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Archival as SubjectPublished as AuthorC. C. Lin
Dates
July 7, 1916 – January 13, 2013
Authorized Form of Name
Lin, C. C. (Chia-Chʻiao), 1916-2013
Additional Forms of Names
Linʹ, T︠S︡zi︠a︡-T︠S︡zi︠a︡o, 1916-2013
Lin, Chia-Chʻiao, 1916-2013
Biography
Abstract
C. C. Lin was Institute Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1966-1987). Other institutional affiliations included Brown University and Tsinghua University. His early research interests included a concentrated on fluid mechanics, focusing on hydrodynamics stability and turbulence, and addressing the aerodynamics of gas turbines, oscillating airfoils and shock waves. Later his research interests turned to problems in the hydrodynamics of superfluid helium and astrophysics.
Important Dates
July 7, 1916Birth, Fuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng, China).
1937Obtained BSc in Physics, National Tsinghua University, Beijing (China).
1941Obtained MA in Applied Mathematics, University of Toronto, Toronto (Ont.).
1943 – 1945Research Engineer, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1944Obtained PhD in Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1945 – 1947Assistant to Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics, Brown University.
1947 – 2013Associate Professor to Professor of Applied Mathematics (1947-1966); Institute Professor (1966-1987); and Institute Professor Emeritus (1987-2013), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1951Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
1959 – 1960Member, Institute for Advanced Study.
1962Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1965 – 1966Member, Institute for Advanced Study.
1966 – 1968Member, Committee on Support for Research in Mathematical Sciences, National Academy of Sciences.
1973 – 1974President, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
1978 – 1980Member, Board of Trustees, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
1979Awarded Fluid Dynamics Prize, American Physical Society.
January 13, 2013Death, Beijing (China).
Occupation
Applied mathematician.
Places
Birth
Fuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng, China)
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Lin, Edward
Son.
Lin, Lillian Shengjung
Daughter.
Lin, Shouying Liang
Wife. Married in 1947.
Advisors & Collaborators
Von Kármán, Theodore, 1881-1963
PhD advisor at California Institute of Technology, "On the development of turbulence," and both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Colleagues
Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Brown University.
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Liepmann, H. W. (Hans Wolfgang), 1914-
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Low, Francis E. (Francis Eugene), 1921-2007
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Brown University.
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Stratton, Julius Adams, 1901-1994
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Tolman, Richard C. (Richard Chace), 1881-1948
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Wiesner, Jerome B. (Jerome Bert), 1915-1994
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Additional
Chandrasekhar, S. (Subrahmanyan), 1910-1995
Institutions
Major Positions
Brown University. Department of Applied Mathematics
Assistant to Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics.
California Institute of Technology. Division of Engineering and Applied Science
Obtained PhD in Aeronautics (1944). Research Engineer.
Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.)
Member.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics
Associate Professor to Professor of Applied Mathematics; Institute Professor; and Institute Professor Emeritus.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow.
Received 1979 Fluid Dynamics Prize.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member and Member, Committee on Support for Research in Mathematical Sciences.
Qing hua da xue (Beijing, China)
Obtained BSc in Physics (1937).
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
President and Member, Board of Trustees.
University of Toronto. Department of Physics
Obtained MA in Applied Mathematics (1941).
Resources
Archival Resources
Subject
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar papers, 1928-1995.
The Joseph Regenstein Library. Department of Special Collections
University of Chicago
1100 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Published Resources
Author
Selected papers of C.C. Lin / editors, D.J. Benney, F. Shu, and C. Yuan.