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Theodore Yao-tsu Wu California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 U.S.A. Telephone:(626) 395-4230 Fax: (626)795-9839 Education : B.S. (Aeronautics) 1946 Chaio-Tung University, Shanghai, China ; M.S. (Aeronautics)1948 Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa; Ph.D. (Aeronautics) 1952 Calif. Inst. Technology. Career : Faculty member, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, Calif. Inst. Technology, 1952- :Research Fellow, 1952-55; Assistant Professor, 1955-57; Associate Professor of Engineering Science, 1957-61; Professor of Engineering Science, 1961-96; Professor Emeritus, 1996- . Publications : Author or co-author of over 150 archive journal papers, books and reports.Awards and Honors : Member, U.S. National Academy of Engineering; Member, Academia Sinica;Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Honorary Fellow, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Fellow, American Physical Society; American Physical Society 1993 Fluid Dynamics Prize Award*; John Simon Guggenheim Fellow; Australian Universities and C.S.I.R.O. Fellow; Japan Society for Promotion of Science Fellow; Achievement Award, Chinese Engineers and Scientists Assoc. So. California, 1971; CAFA Achievement Award - Chinese-American Faculty Assoc., So. CA., 1993; Lifetime Achievement Award, Chinese Engineers and Scientists Assoc. So. California, 1995; North American Chiao Tung University Alumni Assoc., 2000; Russell Severance Springer Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1980; Honorary Professor, Northwestern Polytechnical Univ., Xian, China; Harbin Engineering Univ., Harbin, China; Hong Kong Univ., Hong Kong; Chong Qing Univ., Chong Qing, China; Gast Professor, Hamburg Univ., Germany, 1964-65; Consultant Professor, Shanghai Jiaotong Univ.; The Sixth Georg Weinblum Memorial Lecturer, Hamburg University, Germany, 25 Nov. 1983; and the U.S. delivery: National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, 20 March 1984 Herbert Wagner Memorial Lecture, Munich, Germany, 20 May 1984 Distinguished Lecturer, Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology, 1992 Distinguished Teaching Award, California Institute of Technology, 1996 William Mong Distinguished Lecturer, Hong Kong University, 16 April 1997 Distinguished Israel Pollack Lecturer, Technion, Haifa, Israel, May, 1999 Memorial Lecture in memory of Sir James Lighthill, Technion, Haifa, Israel, 5 Jan. 2000 * - awarded annually to an individual for major contributions to fundamental fluid dynamics made during a career of outstanding work in the United States. Editorship : Advances in Applied Mechanics, Editorial Board, 1971-1982; Co-Editor, 1982-2001; J.Ship Research , 1972-1992; The Physics of Fluids, 1979-82; Wave Motion, 1978-1998; Ann. ReviewFluid Mech. , 1980-84; 1991-1995; Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 1979-; Newton - ScienceMagazine , 1986-; Advances in Mechanics, 1988-; Advances in Hydrodynamics, 1988-; AdvisoryBoard, Journal of Acta Mechanics Sinica, 1990-.Special Lectureships by invitation from universities and professional societies A.liations with professional societies Reviewer and Referee Service rendered to archive journals and publishers Consulting Experience with corporations and enterprises
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