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| death_place = [[Beijing]], China
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| nationality = [[United States]]<ref name="Lin Encyclopædia Britannica Online">{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/341596/Chia-Chiao-Lin |title=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...''" |publisher=Britannica Online Encyclopedia |date=2006-12-09<!-- 10:37:04 -->|accessdate=January 1, 2010}}</ref>
| nationality = American<ref name="Lin Encyclopædia Britannica Online">{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/341596/Chia-Chiao-Lin |title=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...''" |publisher=Britannica Online Encyclopedia |date=2006-12-09<!-- 10:37:04 -->|accessdate=January 1, 2010}}</ref>
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| field = [[Applied mathematics]]
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| thesis_title = Investigations on the Theory of Turbulence
| thesis_title = Investigations on the Theory of Turbulence
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*[[Linda Sugiyama]]
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'''Chia-Chiao Lin''' ([[Chinese character|Chinese:]] 林家翹; 7 July 1916&nbsp;– 13 January 2013) was a [[China|Chinese]]-born American [[applied mathematician]] and [[Institute Professor]] [[emeritus]] at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/news/4205/2013/20130113145751956660184/20130113145751956660184_.html|script-title=zh:著名科学家林家翘逝世 胡和平前往吊唁|date=2013-01-13|publisher=[[Tsinghua University]]|language=Chinese|accessdate=13 January 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116145842/http://news.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/news/4205/2013/20130113145751956660184/20130113145751956660184_.html|archivedate=16 January 2013|df=}}</ref>
'''Chia-Chiao Lin''' ({{zh|t=林家翹}}; 7 July 1916&nbsp;– 13 January 2013) was a Chinese-born American [[Applied mathematics|applied mathematician]] and [[List of institute professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology|Institute Professor]] at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/news/4205/2013/20130113145751956660184/20130113145751956660184_.html|script-title=zh:著名科学家林家翘逝世 胡和平前往吊唁|date=2013-01-13|publisher=[[Tsinghua University]]|language=Chinese|accessdate=13 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116145842/http://news.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/news/4205/2013/20130113145751956660184/20130113145751956660184_.html|archivedate=16 January 2013}}</ref>

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


==Biography==
==Biography==
Lin was born in [[Beijing]] with ancestral roots in [[Fuzhou]]. In 1937 Lin graduated from the department of physics, [[National Tsinghua University]] in Beijing.
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Although Lin was born in [[Beijing]], his ancestral roots were from [[Fuzhou]].<ref>[http://linjiaqiao.netor.com]</ref> In 1937 Lin graduated from the department of physics, [[National Tsinghua University]] in Beijing. After graduation he did [[teaching assistant|assistant teaching]] in the Tsinghua University physics department. In 1939 Lin joined the [[Boxer Rebellion Indemnity Scholarship Program]] and initially was supported to study in the [[United Kingdom]]. However, due to the furious warfare of [[World War II]], Lin and the other several were sent to [[North America]] by ship. Unluckily, Lin's ship was stopped in [[Kobe]], [[Empire of Japan|Japan]], and all students had to return to China. In 1940 Lin finally reached [[Canada]] and studied at the [[University of Toronto]]. In 1941 Lin earned his M.Sc. from the University of Toronto.


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After graduation he was a [[teaching assistant]] in the Tsinghua University physics department. In 1939 Lin won a [[Boxer Indemnity Scholarship]] and was initially supported to study in the [[United Kingdom]]. However, due to [[World War II]], Lin and several others were sent to [[North America]] by ship. Unluckily, Lin's ship was stopped in [[Kobe]], [[Empire of Japan|Japan]], and all students had to return to China.
Lin continued his studies in the [[United States]] and received his PhD from the [[California Institute of Technology]] in 1944 under [[Theodore von Kármán]], his PhD thesis provided a analytic method to solve a problem in the stability of parallel shearing flows, which was the subject of [[Werner Heisenberg]]'s PhD thesis<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aas.org/obituaries/chia-chiao-lin-1916-2013|title=Chia-Chiao Lin (1916 - 2013) {{!}} American Astronomical Society|website=aas.org|language=en|access-date=2018-05-03}}</ref>. Lin also taught at [[Caltech]] between 1943 and 1945. He taught at [[Brown University]] between 1945 and 1947. Lin joined the faculty of the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in 1947. Lin was promoted to professor at [[MIT]] in 1953 and became an [[Institute Professor]] of [[MIT]] in 1963. Lin retired from MIT in 1987. In 2002, he moved back to China and help founded the Zhou Pei-Yuan Center for Applied Mathematics (ZCAM) at Tsinghua University.


In 1940, Lin finally reached [[Canada]] and studied at the [[University of Toronto]] from which he earned his M.Sc. In 1941. Lin continued his studies in the [[United States]] and received his PhD from the [[California Institute of Technology]] in 1944 under [[Theodore von Kármán]]. His PhD thesis provided an analytic method to solve a problem in the stability of parallel shearing flows, which was the subject of [[Werner Heisenberg]]'s PhD thesis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aas.org/obituaries/chia-chiao-lin-1916-2013|title=Chia-Chiao Lin (1916 - 2013) |publisher= American Astronomical Society|work=Obituaries|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228083136/https://aas.org/obituaries/chia-chiao-lin-1916-2013|archive-date=2018-12-28|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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Lin made major contributions to the theory of [[hydrodynamic stability]], [[turbulent flow]], [[mathematics]], and [[astrophysics]].

Lin also taught at Caltech between 1943 and 1945. He taught at [[Brown University]] between 1945 and 1947. Lin joined the faculty of the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in 1947. Lin was promoted to professor at [[MIT]] in 1953 and became an [[Institute Professor]] of [[MIT]] in 1963. He was President of the [[Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics]] from 1972 to 1974.<ref>[http://www.siam.org/about/more/presidents.php Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics records]</ref> Lin retired from MIT in 1987.


In 2002, he moved back to China and helped found the Zhou Pei-Yuan Center for Applied Mathematics (ZCAM) at Tsinghua University. He died in [[Beijing]] in 2013, aged 96.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-01-14 |title=Pioneering applied mathematician Chia-Chiao Lin dies at 96 |url=https://news.mit.edu/2013/obit-chia-chiao-lin |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=MIT News {{!}} Massachusetts Institute of Technology |language=en}}</ref>
He was President of the [[Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics]] from 1972 to 1974.<ref>[http://www.siam.org/about/more/presidents.php Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics records]</ref>


==Honors and awards==
==Honors and awards==
During his career Lin has received many prizes and awards, including:
During his career Lin has received many prizes and awards, including:
* The first [[Fluid Dynamics Prize]] (from the [[American Physical Society]], in 1979),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?name=Chia%20Chiao%20Lin |title=Fluid Dynamics Prize |publisher=Amperican Physical Society |accessdate=2007-12-02}}</ref>
* The first [[Fluid Dynamics Prize]] (from the [[American Physical Society]], in 1979)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?name=Chia%20Chiao%20Lin |title=Fluid Dynamics Prize |publisher=Amperican Physical Society |accessdate=2007-12-02}}</ref>
*The 1976 NAS Award in Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_NAS_Award_Applied_Mathematics |title=NAS Award in Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis |publisher=[[U.S. National Academy of Sciences]] |accessdate=2007-12-02 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927204508/http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_NAS_Award_Applied_Mathematics |archivedate=2007-09-27 |df= }}</ref>
*The 1976 NAS Award in Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_NAS_Award_Applied_Mathematics |title=NAS Award in Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis |publisher=[[U.S. National Academy of Sciences]] |accessdate=2007-12-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927204508/http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_NAS_Award_Applied_Mathematics |archivedate=2007-09-27 }}</ref>
* The 1975 [[Timoshenko Medal]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asme.org/Governance/Honors/SocietyAwards/Timoshenko_Medal.cfm |title=Timoshenko Medal |publisher=American Society of Mechanical Engineers |accessdate=2007-12-02}}</ref>
* The 1975 [[Timoshenko Medal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asme.org/Governance/Honors/SocietyAwards/Timoshenko_Medal.cfm |title=Timoshenko Medal |publisher=American Society of Mechanical Engineers |accessdate=2007-12-02}}</ref>
* The 1973 [[Otto Laporte Award]]
* The 1973 [[Otto Laporte Award]]
* Caltech's Distinguished Alumni Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eas.caltech.edu/engenious/fall03/alumni.html |title=Distinguished Alumni Award |publisher=California Institute of Technology |accessdate=2007-12-02}}</ref>
* Caltech's Distinguished Alumni Award<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eas.caltech.edu/engenious/fall03/alumni.html |title=Distinguished Alumni Award |publisher=California Institute of Technology |accessdate=2007-12-02 |archive-date=2008-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725173551/http://www.eas.caltech.edu/engenious/fall03/alumni.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Lin was a member of the [[National Academy of Sciences]], cited in the [[American Men and Women of Science]]. and a Fellow of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]]. Lin was elected Academician of [[Academia Sinica]] in 1958, and became a Foreign Member of the [[Chinese Academy of Sciences]] in 1994.
Lin was a member of the [[National Academy of Sciences]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chia-Chiao Lin |url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/53239.html |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=www.nasonline.org}}</ref> the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chia-Chiao Lin |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/chia-chiao-lin |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |language=en}}</ref> and the [[American Philosophical Society]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Chia-Chiao+Lin&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref> cited in the [[American Men and Women of Science]]. and a Fellow of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]]. Lin was elected Academician of [[Academia Sinica]] in 1958, and became a Foreign Member of the [[Chinese Academy of Sciences]] in 1994.

He died, aged 96, in [[Beijing]].


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*[http://www-math.mit.edu/people/profile.php?pid=155 Lin's profile]
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Latest revision as of 00:23, 13 October 2024

The native form of this personal name is Lin Chia-Chiao. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
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.

Biography

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Lin was born in Beijing with ancestral roots in Fuzhou. In 1937 Lin graduated from the department of physics, National Tsinghua University in Beijing.

After graduation he was a teaching assistant in the Tsinghua University physics department. In 1939 Lin won a Boxer Indemnity Scholarship and was initially supported to study in the United Kingdom. However, due to World War II, Lin and several others were sent to North America by ship. Unluckily, Lin's ship was stopped in Kobe, Japan, and all students had to return to China.

In 1940, Lin finally reached Canada and studied at the University of Toronto from which he earned his M.Sc. In 1941. Lin continued his studies in the United States and received his PhD from the California Institute of Technology in 1944 under Theodore von Kármán. His PhD thesis provided an analytic method to solve a problem in the stability of parallel shearing flows, which was the subject of Werner Heisenberg's PhD thesis.[3]

Lin also taught at Caltech between 1943 and 1945. He taught at Brown University between 1945 and 1947. Lin joined the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1947. Lin was promoted to professor at MIT in 1953 and became an Institute Professor of MIT in 1963. He was President of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics from 1972 to 1974.[4] Lin retired from MIT in 1987.

In 2002, he moved back to China and helped found the Zhou Pei-Yuan Center for Applied Mathematics (ZCAM) at Tsinghua University. He died in Beijing in 2013, aged 96.[5]

Honors and awards

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During his career Lin has received many prizes and awards, including:

Lin was a member of the National Academy of Sciences,[10] the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,[11] and the American Philosophical Society,[12] cited in the American Men and Women of Science. and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Lin was elected Academician of Academia Sinica in 1958, and became a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1994.

References

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  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.
  3. ^ "Chia-Chiao Lin (1916 - 2013)". Obituaries. American Astronomical Society. Archived from the original on 2018-12-28.
  4. ^ Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics records
  5. ^ "Pioneering applied mathematician Chia-Chiao Lin dies at 96". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2013-01-14. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  6. ^ "Fluid Dynamics Prize". Amperican Physical Society. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
  7. ^ "NAS Award in Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis". U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
  8. ^ "Timoshenko Medal". American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
  9. ^ "Distinguished Alumni Award". California Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
  10. ^ "Chia-Chiao Lin". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  11. ^ "Chia-Chiao Lin". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  12. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
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