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Died
  
1973

Name
  
Lan Chu


Lan Jen Chu Lan Jen Chu The MIT Press

Born
  
August 24, 1913Huai'an, Jiangsu, China (
1913-08-24
)

Books
  
Electromagnetic Energy Transmission and Radiation, Electromagnetic Fields, Energy, and Forces

Notable awards
  
Fellow APS, Fellow IRE

Residence
  
United States of America

Lan Jen Chu (1913–1973) was a noted electrical engineer and a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Chu is noted for his work on the fundamental limitations for small antennas, also known as Chu's limit.

Biography

Lan Jen Chu was born on August 4, 1913, in Huai'an in the Jiangsu province of China. He graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1934 with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical power, and went on to receive the Master of Science and Doctorate of Science degrees in electrical engineering from MIT in 1935 and 1938. Chu was with the Radiation Laboratory at MIT from 1942-1946, and with the Department of Electrical Engineering from 1947-1973.

During World War II Chu, at MIT, supervised research of many special antennas for use in radar and telecommunication application. He also authored three technical books; two with Richard Adler and Robert Fano in the area of electromagnetics. Lan Jen Chu was a fellow of the American Physical Society and the Institute of Radio Engineers.

References

Lan Jen Chu Wikipedia


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