Yang Shuzi

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.

Yang Shuzi
杨叔子
President of Central China University of Science and Engineering
In office January 1993 – June 1997
Preceded by	Huang Shuhuai
Succeeded by	Zhou Ji
Personal details
Born	(1933-09-05)5 September 1933 Jiujiang County, Jiangxi, China
Died	4 November 2022(2022-11-04) (aged 89) Wuhan, Hubei, China
Alma mater	Wuhan University Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Scientific career
Fields	Mechanical engineering
Institutions	Central China University of Science and Engineering
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	杨叔子
Traditional Chinese	楊叔子
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yáng Shūzǐ

Yang Shuzi (5 September 1933 – 4 November 2022) was a Chinese engineer. He was born in an intellectual family in Hukou, in the Jiangxi Province. After he earned his bachelor's degree at Huazhong Institute of Technology in 1956, he became a faculty member there. His research mainly focused on machinery diagnostics, information technology, and intelligent technology. In 1991 he was elected a member of Chinese Academy of Sciences, from 1993 to 1997 he was the president of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He also developed the cutting vibration theory and error compensation technique as well as cutting monitoring and control systems, non-disassembled engine diagnosis systems, and nondestructive testing theory and technique of steel wire rope.

Yang died on 4 November 2022, at the age of 89.