Chiang C. Mei

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Chiang Chung Mei (born April 4, 1935 in Wuhan ) is an American civil engineer.

Mei received his bachelor's degree from Taiwan National University in 1955 , his master's degree from Stanford University in 1958, and his doctorate in engineering from Caltech in 1963 . In 1965 he became an assistant professor and later professor of civil engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology .

He is particularly concerned with hydrodynamics and the mechanics of water waves.

Since 1992 he has been an honorary professor at the University of Hong Kong. In 1994 he was at the Mechanics Institute of the Academy of Sciences in Beijing.

In 2007 he received the Von Karman Medal . He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering .

Fonts

  • The Applied Dynamics of Ocean Surface Waves, Wiley-Interscience 1983, World Scientific 1989
  • Mathematical Analysis in Engineering, Cambridge University Press 1994
  • Basic Gravity Wave Theory in John Herbich (Ed.), Handbook of Ocean Engineering, Gulf Publ., 1990, Chapter 2
  • Wave-Seabed Interactions, in: B. LeMehaute, D. Haines (Eds.), The Sea - Ocean Engineering Science, Wiley Interscience, 1990.
  • Multiple scale dynamics of ocean surface waves - Physics and engineering applications, Naval Research Reviews 1996

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
personal data
SURNAME Mei, Chiang C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mei, Chiang Chung
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American civil engineer
DATE OF BIRTH April 4, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Wuhan