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Lan Jen Chu

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Lan Jen Chu
Portrait of Lan Jen Chu, c. 1952.jpg
Chu c. 1952
Born(1913-08-24)August 24, 1913
DiedJuly 25, 1973(1973-07-25) (aged 59)
Alma mater
Known forStratton-Chu integral equation
Chu–Harrington limit
AwardsFellow of APS
Fellow of IRE
Scientific career
FieldsElectrical engineering
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
ThesisTransmission and radiation of electromagnetic waves in hollow-pipes and horns (1938)
Doctoral advisor
Doctoral studentsFrederic Morgenthaler

Lan Jen Chu (August 24, 1913 – July 25, 1973) was a Chinese-born American electrical engineer and a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Chu is noted for his work on the fundamental limitations for small antennas, also known as Chu–Harrington limit.

Biography

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Lan Jen Chu was born on August 24, 1913, in Huai'an in the Jiangsu province of China.[1] He graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1934 with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical power, and went on to receive Master of Science and Doctorate of Science degrees in electrical engineering from MIT in 1935 and 1938, respectively.[1] Chu was with the Radiation Laboratory at MIT from 1942 to 1946 and with the Department of Electrical Engineering from 1947 to 1973.[2]

During World War II, Chu supervised research at MIT of many special antennas for use in radar and telecommunication applications.[1] He has also authored three technical books, two of which were with Richard Adler and Robert Fano in the area of electromagnetics.[3] Lan Jen Chu was a fellow of the American Physical Society and the Institute of Radio Engineers,[1] as well as a member of Academia Sinica.[4]

Publications

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Books

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  • Adler RB, Chu LJ, Fano RM, Electromagnetic Energy Transmission and Radiation, MIT, 1968.
  • Fano RM, Chu LJ, Adler RB, Electromagnetic Fields, Energy, and Forces, MIT, 1968.
  • Stratton JA, Morse PM, Chu LJ, Hunter RA, Elliptic Cylinder and Spheroidal Wave Functions: Including Tables of Separation Constants and Coefficients, Wiley-MIT, 1941.
  • Stratton JA, Morse PM, Chu LJ, Little JDC, Corbató FJ, Spheroidal Wave Functions: Including Tables of Separation Constants and Coefficients, MIT, 1956.

Book chapters

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Biography - Lan Jen Chu". IRE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 6 (3). IEEE: 249. July 1958. Bibcode:1958ITMTT...6..249.. doi:10.1109/TMTT.1958.1124553.
  2. ^ "MIT Museum Nomination". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  3. ^ "Lan Jen Chu". The MIT Press. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  4. ^ "L.J. Chu". Academia Sinica. Retrieved August 11, 2021.