Chia-Chiao Lin
Chia-Chiao Lin (7 July 1916 – 13 January 2013) was a Chinese-born American applied mathematician and Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lin made major contributions to the theory of hydrodynamic stability, turbulent flow, mathematics, and astrophysics.
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Chia-Chiao Lin

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- Name
- Chia Chiao Lin
- Born
- 7 July 1916
- Birthplace
- Peking, China
- Died
- 13 January 2013
- Place of death
- Beijing, China
- Field
- Applied mathematics
- Education
- California Institute of Technology University of Toronto National Tsinghua University
- Known for
- Hydrodynamic stability turbulent flow
- Awards
- Fluid Dynamics Prize (1979) Timoshenko Medal (1975) Otto Laporte Award (1973) Chia-Chiao Lin (7 July 1916 – 13 January 2013) was a Chinese-born American applied mathematician and Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Nationality
- United States · People's Republic of China
- Occupation
- poet · physicist · university teacher · mathematician
- Fields
- applied mathematics · hydrodynamic stability · turbulence · astrophysics
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Chia-Chiao Lin (7 July 1916 – 13 January 2013) was a Chinese-born American applied mathematician and Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lin made major contributions to the theory of hydrodynamic stability, turbulent flow, mathematics, and astrophysics.
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Biography
Biography
Chia-Chiao Lin studied at Tsinghua University, University of Toronto and California Institute of Technology. The recorded working language is Chinese and English. The field of work recorded is applied mathematics, hydrodynamic stability and turbulence. Employment is recorded with Brown University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and California Institute of Technology. Positions recorded include professor. Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship, Timoshenko Medal, Otto Laporte Award and Fluid Dynamics Prize (APS).
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• Name — Chia Chiao Lin • Born — 7 July 1916 • Birthplace — Peking, China • Died — 13 January 2013 • Place of death — Beijing, China • Field — Applied mathematics • Workplaces — Caltech Brown University MIT • Education — California Institute of Technology University of Toronto National Tsinghua University • Thesis Title — Investigations on the Theory of Turbulence • Thesis Year — 1944 • Doctoral Advisor — Theodore von Kármán • Doctoral Students — * 1= • David Benney • Phyllis Fox • Lee Segel • Frank Shu • Linda Sugiyama • Notable Students — Elizabeth Cuthill • Known for — Hydrodynamic stability turbulent flow • Awards — Fluid Dynamics Prize (1979) Timoshenko Medal (1975) Otto Laporte Award (1973) Chia-Chiao Lin (7 July 1916 – 13 January 2013) was a Chinese-born American applied mathematician and Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lin made major contributions to the theory of hydrodynamic stability, turbulent flow, mathematics, and astrophysics.
Biography
Biography
Lin was born in Beijing with ancestral roots in Fuzhou. In 1937 Lin graduated from the department of physics, Tsinghua University in Beijing. After graduation he was a teaching assistant in the Tsinghua University physics department. In 1939 Lin won a Boxer Indemnity Scholarship and was initially supported to study in the United Kingdom. However, due to World War II, Lin and several others were sent to North America by ship. Unluckily, Lin's ship was stopped in Kobe, Japan, and all students had to return to China. In 1940, Lin finally reached Canada and studied at the University of Toronto from which he earned his M.Sc. In 1941. Lin continued his studies in the United States and received his PhD from the California Institute of Technology in 1944 under Theodore von Kármán. His PhD thesis provided an analytic method to solve a problem in the stability of parallel shearing flows, which was the subject of Werner Heisenberg's PhD thesis. Lin also taught at Caltech between 1943 and 1945. He taught at Brown University between 1945 and 1947. Lin joined the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1947. Lin was promoted to professor at MIT in 1953 and became an Institute Professor of MIT in 1963. He was President of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics from 1972 to 1974. Lin retired from MIT in 1987. In 2002, he moved back to China and helped found the Zhou Pei-Yuan Center for Applied Mathematics (ZCAM) at Tsinghua University. He died in Beijing in 2013, aged 96.
Career and activity
Career and activity
Chia-Chiao Lin worked in applied mathematics, hydrodynamic stability, turbulence, astrophysics and mathematics. He was employed by Brown University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, Tsinghua University and Florida State University. Recorded position is professor. He belonged to National Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Academia Sinica, American Association for the Advancement of Science and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Chia-Chiao Lin is recorded as having received Guggenheim Fellowship, Timoshenko Medal and Otto Laporte Award.
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Chia-Chiao Lin born at Beijing.
2013
Chia-Chiao Lin died at Beijing.
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- A Short Biography of Chia-Chiao Lin, Notices of the International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians, 2013
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- Professor Chia-Chiao Lin (1916–2013), Notices of the International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians, 2013
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2013
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Honors and awards
During his career Lin has received many prizes and awards, including: • The first Fluid Dynamics Prize (from the American Physical Society, in 1979) • The 1976 NAS Award in Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis • The 1975 Timoshenko Medal • The 1973 Otto Laporte Award • Caltech's Distinguished Alumni Award Lin was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society, cited in the American Men and Women of Science. and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Lin was elected Academician of Academia Sinica in 1958, and became a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1994.
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- 1.Tsinghua University. 2013-01-13.
- 2.American Astronomical Society. Chia-Chiao Lin (1916 - 2013). Obituaries.
- 3.Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics records
- 4.Pioneering applied mathematician Chia-Chiao Lin dies at 96. MIT News Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2013-01-14.
- 5.Amperican Physical Society. Fluid Dynamics Prize.
- 6.U.S. National Academy of Sciences. NAS Award in Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis.
- 7.American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Timoshenko Medal.
- 8.California Institute of Technology. Distinguished Alumni Award.
- 9.Chia-Chiao Lin. www.nasonline.org.
- 10.Chia-Chiao Lin. American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
- 11.APS Member History. search.amphilsoc.org.
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Formation and teaching. Lin studied at Tsinghua University, University of Toronto, California Institute of Technology and Beijing No. The record notes the qualification Doctor of Philosophy. Lin received Guggenheim Fellowship, Timoshenko Medal, Otto Laporte Award, Fluid Dynamics Prize (APS), Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and honorary doctor of the Tsinghua University.
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