AWARDEE OF TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES PRIZE
GUO JINGKUN
Guo Jingkun, a scientist in material science, was born in Nov.1933 in Shanghai, the original native Guangdong Xinhui, and graduated from Dept. of Chemistry, Fudan University， in 1958. After that time, he joined Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SICCAS). Now he is the researcher of this Institute. In 1991 he was elected the academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Now he is the director of academic committee of SICCAS and State Lab. Of High Performance Ceramics and Supermicrostructure, the honorary president of the College of Material Sciences and Engineering , Wuhan University of Science and Technology; the chief professor and director of academic committee of Jingdezhen Ceramics College, the editors in chief of Inorganic Material, Bull. Chinese Ceramic Society, and Ceramics International.
He was elected the academician of the World Academy of Ceramics in 1990, a member of the AsiaPacific Academy of Materials in 1997, and a membership of Third World Academy of Sciences in 1999. He has been the member of expert committee of State “863” Project on New Material Field in 1987-1990 and the chief scientist of this committee in 1991-1994. In the last 20 years he has been the member of State Natural Science Prize Committee; the member of division of discipline judgment of State Academic Degree Committee, and the member of National Natural Sciences Foundation Committee in China. He is one of the initiator and academic pioneer on high temperature structural ceramics field.
In 1960s he researched the metallization of high alumina ceramics and seal with metals. He explored a new active MoMnO metallizing method, which not only for high alumina ceramics metallization but also for other ceramics even sapphire. It was used in electrical vacuum field. This work with two kinds of high alumina ceramics won the National Science and Technology Invention Prize, second class, in 1965. In 1970s he researched the problem of how to improve the brittleness of ceramics. He explored a fiber enhanced ceramic matrix composite with very high strength and work of fracture, good mechanical and thermal shock abilities, which was applied in the strategic missile, satellite and space shuttle in China. In 1980s he studied multiphase ceramics, ceramic strengthening and toughening and then he joined and directed the national key project on ceramic engine and its materials as well as components research. At last they carried on the road testing of ceramic engine without water cooling. He won the first class Prize of Science and technology Progress of CAS and the second class Prize of Natural Science of CAS. Near 15 years he focused on nanoceramics and its powder synthesis study and ceramic grain boundary stress design. Recently he research multiphase materials.
He published more 300 papers and about half of them were collected in SCI. He wrote, edited and translated with other peoples 13 kinds of book and proceeding. He has cultivated about 50 Ph.D. and post doctors.
