Shu Shien-Siu
| Shu Shien-Siu | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 September 1912 Yongjia, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, Republic of China |
| Died | November 17, 2001 (aged 89) |
| Nationality | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Fields | Mathematic |
| Institutions |
Purdue University National Taiwan University National Chiao Tung University National Tsing Hua University National Science Council Industrial Technology Research Institute Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park |
| Notable awards | Academician of the Academia Sinica |
Shu Shien-Siu (Chinese: 徐賢修; aka S. S. Shu), 1912–2001, was a Chinese/Taiwanese mathematician, engineer and educator.
Shu was born in Yongjia County, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province on Sep 12, 1912. Shu studied at Wenzhou High School. In 1935, Shu graduated from the Department of Mathematics of Tsinghua University in Beijing and obtained B.S. in mathematics. He worked as a teaching assistant at the department after his graduation.
In 1944, Shu went to the United States to continue his study, and entered the Brown University. Shu obtained his PhD in applied mathematics in 1948, under the guidance of Charles Loewner. In 1949, Shu worked in Princeton, and in that summer went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to do his postdoctoral research. Shu was a professor of engineering science at Purdue University, and the Chair of Purdue's AAES.
Shu was also an adjunct professor of National Taiwan University (in Taipei), National Chiao Tung University, and the National Tsing Hua University (both in Hsinchu) in Taiwan. In 1961, Shu founded the Department of Mathematics at the National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), and held summer mathematical seminar annually. From 1970 to 1975, Shu was the President of the National Tsing Hua University. In 1973, Shu invited Mao Gao-wen to be the Dean of NTHU's engineering faculty, Shen Chun-shan to be the Dean of science faculty, and Fung Yan-Hsiung (馮彥雄) to be the Dean of Nuclear Science and Technology. In Shu's office, National Tsing Hua University developed into a first-class comprehensive university of Taiwan.
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