Professor Y. C. Fung has made superb contributions to science, engineering, and humanity through his research and its applications, as well as his words and deeds. By setting the highest standards of rigor and excellence, training many outstanding students and their students, and providing his exemplary leadership, Dr. Fung has made tremendous impacts that spread across the world and transcend time. He established the foundations of biomechanics in a variety of living tissues, including the lung, the heart, blood vessels, blood cells, ureter, intestine, skin, as well as other organs and tissues. Through his vision of the power of “making models” to explain and predict biological phenomena, Dr. Fung opened up new horizons for bioengineering, from organs/systems to molecules/genes. He has initiated and fostered the research activities in many institutions in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world. He has made outstanding contributions to education in bioengineering, as well as service to the professional organizations and translation to industry and clinical medicine. He is widely recognized as the Father of Biomechanics and the leading Bioengineer in the world. His extraordinary accomplishments and commands in science, engineering, and the arts make him a Renaissance Man whom the world is most fortunate to have.
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, 1972
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, Fung
, Y. C.
, and Zweifach
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, 1975
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,” Circ. Res.
, 36
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), pp. 173
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.12.
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, J. S.
, and Fung
, Y. C.
, 1970
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,” ASME J. Appl. Mech.
, 37
(1
), pp. 9
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.13.
Fung
, Y. C.
, and Sobin
, S. S.
, 1969
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, 26
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), pp. 472
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.14.
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, T. H.
, Bernick
, S.
, Sobin
, S. S.
, and Fung
, Y. C.
, 1973
, “The Structure of the Pulmonary Interalveolar Microvascular Sheet
,” Microvasc. Res.
, 5
(2
), pp. 199
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.15.
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, Y. C.
, and Sobin
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, 1972
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, 30
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), pp. 451
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, Y. C.
, and Sobin
, S. S.
, 1972
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,” Circ. Res.
, 30
(4
), pp. 470
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.17.
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, F. Y.
, Fung
, Y. C.
, and Yen
, R. T.
, 1983
, “Analysis of Blood Flow in Cat's Lung With Detailed Anatomical and Elasticity Data
,” J. Appl. Physiol.: Respir., Environ. Exercise Physiol.
, 55
(4
), pp. 1341
–1348
.18.
Kassab
, G. S.
, Imoto
, K.
, White
, F. C.
, Rider
, C. A.
, Fung
, Y. C.
, and Bloor
, C. M.
, 1993
, “Coronary Arterial Tree Remodeling in Right Ventricular Hypertrophy
,” Am. J. Physiol.: Heart Circ. Physiol.
, 265
(1
), pp. H366
–H377
.19.
Fung
, Y. C.
, 1991
, “What Are the Residual Stresses Doing in Our Blood Vessels? ALZA Lecture
,” Ann. Biomed. Eng.
, 19
(3
), pp. 237
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.20.
Fung
, Y. C.
, and Liu
, S. Q.
, 1992
, “Strain Distribution in Small Blood Vessels With Zero-Stress State Taken Into Consideration
,” Am. J. Physiol.: Heart Circ. Phys.
, 262
(2
), pp. H544
–H552
.21.
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, J. H.
, and Fung
, Y. C.
, 1990
, “Residual Strain in Rat Left Ventricle
,” Circ. Res.
, 66
(1
), pp. 37
–45
.22.
Han
, H. C.
, and Fung
, Y. C.
, 1991
, “Residual Strains in Porcine and Canine Trachea
,” J. Biomech.
, 24
(5
), pp. 307
–315
.23.
Chuong
, C. J.
, and Fung
, Y. C.
, 1983
, “Three-Dimensional Stress Distribution in Arteries
,” ASME J. Biomech. Eng.
, 105
(3
), pp. 268
–274
.24.
Fung
, Y. C.
, and Sobin
, S. S.
, 1981
, “The Retained Elasticity of Elastin Under Fixation Agents
,” ASME J. Biomech. Eng.
, 103
(2
), pp. 121
–122
.25.
Sobin
, S. S.
, Fung
, Y. C.
, and Tremer
, H. M.
, 1988
, “Collagen and Elastin Fibers in Human Pulmonary Alveolar Walls
,” J. Appl. Physiol.
, 64
(4
), pp. 1659
–1675
.26.
Liu
, S. Q.
, and Fung
, Y. C.
, 1989
, “Relationship Between Hypertension, Hypertrophy, and Opening Angle of Zero-Stress State of Arteries Following Aortic Constriction
,” ASME J. Biomech. Eng.
, 111
(4
), pp. 325
–335
.27.
Huang
, W.
, Sher
, Y. P.
, Peck
, K.
, and Fung
, Y. C.
, 2002
, “Matching Gene Activity With Physiological Functions
,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.
, 99
(5
), pp. 2603
–2608
.28.
Pinto
, J. G.
, Price
, J. M.
, Fung
, Y. C.
, and Mead
, E. H.
, 1975
, “A Device for Testing Mechanical Properties of Biological Materials—The Biodyne
,” J. Appl. Physiol.
, 39
(5
), pp. 863
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.29.
Lanir
, Y.
, and Fung
, Y. C.
, 1974
, “Two-Dimensional Mechanical Properties of the Rabbit Skin. I: Experimental System; II: Experimental Results
,” J. Biomech.
, 7
(1
), pp. 29
–34
; 171–182.30.
Yin
, F. C. P.
, and Fung
, Y. C.
, 1971
, “Mechanical Properties of Isolated Mammalian Ureteral Segments
,” Am. J. Physiol.
, 221
(5
), pp. 1484
–1493
.31.
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, H.
, Kassab
, G.
, Pallencaoe
, E.
, Lee
, C.
, Chien
, S.
, Skalak
, R.
, and Fung
, Y. C.
, 1997
, “Morphometry and Strain Distribution in Guinea Pig Duodenum With Reference to the Zero-Stress State
,” Am. J. Physiol.
, 273
(4
), pp. G865
–G874
.32.
Dong
, C.
, Mead
, E.
, Skalak
, R.
, Fung
, Y. C.
, Debes
, J. C.
, Zapata-Sirvent
, R. L.
, Andree
, C.
, Greenleaf
, G.
, Cooper
, M.
, and Hansbrough
, J. F.
, 1993
, “Development of a Device for Measuring Adherence of Skin Grafts to the Wound Surface
,” Ann. Biomed. Eng.
, 21
(1
), pp. 51
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, Y. C.
, 1981
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, Y. C.
, 1984
, Biodynamics: Circulation
, Springer-Verlag
, New York
.35.
Fung
, Y. C.
, 1990
, Biomechanics: Motion, Flow, Stress and Growth
, Springer-Verlag
, New York
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