Yuan cheng fung biography

Yuan-Cheng �Bert� Fung, regarded as �the father of biomechanics� and oneof the founders of the discipline of bioengineering at UC San Diego,passed away on December 15 of natural causes.

He was 100.

Fung�s visionary research reshaped humankind�s understanding of thehuman body and established UC San Diego as the country�s leader inbioengineering. The department is ranked first in the nation by theNational Research Council at the National Academies.

Yuan cheng fung biography wikipedia

Fung moved to California from China in 1946, immediately after the endof WWII, to pursue a graduate degree in aeronautics at Caltech. He veryquickly became an expert in the field of aeroelasticity�the study of theinteraction of aerodynamic forces with structures that aren�t rigid.

Hewrote the leading textbook on the subject and led a