Jia Shen Fan

Background

Fan, Jia Shen was born on August 20, 1929 in Kunming, Yunnan, China. Son of Shi Shen Fan and Shen Ya Tsai.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Mid-South Institute Civil Engineering, Changsha, China.

Career

Engineer, 3d Design Runway Bureau, Tianjin, China, 1955-1959; lecturer, Baotao (China) Runway Engineering Institute, 1959-1975; research engineer, Seismological Bureau Yunnan Province, Kanming, China, 1975-1978; associate professor, Yunnan Institute Technology, Kanming, 1978-1985; professor, Yunnan Institute Technology, Kanming, since 1985. Senior visiting scholar National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, 1988-1989. Director Yunnan Institute for Earthquake Engineering Research, Kunming, 1984-1991.

Achievements

• Jia Shen Fan has been listed as a noteworthy Civil engineer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Chinese Theoretical and Applied Mech. Society, International Association Computer Mechanics, Gesellschaft fur Ang. Mathematics und Mech.

Connections

Married Ru Zhen Zhou, June 21, 1958. Children: Kung, Ven, Ming, Lei.

Father:

Shi Shen Fan

Mother:

Shen Ya Tsai

Spouse:

Ru Zhen Zhou

child:

Ven Fan

child:

Lei Fan

child:

Ming Fan

child:

Kung Fan