Qian Xuesen
Qian Xuesen was a Chinese aerospace engineer and cyberneticist who made significant contributions to the field of aerodynamics and established engineering cybernetics. He achieved recognition as one of America's leading experts in rockets and high-speed flight theory prior to his deportation to China in 1955.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Shanghai
- Educated at
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCalifornia Institute of TechnologyShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityThe High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University
- Awards
- 🏆 HLHL Science and Technology Achievement Award
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Theodore von Kármán
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Zheng Zhemin📖 Jack L. Kerrebrock📖 Chieh-Chien Chang📖 W. Duncan Rannie
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"I do not plan to come back. I have no reason to come back.. I plan to do my best to help the Chinese people build up the nation to where they can live with dignity and happiness."
"An engineering science aims to organize the design principles used in engineering practice into a discipline and thus to exhibit the similarities between different areas of engineering practice and to…"
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Timeline
1911
Born
Birth2009
Died
Death
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