Xu Delong
Xu Delong was a Chinese materials scientist and a leading authority in silicate research and engineering. He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and served as Vice President of the CAE and President of Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology.Biography
Xu was born in Lanzhou, Gansu, China in August 1952. He graduated from Xi'an Institute of Metallurgy and Architecture in 1976. He earned his master's degree in inorganic, non-metallic materials science from Nanjing Institute of Chemical Technology in 1983, and his Ph.D. in iron and steel metallurgy from Northeastern University in 1996.
Xu pioneered a number of technical innovations which have been widely used in cement production and iron and steel metallurgy. In 2003, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He also served as vice president of the CAE and president of his alma mater, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology. He was elected a member of the 12th National People's Congress. He won many national, provincial, and ministerial prizes for his innovations.
Xu died on 21 September 2018 in Beijing, aged 66.
