Background
Tong, Pin was born on December 25, 1937 in Hwa Shen, Kwangtung, China.
Tong, Pin was born on December 25, 1937 in Hwa Shen, Kwangtung, China.
Bachelor of Science in Mech. Engineering, Taiwan U., 1960; Master of Science in Aeronautics, California Institute Technology, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy in Aeronautics and Mathematics, California Institute Technology, 1966.
Associate professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974-1990; chief structures and dynamics division, Transportation Sys. Center, Cambridge, 1990; founding head, professor mechanic engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 1990-1993; professor mechanic engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, since 1993; visiting professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994-1995; visiting professor, University of California, San Diego, since 1998.
Fellow Hong Kong Industrial Engineers. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (chairman Hong Kong chapter 1994-1997), Far East and Oceanic Fracture Society (president 1994-1998), Hong Kong Society Theoretical and Applied mechanics (president since 1998).
M. Siang Wen Chao; children: Abel, Betsy, Cathy.