Sun Zhongliang (Chinese: 孙忠良; 26 August 1936 – 29 June 2019) was a Chinese electrical engineer and professor at Southeast University who specialized in extremely high frequency research.[1] He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a recipient of the State Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class).[1]
Sun was born on 26 August 1936 in Shanghai, Republic of China.[2][3] He tested into the Department of Radio Engineering of Nanjing Institute of Technology (now Southeast University) in 1955, and was hired by the university as a faculty member upon graduation in 1960. He became an associate professor in 1983 and full professor in 1987.[4]
Sun was a renowned expert in the field of extremely high frequency (EHF). He solved a series of difficult problems in EHF, with important applications in military engineering and 5G mobile communication.[2] For his contributions, he was awarded the State Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class) as well as six provincial and ministerial science prizes.[2] Sun was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2001.[4][5] He was a member of the 8th, 9th, and 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).[2]
Sun died from an illness on 29 June 2019 in Nanjing, at the age of 82.[2][3]