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Hsue-Chu Tsien, COL (H.C. Tsien, 1914–1997; ), was an aeronautic and mechanical engineer who played important roles in aircraft building in both China and afterward the United States. ==Biography== Tsien was born in 1914 in Hangzhou, the capital city of Zhejiang Province, China. Tsien was a 33rd-generation descendant of Qian Liu, King of Wuyue.〔Sohu.com Culture: (The history of Tsien family )〕 Tsien studied at Zhejiang Anding School (浙江安定學堂; now Hangzhou No.7 High School) and Hangzhou High School. Tsien was admitted to the National Chekiang University (current Zhejiang University) in Hangzhou. In 1931 August, Tsien chose the National Chiao Tung University in Shanghai, and enrolled at the School of Mechanics. Tsien completed his internship at the National Central Aviation Academy (國立中央航空學校) at the Jianqiao Airfield in suburban Hangzhou. Tsien graduated the top of 161 from the school of mechanics. Soon after graduation Tsien went to Beiping (now Beijing) and became a teaching assistant at Tsinghua University where he taught undergraduate courses for one year. In August 1935, Tsien won the Boxer Rebellion Indemnity Scholarship. He went to study mechanics and aeronautics in the United States. In 1937, Tsien obtained his master's degree in aeronautical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In the same year, the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out, Tsien continued staying in the United States and was in charge of importing plants for the Central Machinery Factory (中央機器厰) of the National Resources Commission for the war-time China. Based on the Allies' agreement, those plants were used to support the battlefront of the war. In 1938, Tsien went to work in Switzerland and returned in 1939. Tsien was pointed the deputy chief-engineer (the Chief Engineer was Y. T. Li) of the aircraft engine factory of the National Air Aviation Commission (國家航空委員會), which was the most important aircraft manufacturer of the Republic of China during World War II. Because of the invasion of Japanese army, the factory was relocated in Dading, Guizhou Province, the rear area and one of the logistic centers of China during the war. In 1943, Tsien was sent to India, and was responsible for organizing and importing necessary supplies into west China through India, to support the war. Because the east coastline and northeast China were already occupied by Japanese army, and the Indochina route was the only open way that Allies can deliver supplies to China. Tsien also participated in the design and manufacture of vehicles and aircraft for battle and transport uses. Tsien was ranked Colonel of the Republic of China Air Force.〔 Tsien made contributions for Allies to the victory of the World War II East Asian battlefield.〔Shanghai Jiao Tong University Archive: (1935 Alumni: Hsue-Chu Tsien )〕 After the end of the Second World War, Tsien and his family settled in the United States. Due to the queasy atmosphere of the following Cold War and China's extreme turmoil, Tsien naturalized as an American citizen after 1949. Tsien later served as the chief engineer of Boeing. In 1997, Tsien succumbed to cancer in California at age 83. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hsue-Chu Tsien」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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