Wu Jin
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Wu Jin | |||||||||||||
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| 吳京 | |||||||||||||
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| Minister of Education of the Republic of China | |||||||||||||
| In office 10 June 1996 – 9 February 1998 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Kuo Wei-fan | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Lin Ching-chiang | ||||||||||||
| President of National Cheng Kung University | |||||||||||||
| In office 1994–1996 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ma Che-ju | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Huang Ting-chia | ||||||||||||
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| Born | April 9, 1934 | ||||||||||||
| Died | 14 January 2008 (aged 73) | ||||||||||||
| Education | National Cheng Kung University (BS) University of Iowa (MS, PhD) | ||||||||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||||||||
| Fields | Hydraulic engineering Mechanical engineering | ||||||||||||
| Thesis | Measurement of viscous drag of ship forms (1964) | ||||||||||||
| Doctoral advisor | Louis Landweber | ||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 吳京 | ||||||||||||
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Wu Jin (Chinese: 吳京; pinyin: Wú Jīng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ngô͘ Keng; 9 April 1934 – 14 January 2008) was a Taiwanese civil, mechanical, and hydraulic engineer who served as Minister for Education between 1996 and 1998 under President Lee Teng-hui.
Wu was born in Nanjing on 9 April 1934. After moving to Taiwan, he graduated from National Cheng Kung University with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1956.[1] He then completed graduate studies in the United States, earning a Master of Science (M.S.) in 1961 and his Ph.D. in 1964, both from the University of Iowa in mechanical engineering and hydraulic engineering.[2] His doctoral dissertation, completed under Louis Landweber, was titled, "The measurement of viscous drag of ship forms".[3]
After receiving his doctorate, Wu was a research fellow at Academia Sinica in 1986 and was elected a member of Academia Sinica in the same year.[2][4] In 1995, Wu was elected to the United States National Academy of Engineering.[5]
Upon graduating from the University of Iowa, Wu worked for Hydronautics, Inc. as a research scientist within the Fluid Motions Division, and in 1966, became head of that division. In 1972, Wu was promoted again, to lead the Hawaii-based Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Division.[6] Wu joined the University of Delaware faculty in 1974, and held the H. Fletcher Brown Professorship in Marine Studies and Civil Engineering from 1980 to 1998.[4][7] In Taiwan, he served as the president of National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) from 1994 to 1996.[2][4]
