On the morning of May, 18th, School of Materials held the inauguration ceremony of the Duanlin Que Memorial Statue at the State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, to commemorate Mr. Duanlin Que’s historic contribution to the development of semiconductor discipline of our college and school, and to encourage future generations to further promote the school motto, Seeking Truth, Pursuing Innovation, and to inherit the pioneering spirit of older generation scientists.
Mr. Duanlin Que (1928-2014) is an outstanding semiconductor materials expert of our country, founder and leader of semiconductor discipline of Zhejiang University. He founded semiconductor materials discipline in Zhejiang University in last 50s, and made it one of the first schools providing Master’s and PhD.’s degree, as well as national key disciplines of semiconductor. In 1985, he founded the State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, one of first state key laboratories, the first state key laboratory in Zhejiang University. He was also one of the founders of School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University.
At the scene, Academician Deren Yang, Director of the State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Dean Gaorong Han delivered speeches to review Mr. Que’s life and contribution. Zailiang Yang, the wife of Mr. Duanlin Que, expressed her gratitude to the teachers and students present , and deeply recalled Mr. Que’s life. Mr. Que took the major needs of the country as his responsibility. From thermoelectric materials to semiconductor materials, he started completely form the scratch, with hard work to innovate efficiently. Today, the completion of the statue is the biggest comfort for Mr. Que, and wishes teachers and students of the School of Materials to make greater progress.
Qiang Zheng, deputy secretary of the school party committee, said that as a Fujian native, Mr. Que is the pride of all Fujian students. He is an academic model, working hard on the educational and scientific research front, instructed outstanding students, represented by Academician Deren Yang, which injected a steady stream of energy for development of Zhejiang University. Associate Professor Chenxing Yu, the sculptor, Dr. Liming Fu, the representative of the danation of the statue, Mr. Yuxin Sun, the winner of Duanlin Que Scholarship also spoke.
The completion ceremony was presided over by Yanhui Liu, the party secretary of the School of Materials. Representatives of Mr. Que Duanlin's family, Mr. Que's colleagues and student representatives, statue creator, State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials and teachers and students of the School of Materials attended the ceremony.
