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Archival as AuthorTheodore Y.-T. Wu
Dates
March 20, 1924 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Wu, Theodore Y.-T. (Theodore Yao-tsu)
Additional Forms of Names
Wu, T. Yao-tsu (Theodore Yao-tsu)
Wu, Theodore Yao-tsu
Biography
Abstract
Theodore Wu is Professor Emeritus of Engineering Science at California Institute of Technology. His research interests include fluid mechanics and compressible, viscous, heat-conducting fluids, water waves, jets, cavity, wake, boundary layer and stratified flows; biophysical and geophysical fluid mechanics.
Important Dates
March 20, 1924Birth, Zhangzhou Shi (China).
1946Obtained BSc in Aeronautics, Jiao Tong University, Shanghai (China).
1948Obtained MS in Aeronautics, Iowa State University, Ames (Iowa).
1952Obtained PhD in Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1952 – presentResearch Fellow in Applied Mechanics (1952-1955); Assistant Professor of Applied Mechanics (1955-1957); Associate Professor of Applied Mechanics (1957-1961); Professor of Applied Mechanics (1961-1966); Professor of Engineering Science (1966-1996); and Professor Emeritus of Engineering Science (1996-present), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1964 – 1965Guggenheim Fellow, University of Hamburg.
1967 – 1978Member (1967-1978) and Chair (1977-1978), Wave Resistance Committee, International Towing Tank Conference.
1972 – 1974Chair, American Towing Tank Conference.
1975 – 1978Member, Committee on Recommendations for United States Army Basic Scientific Research, National Research Council.
1979 – presentAdjunct Professor, Jiao Tong University, Shanghai.
1980Russell Severance Springer Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley.
1982Visiting Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
1982 – 2001Co-Editor, Advances in Applied Mechanics.
1993Awarded Fluid Dynamics Prize, American Physical Society.
Occupation
Fluid mechanist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Bacher, Robert F. (Robert Fox), 1905-2004
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee Alvin), 1901-1994
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Eisenstein, James P. (James Philip)
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Gould, Roy W. (Roy Walter), 1927-
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Liepmann, H. W. (Hans Wolfgang), 1914-
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Institutions
Major Positions
California Institute of Technology. Division of Engineering and Applied Science
Obtained PhD in Aeronautics (1952). Research Fellow in Applied Mechanics; Assistant Professor of Applied Mechanics; Associate Professor of Applied Mechanics; Professor of Applied Mechanics; Professor of Engineering Science; and Professor Emeritus of Engineering Science.
Shanghai jiao tong da xue
Obtained BSc in Aeronautics (1946). Adjunct Professor.
University of California, Berkeley
Russell Severance Springer Visiting Professor.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1993 Fluid Dynamics Prize.
American Towing Tank Conference
Chair.
Elsevier Science Publishers
Co-Editor, Advances in Applied Mechanics.
International Towing Tank Conference
Member and Chair, Wave Resistance Committee.
Iowa State University
Obtained MS in Aeronautics (1948).
National Research Council (U.S.)
Member, Committee on Recommendations for United States Army Basic Scientific Research.
Nihon Gakujutsu Shinkōkai
Visiting Fellow.
Universität Hamburg
Guggenheim Fellow.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Oral history interview with Theodore Y. Wu.
Institute Archives
California Institute of Technology
1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA