Kai-Nan An () is a biomedical engineering researcher and academic.

Personal life

An graduated from

National Cheng Kung University National Cheng Kung University (NCKU; ) is a Public university, public research university located in the East District, Tainan, East District of Tainan, Taiwan. Founded in 1931 during Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japanese rule as an engineering ...

(NCKU) in 1969 with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, and then moved to the United States to pursue a PhD at

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. Under the guidance of his

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Eric P. Salathe, he completed a master's dissertation on interaction of

gravity wave In fluid dynamics, gravity waves are waves in a fluid medium or at the interface between two media when the force of gravity or buoyancy tries to restore equilibrium. An example of such an interface is that between the atmosphere and the oc ...

with

shear flow In solid mechanics, shear flow is the shear stress over a distance in a thin-walled structure.Higdon, Ohlsen, Stiles and Weese (1960), ''Mechanics of Materials'', article 4-9 (2nd edition), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York. Library of Congress CCN ...

s in 1972 and a doctoral dissertation on fluid movement across

capillary A capillary is a small blood vessel, from 5 to 10 micrometres in diameter, and is part of the microcirculation system. Capillaries are microvessels and the smallest blood vessels in the body. They are composed of only the tunica intima (the inn ...

walls in 1975. An met his wife Wang Sui-ching () while living in

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during his

mandatory military service Conscription, also known as the draft in the United States and Israel, is the practice in which the compulsory enlistment in a national service, mainly a military service, is enforced by law. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it contin ...

following his university graduation. Wang, then a student in

National Taiwan University National Taiwan University (NTU; zh, t=國立臺灣大學, poj=Kok-li̍p Tâi-oân Tāi-ha̍k, p=, s=) is a National university, national Public university, public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. Founded in 1928 during Taiwan under J ...

's foreign literature department, was the niece of An's neighbor. 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.

Career

An was a research associate at the

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between 1975 and 1978, then was promoted to an assistant professorship in 1978 at the

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, 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. In 2022 he was elected to the

Academia Sinica Academia Sinica (AS, ; zh, t=中央研究院) is the national academy of the Taiwan, Republic of China. It is headquartered in Nangang District, Taipei, Nangang, Taipei. Founded in Nanjing, the academy supports research activities in mathemat ...

References

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