Yuan-Cheng "Bert" Fung is a scientist regarded as a founding figure of bioengineering, tissue engineering

Tissue engineering

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, and the "Founder of Modern Biomechanics

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Fung was born in Jiangsu

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 Province, China

China

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 in 1919. He earned a Bachelor's degree in 1941 and a Master's degree in 1943 from the National Central University

National Central University

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 (later renamed Nanjing University

Nanjing University

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 in mainland China

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 and reinstated in Taiwan

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), and earned a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology

California Institute of Technology

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 in the United States

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 in 1948.

Fung currently is Professor Emeritus and Research Engineer at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

University of California, San Diego

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He is the author of numerous books including Foundations of Solid Mechanics, Continuum Mechanics, and a series of books on Biomechanics.