Shen Zhonghou (; 13 February 1928 – 5 February 2021) was a Chinese engineer who was a professor and doctoral supervisor at

China University of Petroleum (Beijing) The China University of Petroleum (East China) is a national public university located in Qingdao, Shandong, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education, and is co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education, five major state energy corpora ...

. He was an academician of the

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(CAE). He was hailed as "Father of Drilling Bit".

Biography

Shen was born in the town of ,

Dazhu County Dazhu () is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Dazhou city. In 2020 it had a population of 841,960 of which 383,959 in the urban area. Dazhu is known for its ramie, glutinous rice Domestication syndrome refe ...

Sichuan Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capital city is Cheng ...

, on 13 February 1928. In September 1947, he was admitted to

Chongqing University Chongqing University (CQU; ) is a public university in Chongqing, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction. Chongqing University ...

, majoring in petroleum engineering. After graduating in September 1951, he taught at the university. He joined the

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in January 1957. He joined the faculty of

in September 1955, where he was promoted to associate professor in 1962 and to full professor in 1983. And he served as its director of the Department of Petroleum Engineering in September 1983. From March 1981 to July 1981 he studied at the University of Louisiana. He was a visiting scholar at the

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and

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from November 1987 to February 1988. He was a scholar at

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between February 1991 and September 1991. On 5 February 2021, he died of illness in

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, aged 92, eight days short from his 93rd birthday.

Honors and awards

* 2001 Member of the

(CAE)

References

1928 births 2021 deaths People from Dazhu County Engineers from Sichuan Chongqing University alumni Academic staff of Chongqing University Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering {{China-engineer-stub