In the 1940s and 1950s, those who studied engineering knew the name of Gan Yi, a scientist from Qingtian, who graduated from the Royal Military Academy and Cambridge University, and whom Zhou Enla

In the 1940s and 1950s, those who studied engineering knew the name of Gan Yi, a scientist from Qingtian, who graduated from the Royal Military Academy and Cambridge University, and whom Zhou Enlai called a "scholar and military genius", was once a leading figure in the scientific community. He was subjected to inhumane encounters during the Cultural Revolution, but always maintained an open-minded attitude towards life, and passed on his deep knowledge and optimism to his children in education.

Under his teachings, 11 PhDs came out of their family. His eldest daughter, Gan Rongzhu, has a PhD from Memphis State University, and his eldest son, Gan Kaohsiung, and his second son, Gan Xiaoxiong, both have PhDs from Kansas State University.

So Rongzhu Gan was destined to be an extraordinary woman, not just because she had a literary and military father and 11 PhDs came out of their family, but more importantly, her academic rigor, strong academic beliefs, and outstanding academic contributions have made her name famous in the biomedical world.

One step at a time, this is the conviction

From enlightenment to becoming a PhD, it can be said that her father was the most important teacher in Gan Rongzhu's life. After his father was labeled as a "rightist", he still insisted on taking his children on picnics every weekend, which is not only close to the nature, but also an open-minded attitude. Although his father did not say much, but his "teaching" is enough to let each child in the subtle and memorized.

In junior high school, influenced by his father, Gan Rongzhu determined his own life goal - to become an outstanding scientist. Because her father was categorized as a rightist, it was not easy for her to study as a teenager. Although her grades were good enough to qualify her for Tsinghua University, she ended up enrolling in the Central China Institute of Technology (CCIE).

After graduation, she went to the countryside for re-education like many intellectuals. She in the total mouth of the farm labor for a year, and then moved to the first poor county of Hubei Zhushan County as a technician, the wage is small, not to mention, but also from time to time to pull out of the criticism of the criticism, however, she has always been mindful of her father's teachings do not forget to learn. 1978 summer ushered in the spring of her, the country's universities resumed enrollment of postgraduate students, dry Rongzhu became the Huazhong Institute of Technology mechanics graduate students, she was only one step away from her dream.

"I felt that biomechanics would be the trend, the trend in the future." So, at the age of 40, Gan Rongzhu began her own study abroad. Because she did not know the foreign language, she had to rely on others' translation to study.

However, all the obstacles in the world can be solved when they are met with dreams and perseverance, and finally, in 1988, she obtained a master's degree in applied mathematics from the University of Alberta, Canada. After that, she studied under Prof. Yuanzhen Feng, and went on to earn a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Memphis State University.

Today, Rongzhu Gan is a leading expert in biomedical engineering, with research interests in tissue and organ biomechanics, auditory implantable devices, theoretical modeling of physiological systems, and hemodynamics and biofluid dynamics.

Her major achievements include: establishing the most accurate and complete finite element model of the human ear in the world, and obtaining a U.S. patent; leading the scientific research team to successfully develop the SOUNDTEC Direct System (partially implantable electromagnetic induction artificial middle ear), which was approved by the FDA; leading the scientific research team to successfully develop the fully implantable middle-ear hearing aid THIS, which was patented; pioneering the development of implantable middle-ear hearing aid THIS; and developing the first implantable middle-ear hearing aid THIS, which was patented. Patent; pioneered the study of microscopic biomechanics of ear tissues and organs. He has published more than 50 scientific papers (SCI indexed), 5 co-edited monographs and 130 conference papers, and has trained more than 20 doctoral students.

Rongzhu Gan not only treats herself highly, but also treats her students. When enrolling students, she personally interviews and examines each time, and asks her students to be disciplined and not to think twice.

Hometown, is the root of the cut

Living in the United States for many years, Gan Rongzhu can still speak a mouthful of authentic Qingtian, she likes to eat sugar cake, mountain flour paste and other characteristics of Qingtian food.

Her parents (Gan Yi and Xiang Yuemei) are both from Qingtian, and at home, Qingtian is the common language of the family's daily communication; her father often talks about her hometown, and her mother cooks some hometown dishes from time to time. All these things make their siblings eight people also long for their hometown and miss it.

In 1955, at the age of 10, Gan Rongzhu set foot on the land of her hometown Qingtian for the first time, and went to school for one year in Qingtian County. And it became a fond memory of her childhood.

"Father and mother have always missed their hometown. Often said to go home to see!" Gan Rongzhu said that because her mother was homesick, in 2009, Gan Rongzhu took her elderly mother back to Qingtian.

After that, almost every year, Gan Rongzhu will bring his family back to his hometown of Qingtian. 2010 August 8-9, Gan Rongzhu with his daughter Ji Yinghui and his relatives back to his hometown. She said sincerely: "We love this land, the changes in our hometown are gratifying and encouraging."

Daughter Ji Yinghui graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States, received a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Medical School postdoctoral, is now a professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University in Indiana, United States.

In education, Gan Rongzhu does not forget to let his children across the ocean know the roots. And hometown, the root of a family, there is a cut and dried blood kinship.

"Hometown, is our eternal root." Speaking fluent hometown language Gan Rongzhu frankly, in the future, she will also bring their own daughters and friends and relatives to come back together, so that this "hometown" continue.