Shu Shien-Siu worked as a teaching assistant at the department after his graduation.
16 Facts About Shu Shien-Siu
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In 1944, Shu Shien-Siu went to the United States for graduate studies and entered Brown University.
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Shu Shien-Siu obtained his PhD in applied mathematics in 1948 under the guidance of Charles Loewner.
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In 1949, Shu Shien-Siu worked in Princeton, and in that summer went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to do his postdoctoral research.
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Shu Shien-Siu was a professor of engineering science at Purdue University, and the Chair of Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
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Shu Shien-Siu was an adjunct professor of National Taiwan University, National Chiao Tung University, and the National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan.
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In 1961, Shu Shien-Siu founded the Department of Mathematics at the National Tsing Hua University, and held summer mathematical seminar annually.
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From 1970 to 1975, Shu Shien-Siu was the President of the National Tsing Hua University.
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In 1973, Shu Shien-Siu invited Mao Gao-wen to be the Dean of NTHU's engineering faculty, Shen Chun-shan to be the Dean of science faculty, and Fung Yan-Hsiung to be the Dean of Nuclear Science and Technology.
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From 1973 to 1980, Shu Shien-Siu was in charge of the National Science Council of Taiwan.
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From 1979 to 1988, Shu Shien-Siu was the chairman and director-general of the Industrial Technology Research Institute.
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Shu Shien-Siu advised to establish the world-famous Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park, thus he is widely known as the "Father of HSIP".
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Shu Shien-Siu made great contributions to Taiwan's education, especially to its mathematical education and higher education.
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Shu Shien-Siu contributed greatly to the development of Taiwan's economy and industry, especially Taiwan's high-tech industries.
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Shu Shien-Siu received an honorary doctorate from Purdue University in 1993 and elected Academician of the Academia Sinica in Taiwan.
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Shu Shien-Siu's son, Frank Shu Shien-Siu, an astrophysicist, was born in Kunming during the Second Sino-Japanese War.