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SEQUENCE NR: CSB92525185 -15171fl ID: 43070-92APR28/10.52.06/AO1'i
TITLE: QIAN XUESEN
DOC REF: KEJI RIBAO (SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DAILY) (BEIJING)
(KERIE), 911026, NR 1026, 1
INF CTY: REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
91102
INF DATE: <ftt5
COSATI: BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (05); GUIDED MISSILE
TECHNOLOGY (16)
CLASSIF: UNCLASSIFIED
RELEASE: NONE (XX)
TEXT: EXTRACT. DOCUMENT CONTAINS I PHOTO.
QIAN XUELIN WAS BORN IN SHANGHAI ON 11 DECEMBER, 1911.
DURING SUMMER VACATION OF 1934, QIAN XUELIN HAD GRADUATED FROM
SHANGHAI'S JIAODA UNIVERSITY WITH A DEGREE IN RAILWAY MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING, BUT HE HAD NOT YET
BEGUN A JOB. HE TESTED FOR AND WON A QINGHUA UNIVERSITY PUBLIC
SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY ABROAD IN AIRCRAFT DESIGN. HIS TWO TUTORS WERE
WANG ZHU AND WANG SHIZHUO. WANG ZHU WAS ONE OF CHINA'S FIRST
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING. HE DESIGNED AND BUILT CHINA'S FIRST
GENERATION OF AIRCRAFT. HEW TAUGHT QIAN XUELIN TO PAY A GREAT DEAL
OF ATTENTION TO ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE AND THE PROBLEMS
OF MANUFACTURING.
IN OCTOBER OF 1936, QIAN XUELIN TRANSFERRED TO CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE
OF TECHNOLOGY. AT FIRST, HE WAS A STUDENT OF VON KARMAN'S, AND
LATER THE TWO WORKED CLOSELY TOGETHER. WHEN VON KARMAN FIRST SAW
QIAN XUELIN, WHAT HE SAW WAS A SHORT SERIOUS YOUNG MAN WHO
ACCURATELY ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS ASKED BY THE PROFESSOR. HIS
QUICKNESS OF MIND AND ABUNDANT INTELLIGENCE EVENTUALLY MADE A DEEP
IMPRESSION ON VON KARMAN. PROFESSOR VON KARMAN PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
IN ENGINEERING TO EXTRACT THE PRINCIPLES OF THEORETICAL RESEARCH
TARGETS. HE ALSO TAUGHT HIM HOW TO APPLY THEORY IN PRACTICAL
ENGINEERING PRACTICE.
PFN INFORMATION: PART 001
RELATES: XUESEN QIAN IS A MEMBER OF SHANGHAI JIAOTONG UNIV.
PERSON: QIAN, XUESEN
PERS CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
PERSDATA: BIOGRAPHIC DATA, PHOTO
FACILITY: SHANGHAI JIAOTONG UNIV
SUBORD: DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
FACL CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
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PFN DATE: 1934
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SUBORDINATION DATA 1934
PFN INFORMATION: PART 002
FACILITY: QINGHUA UNIV
FACL CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
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