Background
Hu, William Hsun was born on August 17, 1927 in Tientsin, China. Son of Yu Sen and Yu Tien (Chou) Hu. came to the United States, 1949.
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William Hsun Hu
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Education
Bachelor of Science in Mining and Metallurgy, Chiao Tung U., Tangshan, China, 1942; Master of Science in Metallurgy, Lehigh University, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Metallurgy, U. Notre Dame, 1951; D Engineering Science (honorary), Technology U. Clausthal, Germany, 1993.
Career
Research metallurgist Institute for Study Metals,, University of Chicago, 1951-1955; research engineer, Westinghouse Research laboratories, Pittsburgh, 1955-1959; senior scientist, section head E.C. Bain Laboratory Fundamental Research,, United States Steel Corporation, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, 1959-1963; staff scientist, section head, United States Steel Corporation, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, 1963-1975; research consultant, United States Steel Corporation, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, 1975-1981; senior research consultant, United States Steel Corporation, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, 1981-1983; research professor materials science and engineering, U. Pittsburgh, since 1983. Visiting research professor Technology U. Clausthal, 1967-1968, U. Goettingen, Germany,1987-1988, Technology U. Aachen, Germany, 1988-1989, U. Paris-South, 1990. Visiting research scientist Risoe National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark, 1988-1989.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Society for Metals International (structures activity committee since 1983, texture and anisotropy committee since 1983, chairman annealing and recovery com.1983-1986, member surface and interface committee since 1984). Member Metallurgical Society of American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers (Mathewson gold medal 1951), American Materials Research Society.
Connections
Married Dianne Florence Paille, June 24, 1961. 1 child, Mason Scott.
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Nationality
American