Liu Yongtan

Liu Yongtan
Liu Yongtan
刘永坦ひろし
Born	December 1, 1936 (age 87); Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Alma mater	Harbin Institute of Technology ; Tsinghua University(BEng.); University of Birmingham (MSc.); University of Essex (PhD)
Awards	Highest Science and Technology Award (2019)
	Scientific career
Fields	Radar
Institutions	Chinese Academy of Sciences; Chinese Academy of Engineering
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	劉りゅう永えい坦ひろし
Simplified Chinese	刘永えい坦ひろし
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Liǘ Yǒngtán

Liu Yongtan (Chinese: 刘永坦ひろし; born 1 December 1936) is a Chinese electrical engineer. He is a radar technology and signal processing expert and a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Biography

Liu was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu, on December 1, 1936, while his ancestral home is in Wuhan, Hubei.

In 1953 he was accepted to the Harbin Institute of Technology, and three years later he entered Tsinghua University. After university, he was assigned to the Harbin Institute of Technology, where he was promoted to associate professor in 1978 and to full Professor in 1985. In June 1979 he pursued advanced studies at the University of Birmingham and University of Essex in the United Kingdom, where he studied radar technology under Sherman.^[1]^[2]

Liu was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in November 1991 and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1994.

On January 8, 2019, he was honored with the 2018 Highest Science and Technology Award, China's highest scientific award, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.^[3]^[4]

Personal life

In his private personal life, Liu is an enthusiast and appreciator of the music of German composer and pianist, Ludwig van Beethoven.^[5]

Awards

1991 First Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award
2000 Science and Technology Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation
2015 First Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award
2019 Highest Science and Technology Award

References

^ “海防かいぼう长城”铸造者しゃ――记刘永えい坦ひろし院いん士し获国家こっか最高さいこう科学かがく技わざ术奖. 163.com (in Chinese). 2019-01-08.
^ 刘永坦ひろし：一位双院士的新体制雷达创新之路. qq.com (in Chinese). 2019-01-08.
^ "Liu Yongtan, Qian Qihu win China's top science award". ecns.cn. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ Zhang Zhihao (8 January 2018). "Radar expert Liu, defense engineer Qian receive China's top scientific award". chinadaily.com. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ 刘永坦ひろし院いん士し：性格せいかく如侠士し，最さい爱听贝多芬 [Academician Liu Yongtan: His character like knight-errant and likes to listen to Beethoven's music]. sina (in Chinese). 2019-01-08.

[1] “海防かいぼう长城”铸造者しゃ――记刘永えい坦ひろし院いん士し获国家こっか最高さいこう科学かがく技わざ术奖. 163.com (in Chinese). 2019-01-08.

[2] 刘永坦ひろし：一位双院士的新体制雷达创新之路. qq.com (in Chinese). 2019-01-08.

[3] "Liu Yongtan, Qian Qihu win China's top science award". ecns.cn. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

[4] Zhang Zhihao (8 January 2018). "Radar expert Liu, defense engineer Qian receive China's top scientific award". chinadaily.com. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

[5] 刘永坦ひろし院いん士し：性格せいかく如侠士し，最さい爱听贝多芬 [Academician Liu Yongtan: His character like knight-errant and likes to listen to Beethoven's music]. sina (in Chinese). 2019-01-08.

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