Li Kai, Zhao Jian-Fu, Kang Qi, Wang Shuang-Feng
CAS Key Laboratory of Microgravity (National Microgravity Laboratory), Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 15 Beisihuan Xilu, Beijing, 100190 China.
School of Engineering Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), No.19(A) Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049 China.
Microgravity Sci Technol. 2022;34(2):19. doi: 10.1007/s12217-022-09934-7. Epub 2022 Mar 15.
In 2021, the scientific community celebrated the 85th anniversary of the Chinese scientist Academician Wen-Rui Hu. In addition to his innovative contributions to cosmic magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) during his early scientific career, he has initiated microgravity science research in China from the middle of 1980s, and made many pioneering contributions to microgravity fluid physics. He has also promoted researches in China in the fields of space material science, space biotechnology, space fundamental physics, and relevant applications. He is respected as the founder of microgravity science in China because of his eminent pioneering contributions and prominent leadership. This article tries to provide a brief historical perspective of the tireless explorations of Academician Wen-Rui Hu in the field of microgravity science and other relevant disciplines till today based on personal views of his former students and colleagues.
2021年,科学界庆祝了中国科学家胡文瑞院士85岁诞辰。除了在其早期科学职业生涯中对宇宙磁流体动力学(MHD)做出的创新性贡献外,他还于20世纪80年代中期在中国开创了微重力科学研究,并在微重力流体物理方面做出了许多开创性贡献。他还推动了中国在空间材料科学、空间生物技术、空间基础物理及相关应用领域的研究。因其卓越的开创性贡献和杰出的领导能力,他被誉为中国微重力科学的奠基人。本文试图基于胡文瑞院士以前的学生和同事的个人观点,简要回顾他在微重力科学及其他相关学科领域直至今日的不懈探索历程。