朱杰 Chu, Chieh (1922—2003)
朱杰，字育三。浙江吴兴菱湖（今属湖州南浔区）人，1922年1月17日生于菱湖镇书香门第，其父朱镳长期担任当地小学校长。菱湖青树小学毕业后考入浙江省立第三中学（今湖州中学）。1937年抗战爆发后曾参加菱湖国魂社，从事抗日救亡工作。11月，湖城被日军侵占，他和父母避难去上海。辗转到苏州，就读于上海租界苏州工业专科学校。毕业后，1941年12月太平洋战争爆发，上海沦陷；1942年初，他逃出魔窟，奔向后方。在江西上饶，他经宦乡帮助，考入西迁途中的国立浙江大学。在食不果腹、衣难御寒的困境中，坚持苦读，1947年毕业于浙江大学化工系。毕业后恰逢抗战胜利，经校长竺可桢推荐，到台湾高雄中国石油公司炼油厂工作。1958年留学美国，获美国威斯康辛大学硕士和博士学位。后供职于美国辛克力研究公司及辛克力油气公司工作，在加州大学洛杉矶分校工学院任教七年，后在盖蒂石油公司休斯敦研究中心及德士古石油探勘任研究工作19年，现为高级研究顾问。1993年被授予“有特殊荣誉的德士古人”称号，而获此殊荣的该公司百年间仅4人。1989年夏在美国遇车祸瘫痪。2003年2月13日病逝。
朱杰在长期从事石油开采方面，开创了三维数值实验模型，运用火攻法或蒸汽驱动法，使濒于废弃的油田重新恢复生产，大大提高经济效益。这种新技术的应用，由他撰写的论文首次发表后，经过在美国和印尼等国的推广，现已为全球公认的使油田再生的最经济的科技方法而被普遍采用。他为美国石油工程学会出版的权威《石油工程手册》撰写了《热力采油》一章；为美国州际石油联盟出版的《改进石油回收》，撰写了《火烧油层》一章；还发表专业论文30余篇。
1982年4月，美国首次石油企业代表团访华，他作为正式成员，在中美合作审核中方提出的开发油田机械设备订单时，考虑到为祖国节省外汇，他总是删除一些类似重复的采购项目。考察任务完成后，邓小平接见了代表团成员，当征询对中国“四化”建设的意见和建议时，朱杰只说了一句话：“务必坚持礼贤下士！”邓小平听了后，沉吟一下，频频点头。
中国科学院曾多次邀请朱杰回国考察和短期工作；他又在大庆、大港、胜利、辽河等主要油田，进行考察、研究和讲学；并为中国建立一支管理和技术人员队伍，竭尽所能给予指导。他还在北京石油勘探和开发学院（今北京石油大学）和母校浙江大学讲学，他的讲稿《热力采油数值模拟》在国内出版，他的全部著作捐赠给浙江大学图书馆。
曾入选美国科学界名人录和提名为“热力采油先驱者”。
1947年毕业于浙大化工系，毕业后留校任助教一年，曾在美国特尔隆大学研究院肄业，圣佛南多谷自动学院毕业，先后在高雄中学任教(连续获台湾优秀教师奖6年)和高雄炼油厂工作，赴美后在标志油气公司、柏玛油气公司、亚美诺石油公司和盖蒂石油公司休斯敦研究中心及德士古石油公司任电脑运用程式设计分析工作。
妻子为浙大同班校友费坤华。
CHIEH CHU
DR. CHIEH ("JAY") CHU passed away peacefully on February 13, 2003, from pneumonia at St. Luke's Hospital in the loving presence of wife Kwen, son David, daughter Harriet and daughter-in-law Cristy, after a long and valiant struggle against Parkinson's Disease and Myelodisplastic Syndrome.
Dr. Chu was born on January 17, 1922 to Chu Zi An, a school principal, and Sun Wan Wei in rural Linghu, part of Huzhou City in Chekiang, China. As a youth in war-torn China, he worked as an apprentice at a hardware store to help the family make ends meet. His father's hope for him was to some day make a living painting and selling fans; his mother only hoped he would live to the age of sixteen. He later attended National Chekiang University. While attending the university, he noticed a vivacious young beauty playing basketball and was immediately smitten by Kwen-Hwa Fei. Their love story survived the trials and tribulations of the war with Japan and the Chinese Civil War. During the war, he served as an interpreter for the American forces. He later received his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering.
On April 11, 1948, he and Kwen were married and, after moving to Kaohsiung, Taiwan, China, started a family. In 1953, while working for Chinese Petroleum at its Kaohsiung Refinery, Dr. Chu won a competition by placing first in a Taiwan-wide exam to spend one year in the United States, touring refineries. He returned to the United States in 1958 on scholarship for graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, earning a Master of Science in 1959 and Doctorate of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering in 1961. After securing a position with Sinclair Research Inc., he brought his family to Tulsa and eventually moved to Houston. Dr. Chu was Senior Research Consultant in the International Applications Unit of Texaco's Exploration and Production Technology Department in Houston before retiring in 1998. In 1993 he was named a Texaco Honorary Fellow, in recognition of exceptional achievement and contributions in his field. Prior to joining Texaco, he was a research scientist at Getty Oil Company and was a member of the engineering faculty at UCLA. An innovator in the area of thermal recovery simulation, Dr. Chu's work helped make possible Texaco's recovery of oil reserves once thought economically infeasible at several fields worldwide, including Kern River in California and Duri in Indonesia.
Dr. Chu taught courses in thermal recovery, thermal simulation and related matters throughout the world. He was also a mentor to many. He authored more than 30 technical publications, and was co-author of "Three-Dimensional Simulation of Steamflooding" and "Numerical Simulation of Steam Displacement /Field Performance Applications", two of the most cited articles in thermal recovery simulation literature. In addition, he wrote the chapter entitled "Thermal Recovery," in the Petroleum Engineering Handbook, published by the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
Descended from Chu Hsi, the philosopher, he had a lifelong passion for art, especially painting, classical music, foreign languages, literature, fine foods and humor. His mind was ever youthful and inquisitive despite years of bearing many physical burdens. As recent as one week prior to his death, he requested a copy of large-print Chinese-French dictionary. He also had many ideas for paintings, yet to be realized.
Dr. Chu was the devoted husband of Kwen, and loving father of David Chu, Helen Chu Wagner (deceased), and Harriet Chu Abramson. He was a wonderful grandfather to James (deceased), Lawrence and Andrew Chu; Eric Wagner; and Alexander and Elizabeth Abramson. He was a loving brother to Chu Liang (deceased) and Chu Chuan. He was also a caring "Gonggong" to Katherine and Sarah Marie Wagner. He is also survived by Cristy Chu (wife to David), Martin (husband to Helen) and Hilary Wagner, and Barry Abramson (husband to Harriet). He also cherished his many friends and colleagues, especially his "lunch bunch".