Lin Xiangdi
{{Short description|Chinese optoelectronic engineer}}
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Lin Xiangdi ({{zh|c=林祥棣}}; 8 February 1934 – 29 July 2018) was a Chinese optoelectronic engineer. He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and served as president of the Southwest University of Science and Technology in Sichuan.
Biography
Lin was born 8 February 1934 in Nantong, Jiangsu, China.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cae.cn/cae/html/main/colys/62342552.html|title=Lin Xiangdi|website=Chinese Academy of Engineering|access-date=2018-10-08}} After graduating from Zhejiang University in 1956, he worked for the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).{{Cite web|url=https://e.thecover.cn/shtml/hxdsb/20180731/83917.shtml|title=西南科大首任校长林祥棣院士逝世|last=Yang Xiaopei 杨晓蓓|date=2018-07-30|website=West China Metropolitan News|access-date=2018-10-08}}
In 1972, Lin moved to Sichuan Province to help establish the Institute of Optics and Electronics of the CAS, and became vice president of the institute. He was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1997, and served as president of the Chengdu branch of the CAS. He served as president of the Southwest University of Science and Technology in Mianyang from December 2000 to October 2004, and continued to be president emeritus until his death.{{Cite web|url=http://sc.sina.com.cn/news/m/2018-07-30/detail-ihfxsxzi0190526.shtml|title=西南科技大学首任校长林祥棣院士逝世 享年84岁|last=Jiang Yunhan 江芸涵|date=2018-07-30|website=Sina|access-date=2018-10-08}}
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Category:Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
Category:Zhejiang University alumni
Category:Scientists from Nantong