Background
Wang, Ren was born on January 2, 1921 in Wuxing, Zhejiang, China. Son of Christian Science and S.Y. (Chou) Wang.
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Ren Wang
Edit ProfileMechanical engineering educator
Ren Wang, Chinese Mechanical engineering educator. Achievements include work on the dynamic plastic buckling of shell 2dcritical velocity, numerical inversion of stress field, simulation of earthquake sequence. Rockefeller Foundation fellow, 1950-1952. Member Chinese Society Theoretical Applied Mechanics (president 1990-1994), American Geophysics Union, International Union Theooretical Applied Mechanics bureau.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Aero. Engineering, National S.W. Association U., Kunming, China, 1943; Master of Science in Aero. Engineering, University Washington, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Mathematics, Brown U., 1953.
Career
Design engineer, 1st Aircraft Manufacturer, Kweiyang, China, 1944-1945;
design engineer, 3d Aircraft Manufacturer, Taichong, China, 1946-1948;
research associate, Brown U., Providence, 1952-1954;
assistant professor mechanic engineering, Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, 1954-1955;
from associate professor to professor mechanic, Peking U., Beijing, since 1955. Member editorial board International Journal Mech. Science, 1980-1990; editor Journal Pure Applied Geophysics, 1982-1987, 95-.
Vice-director National Natural Science Foundation China, 1986-1991. Visiting professor mechanic engineering Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1987.
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Membership
Member Chinese Society Theoretical Applied Mechanics (president 1990-1994), American Geophysics Union, International Union Theooretical Applied Mechanics bureau.
Connections
Married Chong Jing Zhang, July 21, 1956. Children: Mingyan Mingzhen.
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