Ai Xing

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'''Ai Xing''' (; 24 August 1924 – 7 April 2018) was a Chinese [[Mechanical engineer|mechanical engineer]] and educator who specialized in [[High-speed machining|high-speed machining]] (HSM) and tool materials. He was a longtime professor at [[Shandong University]] and its predecessor Shandong University of Technology, and an academician of the [[Chinese Academy of Engineering]].

== Biography ==
Ai Xing was born 24 August 1924 in [[Dongxiang District|Dongxiang]], [[Jiangxi]], [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]]. After graduating from [[Xiamen University]] in 1948 with a bachelor of engineering degree,<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> he was hired by the university as a faculty member.<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name=":2">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

In September 1953, he moved to the Shandong University of Technology (山东工业大学), where he taught as a lecturer, associate professor, and then professor for the next 47 years. After the university was merged into [[Shandong University]] in July 2000, he became a professor of the School of Engineering of Shandong University.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

Ai specialized in high-speed machining and tool materials. He developed six types of ceramics machining tools, three of which were the first of their kind in the world. He also developed computer software for [[Machine tools|machine tools]].<ref name=":0" /> He published more than 360 scientific papers and nine [[monographs]] and textbooks.<ref name=":0" /> He also educated 33 doctoral students and more than 40 master students.<ref name=":0" /> He won more than 10 national, ministerial, or provincial science and technology prizes, and was elected to the [[Chinese Academy of Engineering]] in 1999.<ref name=":0" />

Ai died on 7 April 2018 in [[Jinan]], at the age of 93.<ref name=":2" />

== References ==






[[Category:1924 births]]
[[Category:2018 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Fuzhou, Jiangxi]]
[[Category:Engineers from Jiangxi]]
[[Category:Xiamen University alumni]]
[[Category:Xiamen University faculty]]
[[Category:Shandong University faculty]]
[[Category:Chinese mechanical engineers]]
[[Category:Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering]]

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