Joseph C. Ford Professor of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Emeritus, Cornell University (2000-present)
Distinguished Research Chair Professor, Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University (2009-present)
Professor (College of Civil Engineering and Architecture), Zhejiang University (2003-present)
Education
National Jiao Tong University (Shanghai,1947-1949)
B.S. (Civil Engineering), National Taiwan University (1952)
M.S. (Mechanics), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1955)
Ph.D. (Applied Mechanics), Columbia University (1959)
Professional Experience
Asst., Associate, Professor (1958-1984), and Joseph C. Ford Professor (1985), Chairman (1974-1980), Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University
Visiting Professor and Director, Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University (1984-1986,1989-1994)
Visiting Professor of Princeton University (1956), Stanford University (1972), Nanjing Southeast University (1998)
Chairman and Scientific Committee Chair of the 9th US National Congress of Applied Mechanics (1982)
President, Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Taipei, ROC (1992-1994)
Specialties
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Physical Acoustics, Civil Engineering
Awards and Honors
Member, U.S. National Academy of Engineering (1985)
Academician, Academia Sinica (1986)
Honorary Doctor of Engineering, National Chiao-Tung University (Shin Chu,1995)