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Fazlur Rahman Khan
Fazlur Rahman Khan (3 April 1929 – 27 March 1982) was a Bangladeshi-American structural engineer and architect who initiated important structural systems for skyscrapers.〔Ali Mir (2001), ''Art of the Skyscraper: the Genius of Fazlur Khan'', Rizzoli International Publications, ISBN 0-8478-2370-9〕 He is recognized as one of the most influential engineers and architects of the 20th century,〔(Americas most influential 20th century engineers ), CE News.〕 and has been called "the father of tubular designs for high-rises" by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Khan was also a pioneer in computer-aided design. He is the designer of the Willis Tower, the second-tallest building in the United States and the 100-story John Hancock Center.
Khan helped usher in a renaissance in skyscraper construction during the second half of the 20th century. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat named their lifetime achievement medal after him.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Designing Cities in the Sky )〕
==Biography==
Fazlur Rahman Khan was born 3 April 1929 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.〔 He was brought up in the village of Bhandarikandii, in the Faridpur district near Dhaka. His father Abdur was a high school mathematics teacher and textbook author. He eventually became the Director of Public Instruction in the region of Bengal and after retirement served as Principal of Jagannath College, Dhaka.〔
Khan attended Armanitola Government High School, in Dhaka. After completing undergraduate coursework at the Bengal Engineering College, now Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur,〔 University of Calcutta, he received his Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree from Ahsanullah Engineering College, University of Dhaka, (now Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology). He received a Fulbright Scholarship and a Pakistan government scholarship, which enabled him to travel to the United States in 1952. There he studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In three years Khan earned two master's degrees — one in structural engineering and one in theoretical and applied mechanics — and a PhD in structural engineering. with thesis titled ''Analytical study of relations among various design criteria for rectangular prestressed concrete beams''.
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