Condolences on the Passing of Professor Kongiian Yu

Dear Colleagues and Family of Professor Kongjian Yu,

On behalf of Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), we wish to express ourcondolences to you on the tragic passing of Professor Kongjian Yu. His loss is felt by allof us who had the honour of meeting him.

Some months ago we had the privilege of visiting you in China. We sharedexperiences about our work in hydromechanics, urban water management andsponge-city ideas, and Professor Yu kindly gave us a copy of his book, which has beena source of inspiration for our team here in La Plata. UNLP is committed to carryingforward the spirit of collaboration, innovation, and respect for ecological principles whichProfessor Yu embodied.

To his family, to his students, to his colleagues at Peking University, please receiveour deepest sympathies.

With profound respect,

Mg Martin López Armengol

President

Universidad Nacional de La Plata

Dr. Ing. Marcos D.ACTIS

Dean of the Faculty of Engineering

Universidad Nacional de La Plata

Dr. Graciela HUMBERT LAN

Subsecretary of international Relations

Universidad Nacional de La Plata

Eng. Sergio Liscia

Director of the Hydromechanics Laboratory

Faculty of EngineeringUniversidad Nacional de La Plata

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关于孔谦教授逝世的唁函

北京大学俞孔坚教授家属及同仁：

阿根廷拉普拉塔国立大学（UNLP）谨向您表达对于孔建教授不幸逝世的哀悼之情。他的离世让我们每一个有幸与他相识的人都深感悲痛。

惊悉俞孔坚教授溘然长逝，阿根廷拉普拉塔国立大学（UNLP）全体同仁深感痛惜。谨代表我校向贵校及家属致以最深切哀悼。

今春访华期间，俞教授亲赠其著作，书中关于水力学、城市水管理及海绵城市的真知灼见，至今仍启迪我校实验室团队。UNLP将永记俞教授所倡导的生态协作精神，继续践行其创新理念。

望家属节哀，愿俞教授学术遗产永泽后世。

校长 马丁·洛佩斯·阿门戈尔

工学院院长 马科斯·D. 阿克蒂斯博士

国际关系副秘书 格拉谢拉·翁贝尔·兰博士

水力学实验室主任 塞尔希奥·利西亚工程师