Chia-shun Yih

Dates

July 25, 1918 – April 25, 1997

Authorized Form of Name

Yih, Chia-shun, 1918-1997

Additional Forms of Names

I, Chia-hsün, 1918-1997

Yi, Jiaxun, 1918-1997

Yih, C. S. (Chia-shun), 1918-1997

Yih, Gus

Biography

Abstract

Chia-shun Yih was Emeritus Professor of Fluid Mechanics at University of Michigan (1988-1997). Other institutional affiliations included the University of Iowa. His research interests included fluid mechanics, especially flows of nonhomogeneous fluids, geophysical fluid mechanics, waves and hydrodynamic stability.

Important Dates

July 25, 1918Birth, Guiyang (Guizhou Sheng, China).

1942Obtained BS, National Central University China, Chongqing (China).

1942 – 1943Assistant, Chinese National Bureau of Hydraulic Research.

1943 – 1945Junior Bridge Engineer, Chinese National Bureau of Bridge Design.

1945Instructor, National Kweichow University.

1948Obtained PhD in Fluid Mechanics, University of Iowa, Iowa City (Iowa).

1948 – 1949Instructor in Mathematics, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

1949 – 1950Lecturer, University of British Columbia.

1950 – 1952Associate Professor of Engineering, Colorado State University.

1951 – 1952Research Associate, University of Nancy, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS).

1952 – 1956Assistant Professor (1952-1954) and Associate Professor (1954-1956), Fluid Mechanics, Research Engineering, University of Iowa.

1956 – 1997Associate Professor to Professor of Mechanical Engineering (1956-1968); Stephan P. Timoshenko University Professor (1968-1988); and Emeritus Professor, Fluid Mechanics (1988-1997), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Mich.).

1970 – 1971Visiting Professor, University of Paris.

1985Awarded Fluid Dynamics Prize, American Physical Society.

1990 – 1997Emeritus Professor, Engineering Science, University of Florida.

April 25, 1997Death, Tokyo (Japan).