Tsu-Wei Chou
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Tsu-Wei Chou (born 1940) is an American materials scientist.
Chou was born in Shanghai in 1940.[1][2] His family then moved to Taiwan to avoid the Chinese Civil War,[3] and he obtained a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the National Taiwan University in 1963. Chou then relocated to the United States to study materials science, completing a masters degree at Northwestern University in 1966, followed by a PhD from Stanford University in 1969.[2] He began teaching at the University of Delaware in July 1969, and remained on the faculty for five decades,[3][2] eventually being appointed the Unidel Pierre S. du Pont Chair of Engineering and receiving emeritus status in retirement.[4] In 1998, Chou was elected fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and elevated to honorary member of ASME in 2022.[2]