AWARDEE OF TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES PRIZE

ZHU YUANJUN

Abstract

Zhu Yuanjun, a Chinese famous shipbuilding expert, male, Senior Engineer of Professor rank, a native of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province,  was born on May 7, 1924. Graduated from the Shipbuilding Department of Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1948, and he was then assigned to work at the Shanghai Shipyard in the same year as a vice chief engineer until his retirement.  Twice elected a model worker of Shanghai City in 1979 and 1981 respectively, and on April 16, 1986, he together with other nine famous naval architects in China, was accorded cordial reception by leaders of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council.
In 1973, while in charge of “HUANG SHAN” floating dock project, he initiated “a Joining Procedure for Pontoon Type Floating Docks by Shifting Pontoons Method in the Water”, which was once again successfully used in the building of “HUA SHAN”, a floating dock of the similar type.  In 1990, this new technology won the Third Class State Invention and Creation Award.
In the early 1980s, when in charge of design and construction of the “KAN TAN  NO.3” non-self-propelled off shore semisubmersible drilling rig-the fifst one of its kind in China, he invented a new technology of “Jack Up by Buoyancy While Assembling Afloat” to make all the main parts such as platform, columns and pontoons, etc. to form a complete assembly in full compliance with the quality requirements. In 1983, because of its unique creativity, this technology was given the Second Class State Invention and Creation Award.  Later on, design and building of the “KAN TAN NO.3” once again won the State Science and Technology Development First Prize as well as a Special Merit for Significant Scientific and Technical Achievement from China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC).
After his retirement, once more he was in charge of design project for the “HAN TONG” floating dock-the largest one in China(of  150000 dwt range). For lack of a big enough building berth, he used a technology with “Section to be Fabricated on Land, and Pontoons to be Joined in the Water”, and created watertight casings for joining operations available for using repeatedly. In 1993, it won the Science and Technology Development First Prize from the Ministry of Communications.