Life is impermanent and events are unpredictable. No one knows which one will come first, tomorrow or the accident, so we can only live in the present and live every day well.
On December 22, bad news came. Long Yuqiu, a well-known expert in civil engineering and structural mechanics and a senior academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, passed away at the age of 96.
Some people may not have heard of Academician Long's name, but if you are a student of civil engineering, you should be familiar with the old man's name, because the author of most of the civil engineering "Structural Mechanics" is Academician Long. Moreover, the "Structural Mechanics" written by him is called a classic by the majority of civil engineering students and has been unanimously recognized by everyone.
Academician Long is highly respected and has a high reputation both within and outside the industry. As a civil servant of the older generation, he set an example for the younger generations with his practical actions.
In September 1944, the People's Republic of China had not yet been established, and the number of places to go to school was very few and precious. With his outstanding comprehensive ability, Mr. Long successfully obtained the opportunity to study at Tangshan Jiaotong University (now Southwest Jiaotong University) and completed his freshman year there.
then completed his sophomore year of study in the Department of Civil Engineering of Southwest Associated University, and then completed his junior and senior years of study in the Department of Civil Engineering of Tsinghua University.
Many people are curious as to why it is necessary to change three schools for one undergraduate degree. This is mainly related to the background of the times at that time. If you are interested, you can learn more about it, so I won’t go into details here.
After graduating from Tsinghua University , Mr. Long did not immediately join the workforce. Instead, he continued his postgraduate studies at the Department of Civil Engineering of Tsinghua University to continuously improve his comprehensive abilities. At the same time, he also served as an assistant researcher to continue to improve his personal scientific research capabilities. After
, Mr. Long gradually grew from a teaching assistant to a professor at Tsinghua University, and became an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1995.
Mr. Long had many outstanding achievements in his life. According to incomplete statistics, Mr. Long published 21 books and 235 academic papers. For example, the familiar "Structural Mechanics", "Introduction to Shell Structure", "Variational Principle·Finite Element·Shell Analysis", etc. are all the crystallization of Mr. Long's wisdom.
Therefore, when everyone heard that Mr. Long passed away unfortunately, they felt more regretful and sad. At the same time, everyone is also paying attention to the specific cause of death of Mr. Long.
Judging from the official notification, there are only 6 words written "ineffective treatment due to illness." The specific cause of death could not be determined from these six words, so netizens speculated that Mr. Long's death might be related to some recent epidemic disease similar to a cold.
Mr. Long has cultivated a large number of outstanding talents for the society in his life. At the same time, his works also provide important information for future generations to learn from. Mr. Long will last forever!
