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Biography

Wu Chengkang, male, Han nationality, is a native of Luanxian County, Hebei Province. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1951 and received a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Wu spent his career as a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He specialized in the field of high temperature aerodynamics. He played a leading role in developing ablation experimental equipment and method, providing reliable scientific basis for heat prevention reliability of intercontinental missile warheads and creating a retrievable scheme of man-made satellites.

Wu also had some notable accomplishments in the field of combustion science. His research contributed to the resolution of such basic problems as petrol engine deflagration and correct measurement method of laminar flow flame spread speed. He also carried out research on a new-type of coal burning preignition room and burning gas pulse dust removal technique used in many power generation stations and solved some key stable combustion and accumulated ash problems.

He was elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1991.