Li Minhua

Li Minhua
李敏华
Li Minhua, c. 1943
Born(1917-11-02)2 November 1917
Died19 January 2013(2013-01-19) (aged 95)
Beijing, China
Other namesMinghua Lee Wu
Alma materTsinghua University,
National Southwestern Associated University,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Spouse
(m. 1943; died 1992)
Scientific career
FieldsSolid mechanics
InstitutionsLewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory,
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn,
Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Theses
Doctoral advisorJ.P. Den Hartog
Other academic advisorsW.M. Murray
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese李敏華
Simplified Chinese李敏华

Li Minhua (Chinese: 李敏华; 2 November 1917 – 19 January 2013), also known as Minghua Lee Wu,[1][2] was a Chinese aerospace engineer and physicist who was an expert in solid mechanics.[3] The first woman to earn a PhD in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she was one of the founding scientists at the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and was elected as an academician in 1980. Her husband Wu Zhonghua was also an accomplished physicist and CAS academician.

  1. ^ "Li Minhua". Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  2. ^ Wu, Minghua Lee (1945-12-12). "Three-Dimensional Photoelasticity Problems" (PDF). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  3. ^ "China Vitae : Biography of Li Minhua". China Vitae. Retrieved 2018-10-23.

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