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Xie Shileng
谢世楞
Born	(1935-05-20)May 20, 1935 Cixi, Zhejiang, China
Died	November 7, 2018(2018-11-07) (aged 83) Tianjin, China
Alma mater	Dalian University of Technology
Scientific career
Fields	Coastline hydrodynamics Coastal engineering design
Institutions	First Navigational Engineering Survey and Design Institute
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	謝世楞
Simplified Chinese	谢世楞
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xiè Shìléng

Xie Shileng (Chinese: 谢世楞; 20 May 1935 – 7 November 2018) was a Chinese port and coastal engineer who served as an assistant chief engineer of the First Navigational Engineering Survey and Design Institute of the Ministry of Transport.

Biography

Xie was born in Cixi, Zhejiang on May 20, 1935. After graduating from the Dalian University of Technology in August 1956, he was assigned to the Water Transport Planning and Design Institute of the Ministry of Transport. One year later he was transferred to its First Navigational Engineering Survey and Design Institute. After the Cultural Revolution in November 1979, Xie pursued advanced studies in the Netherlands, where he studied at Delft University of Technology. In 1999 he was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He died of lymphoma in Tianjin, on November 7, 2018.

Awards

• 1985 Second Prize of the State Science and Technology Progress Award
• 2007 First Prize of the State Science and Technology Progress Award
• 2013 First Prize of the State Science and Technology Progress Award