Dingneng Wang August 16, 1963 – September 25, 2020
Dingneng Wang was born on August 16, 1963 in Taixing, Jiangsu Province, China. He is the third child of four brothers in his family. He passed away peacefully on Friday, September 25, 2020 with the love of his family. He’s survived by his wife Xiaobing Xiong, his son Jesse Wang and his daughter Monica Wang. Dingneng was diagnosed with gastric cancer in December last year. He has been actively treated since then. During the whole treatment process, Dingneng has shown tremendous courage and effort to fight this disease. He actively sought effective treatment methods, wrote treatment diaries and engaged with his doctors and his close friends. He is a real warrior in many ways. Although his battle has come to an end, his spirit will last forever and will be an inspiration to all others.
Dingneng was a gifted and diligent boy in his childhood. His curiosity and desire to always seek the truth behind things made him so successful in his studies and throughout his career. He graduated from the Chemistry Department of Nanjing Institute of Technology with high honor in 1983. Due to his outstanding performance, he was admitted to Jilin University to study as a graduate student and was recommended to take the CGP exam for public study abroad. After admission, he spent 1 year to study English in Guangzhou and went directly to Purdue University in Indiana to pursue his Ph.D study in the field of physical organic chemistry in 1984. He got his Ph.D degree in chemistry from Purdue university in 1989. After receiving his PhD, he moved to Denver, Colorado and was employed by the National Institute of Renewable Energy to conduct research on renewable energy. While in Denver, he also received his Master’s degree of computer science from the University of Colorado, Denver in 1998. At the beginning of 1998, he moved to San Diego and decided to change his career to work in the software industry. He has successfully worked in multiple companies in his career. The last company he worked with is Intuit, a reputable financial software company in the United States.
Dingneng held a very successful career. He has impressed many of his colleagues for his excellent workmanship and expertise. Here are some comments quoted by his former colleagues:
“Dingneng is one of the smartest people I have ever met! He truly understands solution requirements and how to translate them into data architecture and functionality that is scalable and deliverable for a very large enterprise”
“Dingneng is a great engineer and a team player, always eager to learn and to offer help and advice to others”
“Dingneng is a great mentor and I learned a great many tricks and tips and I give him many thanks. Dingneng always imparted his vast knowledge to his team members and kept us on task with the utmost positive and caring attitude”
Dingneng was always willing to help anyone who needed it. Whether it was family, friends or strangers he would always help with a ready smile. He put family and friends above everything else.
Outside of his busy professional work, Dr. Wang Dingneng volunteered to serve the San Diego Hua Xia Chinese School and devoted tremendous efforts and countless hours to this course. He served as the chairman of the school parent association in the early years of the school. He was a multi-term school board member and the head of the school council. For many years, he was in charge of school public affairs, website development, online registration, and even server hosting. For over two decades, he played pivotal roles and devoted himself to the development and growth of the school. His selfless dedication benefited the entire Chinese community in San Diego and reached out as far as Riverside County. Dr. Wang Dingneng has made an indelible contribution to the Chinese youth in their Chinese language learning and exposure to Chinese heritage, and the promotion and dissemination of Chinese culture to other ethnic communities!
Dingneng demonstrated his passion, dedication, and endurance in sports too. He was an avid volleyball player, cyclist, and ultramarathoner. His “certainly-can-do” attitude and athletic prowess enabled him to complete numerous sport events and activities including international ultramarathon races, 100KM rides, the Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim trail running, and the most arduous Cactus to Clouds to Cactus day hike. He also liked to play bridge and won a top award of bridge match. He had so much energy and never knew what fatigue was. He had a nickname of Superman from his close friends.
Dingneng will be loved and missed by so many people.
We wish you rest in peace in heaven.
Funeral service (Due to covid-19 and indoor service, This is invitation only)
From 10AM to 12PM 10/03/2020
Indoor Chapel
El Camino Memorial - Sorrento Valley
5600 Carroll Canyon Rd, San Diego, CA 92121
Memorial service (No attendee limit)
From 10AM to 12PM 10/18/2020
Outdoor
El Camino Memorial - Sorrento Valley
5600 Carroll Canyon Rd, San Diego, CA 92121
王定能 1963年8月16日– 2020年9月25日
王定能,1963年8月16日出生于中国江苏省泰兴市。他是家庭中四个兄弟的第三个孩子。 2020年9月25日,星期五,他在妻子熊小冰(Xiaobing Xiong),儿子杰西王(Jesse Wang)和女儿莫妮卡王(Monica Wang)的陪伴下和平过世。定能于去年12月被诊断出患有胃癌。从那以后他一直积极接受治疗,在整个治疗过程中,定能表现出极大的勇气和毅力。他积极寻求有效的治疗方法,撰写治疗日记,并与他的医生和好友们及时沟通。从任何方面讲,定能都是一名真正的战士。尽管他的战斗已走到尽头,但他的精神将永远长存,并会激励到其他所有人。
定能从小就是一个天才及勤奋的男孩。他的好奇心和不懈追求事物真相的精神使他在整个学习和职业生涯中都取得了巨大成功。他于1983年以优异的成绩毕业于南京工学院化学系。由于表现出色,他被吉林大学录取为研究生,并被推荐参加CGP考试以便出国学习。入学后,定能经过1年在广州的英语培训,于1984年直接被印第安那州的普渡大学(Purdue University)录取攻读物理有机化学领域的博士学位。他于1989年从普渡大学获得化学博士学位。获得博士学位后,他移居科罗拉多州丹佛市,并受雇于美国国家可再生能源研究所进行可再生能源研究。在丹佛期间,他还于1998年在科罗拉多大学丹佛分校获得了计算机科学的硕士学位。1998年初,他移居圣地亚哥,并决定改变其职业以从事软件行业。在其职业生涯中,他成功地在多家公司工作。与他合作的最后一家公司是Intuit,这是美国著名的财务软件公司。
定能的事业非常成功。他出色的工作和专业知识给他的许多同事留下了深刻的印象。以下是引用他的前同事的一些评论:
“定能是我见过的最聪明的人之一!他真正了解解决方案需求,以及如何将其转换为可为大型企业扩展和交付的数据架构和功能。”
“定能是一位伟大的工程师和团队合作者,一直渴望学习并向他人提供帮助和建议。”
“定能是一位了不起的导师,我从他身上学到了很多,我非常感谢他。定能始终将自己的丰富知识传授给他的团队成员,并总是怀着积极和关怀的态度让我们能够顺利完成任务。”
定能始终愿意为需要的人提供帮助。无论被帮助的对象是家人,朋友还是陌生人。
在繁忙的工作之余,王定能博士志愿为圣地亚哥华夏中文学校服务,并为此投入了大量的时间和精力。他曾任圣地亚哥华夏中文学校早期的家长会会长,多届理事会理事,校务会负责人,网站宣传负责人。在过去的二十几年中,他始终为华夏中文学校的发展壮大而鞠躬尽瘁、任劳任怨。他的无私奉献惠及了不仅整个圣地亚哥华人社区,而且远到河滨郡。 王定能博士为华人子弟的中文教育,文化熏陶和传承,中华文化的弘扬和传播做出了不可磨灭的贡献!
定能是一位多项体育运动超级爱好者。他是球艺高超的排球队员,自行车爱好者和越野超马选手。积极不怕困难的态度和永不言弃的个性让他完成过多次国际超马越野比赛,百公里的骑行,著名北美大峡谷穿越和北美单日最虐的步道“仙人掌到云端”的往返。他还喜欢打桥牌,并曾获得了华人桥牌赛的最高奖项。他精力充沛,从不知道pi'jua。他的朋友都称赞他是超人。
定能将会永远活在我们心中。
定能,一路走好,愿在天堂的你能够安息。
遗体告别 (由于疫情,只有被邀请的亲朋好友可以参加,谢谢)
From 10AM to 12PM 10/03/2020
Indoor Chapel
El Camino Memorial - Sorrento Valley
5600 Carroll Canyon Rd, San Diego, CA 92121
追思会 (没有人数限制)
From 10AM to 12PM 10/18/2020
Outdoor
El Camino Memorial - Sorrento Valley
5600 Carroll Canyon Rd, San Diego, CA 92121