Background
Tuan, Christopher Young-Bee was born on April 15, 1954 in Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. Son of Chang-Yi and Hsiao-I Tuan. came to the United States, 1977.
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Christopher Young-Bee Tuan
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Christopher Young-Bee Tuan, American Structural engineer, researcher. Achievements include designing of a passive airblast attenuator undersponsorship of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Member American Society of Civil Engineers (member loading guide group 1985-1988), Society American Military Engineers, Prestressed Concrete Institute (seismic committee 1988), Sigma Xi, Chi Epsilon, Phi Kappa Phi.
Education
Bachelor of Science, National Taiwan U., Taipei City, 1977; Master of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1979; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1983.
Career
Associate professor, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1983-1989; senior engineer, Wilfred Baker Engineering, Inc., San Antonio, 1989-1991; senior engineer, Applied Research Associations, Inc., Panama City, Florida, 1991-1996; associate professor, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, since 1996. Member solar dish review panel Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, 1987. Cons.TELTECH, Inc., Minneapolis, since 1990.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Society of Civil Engineers (member loading guide group 1985-1988), Society American Military Engineers, Prestressed Concrete Institute (seismic committee 1988), Sigma Xi, Chi Epsilon, Phi Kappa Phi.
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Married Deborah Lynn Tollander, November 25, 1989. Children: Christopher Brandon, Sean Robert, Benjamin Alexander.
