Chia-Kun Chu

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chu.
Chia-Kun (John) Chu
Born(1927-08-14)August 14, 1927
Shanghai, China
DiedJanuary 2, 2023(2023-01-02) (aged 95)
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma materChiao-Tung University
Cornell University
New York University
Known forComputational fluid dynamics
RelativesZ.Y. Fu (brother-in-law)
Scientific career
FieldsApplied Mathematics
InstitutionsGeneral Electric Company
Stevens Institute of Technology
Pratt Institute
New York University
Columbia University
Doctoral advisorKurt Otto Friedrichs

Chia-Kun (John) Chu (Chinese: 朱家琨; pinyin: Zhū Jiākūn; August 14, 1927 – January 2, 2023) was a Chinese-American applied mathematician who was the Fu Foundation Professor Emeritus of Applied Mathematics at Columbia University. He had been on Columbia faculty since 1965 and served as the department chairman of applied physics and nuclear engineering three times (1982–1983, 1985–1988, 1995–1997).[1]

Biography

Chu received a bachelor's in mechanical engineering from Chiao-Tung University in 1948, a master's from Cornell University in 1950, and a Ph.D. from Courant Institute, New York University in 1959.[1]

Chu was an internationally recognized applied mathematician and one of the pioneers of computational mathematics in fluid dynamics, magnetohydrodynamics, and shock waves. He developed approximations to the differential equations of fluid dynamics and coined the term "computational fluid dynamics".[2]

Chu received numerous honors. He was a recipient of Guggenheim Fellowship and was elected fellow of American Physical Society and fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Columbia University in 2006.[1][2]

Chia-Kun Chu was the son of bank chairman Ju Tang Chu.[3] Chia-Kun Chu was also the brother-in-law of Z.Y. Fu, a Columbia donor who gave his name for the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science.[4]

Chia-Kun Chu died on January 2, 2023, at the age of 95.[5][6]

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Notes

  1. ^ a b c "Prof C.K. Chu at Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics Columbia University". 11 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Columbia News May 17, 2006".
  3. ^ "Ju Tang Chu, 97, Chinese Banks' Ex-Head". The New York Times. February 26, 1998. p. B11. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
  4. ^ Arenson, Karen W. (October 1997). "Chinese Tycoon Gives Columbia $26 Million". The New York Times.
  5. ^ "Chia-Kun Chu". Tribute Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  6. ^ "C.K. Chu (1927–2023)". Columbia University in the City of New York. Retrieved 11 October 2023.