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Yu the Great or Yu the Engineer was a legendary king in ancient China who was credited with "the first successful state efforts at flood control", [1] his establishment of the Xia dynasty, which inaugurated dynastic rule in China, and for his upright moral character.
Yarmouk University (Arabic: جامعة اليرموك), also abbreviated YU, is a comprehensive public and state supported university located near the city centre of Irbid in northern Jordan. Since its establishment in 1976, it has been at the forefront of Jordanian and Middle Eastern universities.
CAE academician is the highest academic title officially recognized by the Chinese government in engineering and technological sciences. [1] As of November 2024, the academy has 953 living members, divided into nine academic divisions: [2] Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering: 131 members; Information and Electronic Engineering: 138 members
Yu Hsiu Ku or Gu Yuxiu (Chinese: 顾毓琇; December 24, 1902 – September 9, 2002) was a Chinese-American electrical engineer, musician, novelist, poet, and politician. A polymathic academic, he was one of the first Chinese people to earn a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , in 1928, and became a leader in higher ...
Al Yamamah University (YU) (Arabic: جامعة اليمامة) is a university based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and recognized by the Ministry of Higher Education. [1] It was founded by Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Khudair from Al-Khudair Family, who in 1957 established Al-Tarbiyah Al-Namouthajiyah Schools (Arabic: مدارس التربية النموذجية), the first private schools in Riyadh.
In the summer of 1952, the Department of Chemical Engineering was incorporated into Tianjin University, and Yu was transferred to Tianjin University as a professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering. [1] In 1983, the Institute of Chemical Engineering was established, and Yu served as the founding director. [1]
Yu was born into a merchant family in Ningbo, Zhejiang, on 3 October 1927. In September 1944, he was accepted to Soochow University, where he majored in chemical engineering. After graduating in 1948, he was hired as a technician in Shanghai Textile Construction Corporation.
At the Chinese Academy of Sciences, new members are elected biennially. [1] Before 2014 only a maximum of 60 members could be inducted each time, but this restriction has since been removed by new bylaws.