谢希文,原籍福建泉州,1920年7月生于北京市。1950年毕业于厦门大学航空工程系并留校任教,1951年8月任清华大学航空学院助教,1952年10月至今在北京航空航天大学(原北京航空学院)工作。现任该校材料科学与工程系教授、航空航天部航空理化 Xie Xiwen, native of Quanzhou, Fujian Province, was born in July 1920 in Beijing. He graduated from the Department of Aeronautical Engineering of Xiamen University in 1950 and stayed for teaching. In August 1951, he served as assistant professor at Tsinghua University’s Aviation Academy. From October 1952 till now, he worked at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (formerly Beijing Aviation College). The incumbent professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Aerospace Aeronautical Physics and Chemistry