[[wiki-architecture]] · [[Biographies]] · [[ARCHITECTURE]] · [[000]] # Liu Huixian Liu Huixian (Chinese: 刘恢先; 1912–1992) was a Chinese structural engineer and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is famous for his contribution to earthquake engineering and is seen as "the father of earthquake engineering". Liu graduated from Southwest Jiaotong University (then Tangshan Jiaotong University) in 1933. He later received his master's degree from Cornell University and his doctorate from the University of Illinois. He taught in Zhejiang University and National Southwestern Associated University from 1938 until 1946. He married fellow scientist Hong Jing (洪晶), a physicist of the Harbin Institute of Technology, in 1941. In 1947, he went to the United States and taught in the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In 1951, he returned to China and taught in Tsinghua University. In 1952, he joined the Jiusan Society and went to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 1978, he joined the Chinese Communist Party. He died in Harbin in 1992. A statue of Liu was installed at Southwest Jiaotong University in 2013. There is also a prize for earthquake engineering named after Liu. == References == - [[Wiki-Architecture/Architectural Concepts and History]] - [[Urban and Planning/Town & Country Planning]] - [[Environmental Design/Strong Foundations for Sustainable Constructions/pillars]] - [[Environmental Design/Passive Design Strategies]] - [[Professional Practice/Codes & Standards/National Building Code of India/Part 10 - Landscape and Signs]] - [[History and Theory/World History/Contemporary Architecture]] - [[Building Services/Building Performance/Moisture Management]] - [[Digital Architecture/Computational Design/Learn BIM]] - [[Research, Analysis & Citations/Conversion Tables]] - [[Professional Practice/Codes & Standards/National Building Code of India/Part 06 - Structural Design/Section 7A - Prefabricated Concrete]]