineering Society. He was elected as academician of the Chinese Academy of Science, and he has served as chairman of the International Foundry Society. He has also been the winner of the National Science and Technology Advancement Award.