Fang, who held China’s highest tutorial title in science and know-how as a CAS member, died of an sickness on February 27, the premier nationwide analysis establishment mentioned. He was 68.
Fang was scheduled to talk on the African Conference on Computational Mechanics on the University of Cape Town that afternoon, in line with the occasion programme.
Online discussions earlier included claims that Fang had suffered an sudden medical episode throughout a piece journey to South Africa. The obituary didn’t present any particulars on the trigger or circumstances of his death.
In its obituary, CAS described Fang as a comrade who had “long been devoted to research in advanced materials and structural mechanics” and a pioneer “in China’s field of advanced structural technologies”.