Kai-Nan An (Chinese: 安介南) is a biomedical engineering researcher and academic.

Personal life

An graduated from National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in 1969 with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, and then moved to the United States to pursue a PhD at Lehigh University.[1] Under the guidance of his doctoral advisor Eric P. Salathe, he completed a master's dissertation on interaction of gravity wave with shear flows in 1972 and a doctoral dissertation on fluid movement across capillary walls in 1975.[2][3]

An met his wife Wang Sui-ching (王穗清) while living in Taipei during his mandatory military service following his university graduation. Wang, then a student in National Taiwan University's foreign literature department, was the niece of An's neighbor.[4] An was married to Wang until her death in 2010. He later endowed a scholarship in his wife's memory to support graduates of NCKU to pursue further studies abroad.[5]

Career

An was a research associate at the Mayo Clinic between 1975 and 1978, then was promoted to an assistant professorship in 1978 at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, followed by an associate professorship from 1984, and a full professorship in 1988. He held the John and Posy Krehbiel Professorship from 1993 to his retirement in 2014, when he was granted emeritus status.[6][7]

In 2022 he was elected to the Academia Sinica.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ 洪瑞琴 (2022-07-07). "成大與有榮焉！校友安介南、蘇玉本、陳自強同登中研院新科院士". Liberty Times. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
  2. ↑ Interaction of a non-linear gravity wave with shear flows containing a vortex layer. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University. 1972. OCLC 1048262109.
  3. ↑ A mathematical analysis of fluid movement across capillary walls. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University. 1975. OCLC 23261116.
  4. ↑ 李容珍 (2022-09-11). "「從要證明聖經有誤到相信上帝」國際生物力學專家、新科中研院院士安介南 在台推廣查經班 領人改變生命". Christian Tribune. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  5. ↑ 黃文博 (2015-06-03). "成大傑出校友 安介南教授設獎學金" [Distinguished NCKU alumnus Professor An Kai-Nan establishes scholarship]. China Times. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
  6. 1 2 Chung, Jake. "Top research institute selects 19 new members". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Kai-Nan An". Academia Sinica. Retrieved 2 January 2024.


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