Chieh-Su Hsu

Chieh-Su Hsu
Born1922
China
DiedJuly 2014(2014-07-00) (aged 91–92)
OccupationEngineer
SpouseHelen Tse
Academic background
Alma materMinistry of Military Administration Ordnance School (aka Chongqing Ordnance School ,now Chung Cheng Institute of Technology, NDU)[1]
Stanford University[1]
Academic work
DisciplineEngineering
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley

Chieh-Su Hsu (Chinese: 徐皆蘇; pinyin: Xú Jiēsū; 27 May 1922 – 22 July 2014) was a Chinese-born American engineer.

Early life and education

Hsu was born in Beijing on 27 May 1922, as one of six siblings, including four brothers.[2][3] The family moved to Suzhou, where they remained until the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War.[2][3] In 1937, Hsu and his older brother moved to Chongqing,[2][3] and Hsu enrolled at the Chongqing Ordnance School (now Chung Cheng Institute of Technology, NDU).[1][2][4]

He left China for Stanford University in the United States after becoming one of sixty students to win a nationwide contest for a scholarship.[2][4] Hsu completed a master's degree in 1948, and a doctorate advised by James N. Goodier in 1950.[2][4]

Career

Upon graduating in 1945, Hsu served one year in the National Revolutionary Army,[2] then worked at Shanghai Naval Dockyard and Engineering Works from 1946 to 1947.[2][4] From 1951 to 1958, Hsu was an engineer at IBM.[2][4]

Hsu began teaching at the University of Toledo in 1955, leaving for the University of California, Berkeley in 1958.[2][4] In 1964, he was named full professor at Berkeley,[2][4] and awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.[5] He was elected a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1977.[2] Subsequently, Hsu was elected a member of the United States National Academy of Engineering in 1988, "[f]or the development of innovative techniques, especially cell-to-cell mapping, and for the analysis of the dynamics of nonlinear systems."[6] A year before his retirement in 1991, Hsu was elected a member of Academia Sinica.[4][7]

Personal life

Hsu was married to Helen Tse from 1953 until his death.[2] He suffered a heart attack on 6 June 2014, and died of its complications in Cupertino, California, on 25 July 2014, aged 92.[3][2][8]( or 22 July 2014[4])

References

  1. 1 2 3 "院士簡歷（Chieh-Su Hsu 徐皆蘇）". 中央研究院 Academia Sinica. Retrieved 2026-04-03.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Ma, Fai; Casey, James; Leitmann, George; Jian-Qiao, Sun. "In memoriam: Chieh-Su Hsu". University of California. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Chieh Su Hsu". San Jose Mercury News. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Flashner, Henryk; Jian-Qiao, Sun (December 2014). "Obituary of Professor Chieh-Su Hsu". International Journal of Dynamics and Control. 2 (4): 461–462. doi:10.1007/s40435-014-0125-2.
  5. ↑ "Chieh Su Hsu". John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  6. ↑ "Dr. Chieh-su Hsu". United States National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  7. ↑ The Republic of China Yearbook 2010. Government Information Office. 2010. ISBN 9789860252781.
  8. ↑ "徐皆蘇院士與世長辭". 中央研究院 Academia Sinica (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 2014-07-30. Retrieved 2026-04-03.
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