Y.C. Fung
Professor Emeritus of Bioengineering and Applied Mechanics
(University of California, San Diego)
Y.C. Fung works on solid mechanics, and has contributed to expand its
frontiers bordering aerodynamics and biology. He helped to establish the
fields of aeroelasticity and biomechanics. He received his BS and MS
from the National Central University in China and PhD from the
California Institute of Technology. He is the recipient of the von
Karman Medal from ASCE, Timoshenko Medal from ASME, Poiseuille Medal
from ISB, Borelli Medal from ASB, Landis Award from Microcirculatory
Society, and Alza Award from BMES. In November 2000, Professor Fung
became the first bioengineer to receive the President's National Medal
of Science, the nation's highest scientific honor. While holding
memberships in the US National Academy of Science, National Academy of
Engineering, Institute of Medicine of NAS, Academia Sinica, and Chinese
Academy of Science, he is also Honorary Professor of 16 universities in
China, and Distinguished Alumus of Caltech.
Professor Fung's publications with World Scientific include:
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