Chia-Chiao Lin

Chia Chiao Lin
Born(1916-07-07)7 July 1916
Peking, China
Died13 January 2013(2013-01-13) (aged 96)
Beijing, China
NationalityAmerican[1]
Alma materCalifornia Institute of Technology
University of Toronto
National Tsinghua University
Known forHydrodynamic stability
turbulent flow
AwardsFluid Dynamics Prize (1979)
Timoshenko Medal (1975)
Otto Laporte Award (1973)
Scientific career
FieldsApplied mathematics
InstitutionsCaltech
Brown University
MIT
Thesis Investigations on the Theory of Turbulence  (1944)
Doctoral advisorTheodore von Kármán
Doctoral students
Other notable studentsElizabeth Cuthill
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese林家翹
Simplified Chinese林家翘
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLín Jiāqiáo
Wade–GilesLin2 Chia1-ch'iao2
IPA[lǐn tɕjátɕʰjǎʊ]

Chia-Chiao Lin (Chinese: 林家翹; 7 July 1916 – 13 January 2013) was a Chinese-born American applied mathematician and Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[2]

Lin made major contributions to the theory of hydrodynamic stability, turbulent flow, mathematics, and astrophysics.

  1. ^ "Chia Chiao Lin (American astronomer) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia: "The American astronomers Chia-Chiao Lin and Frank H. Shu showed that a spiral shape is a natural result of any large-scale disturbance of the density distribution of stars in a galactic disk. When the interaction of the..."". Britannica Online Encyclopedia. 2006-12-09. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
  2. ^ 著名科学家林家翘逝世 胡和平前往吊唁 (in Chinese). Tsinghua University. 2013-01-13. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.