Chia-Shun Yih

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engineer fluid dynamicist person university professor

Chia-Shun Yih was a prominent Chinese-American fluid dynamicist known for his influential theoretical work on hydrodynamic stability and stratified flows.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	engineer → fluid dynamicist → person → university professor →
awardReceived	Fluid Dynamics Prize → Theodore von Kármán Medal →
birthDate	1918-10-25 →
citizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1997-04-25 →
doctoralAdvisor	Theodore von Kármán →
educatedAt	California Institute of Technology → National Central University → University of Iowa →
employer	University of Michigan →
familyName	Yih →
fieldOfWork	applied mathematics → fluid dynamics → hydrodynamic stability → stratified flows →
gender	male →
givenName	Chia-Shun →
hasAcademicDiscipline	aerospace engineering → civil engineering → mechanical engineering →
influencedBy	Theodore von Kármán →
knownFor	contributions to interfacial instability theory → research on stratified flows → theoretical work on hydrodynamic stability →
languageOfWorkOrName	Chinese → English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → American Physical Society → American Society of Mechanical Engineers → National Academy of Engineering →
name	Chia-Shun Yih →
nationality	Chinese-American →
notableWork	Dynamics of Nonhomogeneous Fluids → Fluid Mechanics: A Concise Introduction to the Theory → Stratified Flows →
occupation	engineer → researcher → university teacher →
placeOfBirth	China →
placeOfDeath	Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States →
positionHeld	professor of engineering →
researchInterest	interfacial waves in layered fluids → stability of fluid flows with density stratification → viscous flow stability →
workplace	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chia-Shun Yih ("Chia-Shun") →	givenName
Fluid Dynamics Prize →	hasRecipient
Chia-Shun Yih →	name