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317:(elected 1980), and an academician of the
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381:October 25, 2008, at the
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291:Theodore von Kármán Medal
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276:University of Grenoble
260:University of Michigan
208:, Guizhou province of
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124:University of Michigan
178:Stephen P. Timoshenko
620:Chinese seal artists
610:Artists from Guizhou
523:"APS fellow archive"
297:Fluid Dynamics Prize
570:People from Guiyang
272:University of Paris
479:"Dr. Chia-Sun Yih"
446:The New York Times
307:Otto Laporte Award
256:University of Iowa
249:Guizhou University
218:Suzhou High School
182:Professor Emeritus
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334:C.-S. Yih,
299:, from the
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364:References
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376:C.-S. Yih
268:Chongqing
214:Zhenjiang
200:Biography
87:Yih plume
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379:Archived
274:and the
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