Background
Mow, Van C. was born on January 10, 1939 in Chengdu, China.
researcher engineering educator
Mow, Van C. was born on January 10, 1939 in Chengdu, China.
B. Aeronautical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1966.
Member technical staff Bell Telephone Laboratories, Whippany, New Jersey, 1968-1969. Associate professor mechanics Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1969-1976, professor mechanics and biomedical engineering, 1976-1982, John A. Clark and Edward T. Crossan professor engineering, 1982-1986. Professor mechanical engineering and orthopedic bioengineering Columbia University, New York City, 1986—1998, chairman department biomedical engineering Fu Foundation School Engineering and Applied Science, since 1998.
Director Orthopedic Research Laboratory, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, since 1986, Stanley Dicker professor biomedical engineering, since 1998. Visiting member Courant Institute of Mathematics Science, New York University, 1967-1968. Visiting professor Harvard University, Boston, 1976-1977.
Chairman orthopaedics and musculoskeletal study section National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1982-1984. Honorary professor Sichuan University, 1981, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1987, Shanghai University, 1983, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2003, Zhejiang University, 2004, Beihang University, 2004. Chairman grants review board Orthopaedic Research Education Foundation, 1992-1996.
Board directors Hoar Research Foundation, since 1993. Chairman advisory committee division Medical Engineering Research National Health Research Institute, Taiwan, since 1999. Consultant in field.
Founder Gordon Research Conference on Bioengring. and Orthopedic Science, 1980, chair, editorial advisory bd.Cellular and Molecular Biology. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (chairman biomechanics division 1984-1985, Melville medal 1982, R.H. Thurston lecturer), American Institute Medical Biological Engineering. Member Orthopaedic Research Society (president 1982-1983), American Society Biomechanics (founding), International Society Biorheology, United States National Committee on Biomechanics (secretary-treasurer 1985-1990, chairman 1991-1994), National Academy Engineering, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, Academia Sinica, Academy of Sciences Developing World.