Chen Nengkuan

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen.

Chen Nengkuan 陈能宽
Born	(1923-05-13)13 May 1923 Cili, Hunan, China
Died	Beijing, China
Citizenship	China
Nationality	Chinese
Fields	Metal physics Detonation physics
Alma mater	National Tangshan Engineering College Yale University
Doctoral advisor	C.H. Mathewson
Notable awards	Two Bombs and One Satellite Meritorious Award (1999)

Chen Nengkuan (Chinese: 陈能宽; pinyin: Chén Néngkuān; 13 May 1923 – 27 May 2016) was a Chinese metal physics and detonation physics expert and academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He was known as one of the founding fathers of Two Bombs, One Satellite (Chinese: 两弹一星元勋).

Biography

Chen was born in Cili County, Hunan. He obtained a bachelor's degree from National Tangshan Engineering College in 1946 and then obtained his doctor's degree in metallurgy from Yale University in the United States. He worked for Johns Hopkins University and Westinghouse Electric as a researcher after his graduation. He returned to China in 1955 after the Korean War ended and was assigned work at Institute of Applied Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Chen died on 27 May 2016 at the age of 93 in Beijing.