Gao Huajian is an academician of American Academy of Sciences and American National Academy of Engineering , but at the same time he is also a foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Gao Huajian once gave up his nationality and joined the United States. Why did our country allow a person with other nationality to join , Chinese Academy of Sciences, ? Why did Gao Huajian make trouble for the United States?
In 1963, Gao Huajian was born in Chengdu, Sichuan. He has demonstrated extremely strong learning talent and high IQ since he was a child. Gao Huajian was born in a not-wealthy family. My parents had basically never read a day and were all very ordinary workers, but they all warned Gao Huajian to study hard and contribute to the development of the motherland.
Academician Gao Huajian
talented and admitted to university at the age of 15
Although the general cultural level of the Chinese people was not high at that time, they were still very eager for knowledge and believed that knowledge changes their destiny. Gao Huajian grew up in such an environment. He is very smart. He can understand what the teachers in school say, and often learn some knowledge from the upper grades by himself. Every exam is also a well-deserved first place. Such Gao Huajian soon became a well-known "child prodigy". And he began his journey of jumping.
Academician Gao Huajian gave a speech at Tsinghua University
1978, Gao Huajian, who was only 15 years old, took the college entrance examination in Chengdu and successfully entered the Department of Engineering Mechanics of Xi'an Jiaotong University . After that, people mentioned Gao Huajian again and always said: Chengdu has produced a "child prodigy". At that time, my country's physical foundation was not perfect, and the research on engineering mechanics has important practical significance for my country's physics development and national construction.
Gao Huajian gave a speech
After Gao Huajian entered university, he became the youngest student in the class, which also shocked Gao Huajian's classmates at that time. This year is the first year for to resume the college entrance examination . There are students of all ages in college, but he is still the first one who is as young as Gao Huajian. In the next college study, Gao Huajian spent all day in the library and laboratory, wanting to achieve some results.
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Gao Huajian's efforts and his talent have made him a standout "star" in the school. However, at that time, the domestic laboratory conditions were relatively backward, and basic physical research was not yet in line with international standards. teachers couldn't bear to see Gao Huajian, a genius, be buried, so they suggested that Gao Huajian go to the US graduate school entrance examination.
In the laboratory Gao Huajian
The United States was the most developed country in the world at that time, leading the development history of other countries for at least decades. And it has the world's most advanced physical experimental equipment and powerful theoretical research. In order to realize his dream of physics research, Gao Huajian decided to pass the American graduate student .
was admitted to Harvard . After several exams, Gao Huajian actually got the admission notice from the Department of Physics of Harvard University. Not only did he not expect this result, but the teachers were also shocked. This shows that Gao Huajian does have outstanding talents in physics. But Gao Huajian comes from a working family. The tuition fee for Harvard University is simply astronomical to domestic families at that time. However, the country also discovered this physics genius at this time and decided to pay him to study at Harvard University.
Harvard University Physics Laboratory
Gao Huajian, who came to Harvard University, opened his eyes. The advanced urbanization construction in the United States and the most advanced scientific research equipment in the world made him very excited. Gao Huajian's academic performance at Harvard University was also very smooth. A few years later, 25-year-old Gao Huajian received his master's degree in engineering science at Harvard University.
For a time, the world noticed this genius of physics. Our country is vigorously carrying out infrastructure construction at this time. There is a shortage of talents like Gao Huajian. Local American companies have also extended olive branches to Gao Huajian, and even Germany has expressed his ideas for soliciting him.
Academician Gao Huajian
For Gao Huajian, this is a very difficult choice. It is of course the best to return to the motherland.However, Gao Huajian felt that his research was not over yet and it was difficult for China to provide such conditions. At this time, Stanford University promised to give Gao Huajian an independent laboratory and let Gao Huajian be a professor assistant.
Academician Gao Huajian was teaching
In the end, Gao Huajian chose to stay in the United States, because although China had reformed and opened up at this time, the speed of economic development had an essential leap, but it still needs to be improved in physics research and high-end equipment. After , Gao Huajian at Stanford University became a professor step by step with his own research. During this period, he became a member of the American Academy of Sciences.
Academician Gao Huajian is a genius with extremely high attainments in solid mechanics . In 2012, Gao Huajian won the Rodney Hill Solid Mechanics Award. This award was awarded by the National Federation of Theory and Applied Mechanics, and one person is only selected every 4 years.
As the most academically authoritative international organization in the field of mechanics, the National Federation of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics also gave Gao Huajian a high evaluation:
"His research results laid and expanded the forefront of modern mechanics research."
In addition, the papers he published in the field he studied are also the number one citations in this field in the past 20 years.
Academician Gao Huajian
In 2015, Gao Huajian won two awards again - the William Prager Award and the Nadai Award, which were awarded by the American Association for Engineering Science and American Association of Mechanical Engineers , respectively.
Academician Gao Huajian
Although Gao Huajian has won many awards, it has also attracted a lot of infamous for the choice of becoming an American nationality. Many people in China called him a "traitor" and relying on the money given by the state to do research for the United States, Gao Huajian was also very sad about this.
is the motherland that raises oneself, and the academic research of one's dreams. Why doesn’t Gao Huajian be confused? However, if you want to do scientific research in the United States, you must become a US citizen in order to obtain full support from the United States. No one wants to use their own country's resources to cultivate a physical genius for other countries.
Brown University
Give back to the motherland and bring back more than 20 scholars to the country
However, as time goes by, people's impression of Gao Huajian has also undergone a complete change, because Gao Huajian attaches great importance to the cultivation of boots in China's physical field. When he was enrolling students in the school, he particularly preferred to choose students from China, and the last 20 of his disciples returned to China to develop, all of whom were doctoral students from Stanford University. Among the 20 doctoral students in , there are even two of them who have become "Yangtze River Scholars".
Scholars who returned to China have also mentioned: Gao Huajian has suggested that they return to China to develop. American media also reported in newspapers that Has Harvard and Stanford trained a traitor? He sent back the talents that the United States has worked hard to cultivate back to China!
Gao Huajian in the United States
Gao Huajian explained to this: He encouraged students to return to China because the current era is different from his then. China now has scientific research conditions that are not inferior to the United States. If the scientific research conditions are at the same level, it is naturally better to return to the motherland.
It is also worth mentioning that Gao Huajian’s contribution to the motherland is actually very great, and we cannot arbitrarily say that he is a "traitor". After Gao Huajian obtained the status of Stanford University, no matter how busy he is, he will have to return to China for several months every year. He has given more than 100 academic speeches at various universities in China, and his academic papers have provided many references to domestic scholars, and the number of citations has reached more than 5,500 times. Although his nationality is the United States, he has made great contributions to Chinese science.
Academician Gao Huajian was giving lectures on
and Professor Gao Huajian came out, those successful students who returned to China to develop, were even the "treasures" he gave back to our country.For example, Wang Xiang, after he followed Gao Huajian's advice to return to China, he participated in the docking task of Shenzhou No. 8 and Tiangong No. 1 . It can be said that Gao Huajian's contribution to domestic scientific research should not be underestimated, otherwise our country would not award him the title of foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Academician Wang Xiang
Generally speaking, we should not look at Gao Huajian from a politician perspective. Although his nationality has changed, his patriotism has not changed, which is enough. Not to mention that he has also sent so many talents to our country, promoting the steady development of related fields in our country.
