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    OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLORDecember 20,
    ALL ACADEMICS, STAFF AND STUDENTS AT UC SAN DIEGO

    SUBJECT:    In Memoriam, Yuan-Cheng �Bert� Fung, Father of Biomechanics,

    Yuan-Cheng �Bert� Fung, regarded as �the father of biomechanics� and oneof the founders of the discipline of bioengineering at UC San Diego,passed away on December 15 of natural causes.

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    Fung�s visionary research reshaped humankind�s understanding of thehuman body and established UC San Diego as the country�s leader inbioengineering.

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    • The department is ranked first in the nation by theNational Research Council at the National Academies.

    Fung moved to California from China in , immediately after the endof WWII, to pursue a graduate degree in aeronautics at Caltech.

    He veryquickly became an expert in the field of aeroelasticity�the study of theinteraction of aerodynamic forces with structures that aren�t rigid. Hewrote the leading textbook on the subject and led a renowned researchgroup