Background
Chow, Wen Lung was born on March 6, 1924 in Hankow, China. Came to the United States, 1949. Son of Chi T. and Sou Y. Chow.
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Wen Lung Chow, Chinese, Italian Fluid dynamics educator. Achievements include research in fluid dynamic problems related to jet and rocket propulsion, ejector, nozzle; base pressure in subsonic, supersonic and transonic flow regimes; hypersonic rarefied gas flows and classical problems in open channel hydraulics. Grantee National Aeronautics and Space Administration, United States Army, United States Air Force.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, University Illinois, 1953.
Career
Assistant engineer, Hankow Water Works, 1946-1948; engineer, E.I. DuPont Company, North Tonawanda, New York, 1953-1955; assistant professor, then associate professor mechanic engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1955-1963; professor mechanic engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1963-1988; professor mechanic engineering, Florida Atlantic U., Boca Raton, since 1988. Consultant in field.
Membership
Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate). Member Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married, December 27, 1952. Children: Marie B., James M., Jane F., Angela M., Chris V., Greg E.
