Yuan-Cheng Fung 649976 222160411 2008-06-27T21:12:23Z Waacstats 1951353 Stub-sorting. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting|You can help!]] '''Yuan-Cheng Bert Fung''' (born [[1919]]) is a modern scientist, regarded as a founding figure of [[bioengineering]] and the "Founder of Modern [[Biomechanics]]"<ref>[http://www.techscience.com/mcb_pdf/v1n1/pdf/184288277842.pdf YC “Bert” Fung: The Father of Modern Biomechanics (pdf)]</ref>. He was born in [[Jiangsu]] Province, [[China]] in 1919. He earned a Bachelor's degree in [[1941]] and a Master's degree in [[1943]] from the [[National Central University]] of China, and earned a Ph.D. from the [[California Institute of Technology]] in the [[United States]] in [[1948]]. He is a professor emeritus at the [[University of California, San Diego]]. He is the author of numerous books including Foundations of Solid Mechanics, Continuum Mechanics, and a series of books on Biomechanics. He is also one of the principal founders of the Journal of Biomechanics. He is well known for Fung's Law. Fung's law in 1-D is written: :<math>\sigma+\beta=exp(\alpha[\lambda-1])</math> Fung's famous exponential strain energy function (in 3-D) is ρw = c exp(Q), Q is a quadratic form of strains. He was a past chair of the [[American Society of Mechanical Engineers|ASME]] International [[Applied Mechanics Division]], and was the 1991 recipient of the [[Timoshenko Medal]]. ==References== <div class="references-small"> <references/> </div> ==External links== *[http://www-bioeng.ucsd.edu/faculty/alpha/faculty.cfm?psnid=1948 Profile at UCSD] *Y.C. Fung, [http://amresearch.blogspot.com/2006/07/1991-timoshenko-medal-lecture-by-yuan.html Mechanics of Man], Acceptance Speech for the Timoshenko Medal. *[http://www.asme.org/Governance/Honors/SocietyAwards/YC_Fung_Young_Investigator.cfm YC Fung Young Investigator Award] *[http://www.techscience.com/mcb_pdf/v1n1/pdf/171267552381.pdf YC Fung: A Scientific Giant and a Kind Man (pdf)] {{US-academic-scientist-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fung, Yuan-Cheng}} [[Category:Bioengineering]] [[Category:Members of the National Academy of Sciences]] [[Category:1919 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Bioengineers]] [[Category:California Institute of Technology alumni]] [[Category:Nanjing University alumni]] [[zh:冯元桢]]