FATHER OF THE

BIOENGINEERING-FOUNDER
OF BIOMECHANICS

YUAN
CHENG
FUNG WAS BORN IN JIANGSU
PROVINCE, CHINA IN 1919. HE
EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN FUNG WAS ELECTED TO THE UNITED
1941 AND A MASTER'S DEGREE IN STATES NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
1943 FROM THE NATIONAL (1993), THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF
ENGINEERING (1979), THE INSTITUTE
CENTRAL UNIVERSITY (LATER OF MEDICINE (1991), THE ACADEMIA
RENAMED NANJING UNIVERSITY IN SINICA (1968), AND IS A FOREIGN
MAINLAND CHINA AND MEMBER OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF
REINSTATED IN TAIWAN), AND SCIENCES (1994 ELECTION).
EARNED A PH.D. FROM THE
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY IN 1948.

PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY

OF CALIFORNIA-ESTADOS
UNIDOS