Henry T. Yang
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Yang in October 2005
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| Native name | Chinese: 楊祖佑; pinyin: Yáng Zǔyòu |
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Henry Tzu-Yow Yang November 29, 1940 Chongqing, China |
| Residence | Santa Barbara, California, U.S. |
| Education |
National Taiwan University (B.S. 1962) West Virginia University (M.S. 1965) Cornell University (Ph.D. 1968) |
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| Spouse(s) | Dilling Yang |
| Website | chancellor |
Henry Tzu-Yow Yang (Chinese: 楊祖佑; born November 29, 1940) is a Chinese American engineer and educator currently serving as the fifth chancellor of the University of California, Santa Barbara, a post he has held since 1994.
Yang is believed to have been born in Chongqing, China, on November 29, 1940, however a conflicting account says he was born in Taiwan. In 1949, his family moved out of China to Taiwan. Yang earned a B.S. in civil engineering from National Taiwan University in 1962, and later moved to the U.S. to earn an M.S. in structural engineering from West Virginia University in 1965 and a Ph.D. in structural engineering from Cornell University in 1968.
Regarded as an expert in aerospace structures, structural dynamics, transonic aeroelasticity, wind and earthquake structural engineering, intelligent manufacturing systems, and finite elements, Yang was on the staff of Purdue University for 25 years. He first joined the faculty as an assistant professor in 1969, before being elevated to the head of the Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics which he served for five years from 1980 to 1984. Yang was named the dean of the Purdue University College of Engineering on July 1, 1984, a role he held for 10 years until his departure to UC Santa Barbara.
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