Ven Te Chow

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Ven Te Chow was a prominent Chinese-American hydrologist and civil engineer renowned for his foundational contributions to modern hydrology and water resources engineering.

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Ven Te Chow canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese-American person
academic
author
civil engineer
hydrologist
academicDiscipline civil engineering
hydrology
academicRank full professor
awardReceived International Water Resources Association awards
J.C. Stevens Award
birthDate 1919-08-07
citizenshipStatus immigrant to the United States from China
contributedTo advancement of open-channel flow theory
development of hydrologic design methods for flood control
integration of hydrology and water resources planning
countryOfCitizenship China
United States of America
deathDate 1981-07-30
educatedAt National Chiao Tung University
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
employer University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
ethnicGroup Chinese
familyName Chow
fieldOfWork civil engineering
hydrology
water resources engineering
genre engineering textbook
scientific literature
givenName Ven Te
hasAcademicAdvisor Theodore R. Camp
influenced design methods for hydraulic structures
modern hydrologic modeling practices
languageOfWorkOrName Chinese
English
memberOf American Geophysical Union
American Society of Civil Engineers
name Ven Te Chow self-link
notableFor development of water resources engineering as a discipline
foundational contributions to modern hydrology
notableWork Handbook of Applied Hydrology
Open-Channel Hydraulics
occupation professor
positionHeld professor of civil engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
researchInterest open-channel hydraulics
surface water hydrology
water resources systems planning
workLocation Urbana, Illinois, United States
surface form: Urbana, Illinois

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Ven Te Chow name Ven Te Chow self-link
Open-Channel Hydraulics author Ven Te Chow