Huang Xuhua
Huang Xuhua | |||||||||||||
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Huang pictured in 1952 | |||||||||||||
| Born | 12 March 1926 | ||||||||||||
| Died | 6 February 2025 (aged 98) | ||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | ||||||||||||
| Known for | Designing China's first generation of nuclear submarines | ||||||||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||||||||
| Fields | Submarine design Mechanical engineering | ||||||||||||
| Institutions | 719 Research Institute (Nuclear Submarine Institute) | ||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 黄旭华 | ||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 黃旭華 | ||||||||||||
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Huang Xuhua (Chinese: 黄旭华; 12 March 1926 – 6 February 2025) was a Chinese mechanical engineer, and the second chief designer for the country's first generation of nuclear submarines (Type 091 and Type 092). He was director emeritus of the Wuhan-based 719 Research Institute (Nuclear Submarine Institute) of the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, and was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. His name was classified until 1987.
Huang was bestowed the Medal of the Republic, the highest honorary medal of the People's Republic of China, in September 2019.