Background
Shih, Tom I-Ping was born on December 16, 1952 in Tainan, Republic of China. Son of Soh-Chao and Jane (Sun) Shih. came to the United States, 1962.
Mechanical engineering educator
Shih, Tom I-Ping was born on December 16, 1952 in Tainan, Republic of China. Son of Soh-Chao and Jane (Sun) Shih. came to the United States, 1962.
Student, West Virginia University, 1971-1972; Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung U., Republic of China, 1976; Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy in Mech. Engineering, University Michigan, 1981.
Research assistant department mechanic engineering and applied mechanics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1977-1981; mechanic engineer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, 1981-1982; assistant professor department mechanic engineering, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1983-1987; associate professor, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1987-1988; associate professor, Carnegie-Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1988-1993; professor, Carnegie-Mellon U., Pittsburgh, since 1993. Director computational fluid dynamics laboratory department mechanic engineering U. Florida, Gainesville, 1983-1988.
Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (propulsion and combustion technical committee 1991-1994, terrestrial energy technical committee since 1994), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (faculty advisor 1986-1988, coordinatinggroup in computational fluid dynamics since 1991), Sigma Xi.
Married Audrey Chiu-Hsiao, May 29, 1977. Children; Marie, George.
