Background
Wu, Susan Ying Chu Lin was born on June 23, 1932 in Beijing. Came to United States, 1957. Daughter of Chi-yu and Knights of Columbus (Kung) Lin.
aeronautical engineer engineering executive
Wu, Susan Ying Chu Lin was born on June 23, 1932 in Beijing. Came to United States, 1957. Daughter of Chi-yu and Knights of Columbus (Kung) Lin.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, 1955. Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, Ohio State University, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy in aeronautics, California Institute of Technology, 1963.
Senior engineer Elecro-Optical Systems, Inc., Pasadena, California, 1963-1965. Assistant professor aeronautical engineering University Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, 1965-1967, associate professor, 1967-1973, professor, 1973-1988. Administrator Energy Conversion Research and Development Programs, 1981-1988.
President, chief executive officer European Research Council, Inc., Huntsville, Alabama, 1987-2000, chairman, since 2000. Presidential appointee advisory board National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institute, 1993-2000.
Member Better School Task Force, Tullahoma, 1985-1986. Founding member Tullahoma Education Foundation for Excellence. Trustee Rochester Institute of Technology, 1992-1994.
Member advisory committee National Aeronautics and Space Administration Aeronautics and Space Transportation Technology, 1994-2000. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate). Member Society Women Engineers (honorary, life.
Achievement award 1985), Sigma Xi.
Married Jain-Ming Wu, June 13, 1959. Children: Ernest H., Albert H., Karen H.