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The Civil War ??.?; 1.1 My Childhood ??; 1.2 The Escape ??; 1.3 Experience in Taiwan ????; 1.4 Remembering Father ????-???; 2. The Wisdom of Class 33 ????; 2.1 The Legacy ????; 2.2 The Cardinal Rules for Senior Life ????; 2.3 On Marriage ??; 2.4 On Family ??; 2.5 On Aging Parents ??; 2.6 On Economics 101 ??; 2.7 On Health ??; Appendix 2.1 W.F. Speech for Brian's Wedding ????; Appendix 2.2 Eric's Speech for Brian's Wedding ?????; Appendix 2.3 Suh and Hsuan Wedding Ceremony ??????; 3. The Voyage to America ????; 3.1 The Start ??; 3.2 Voyage to San Francisco ??????? 327 $a3.3 Summer Jobs in New York ???????3.4 Settled Down at Lehigh ???????; 3.5 Looking Back ??; 3.6 Joining the Elite Group ?????; 4. My Lifelong Companion-Linlin ????; 4.1 The Romance ??; 4.2 The Wedding ??; 4.3 The Hsuan's Family ??; 4.4 Linlin's Business Adventure ??; 4.5 The Chen's Family ??; 5. Academic Career at Lehigh ????; 5.1 The Leader - Lynn S. Beedle ???; 5.2 On Structural Connections ??; 5.3 On Beam-Columns ??; 5.4 On Limit Analysis and Soil Plasticity ???????????; 5.5 On Concrete Plasticity ???????; 5.6 On Polymer Concrete ?????; 5.7 On Lehigh Education ???? 327 $aAppendix 5.1 Doctoral Students-Lehigh University ?????Appendix 5.2 Publications ???; 6. Academic Life at Purdue ????; 6.1 The Background ??; 6.2 My Students ??; 6.3 On Offshore Structural Engineering ????; 6.4 On Constitutive Equations ????; 6.5 On Safety of Temporary Structures ????; 6.6 On Advanced Analysis for Frame Design ????; 6.7 On Structural Members and Frames ?????; 6.8 On Software Development Environment ??????; 6.9 Concluding Remarks ??; Appendix 6.1 Doctoral Students-Purdue University ?????; Appendix 6.2 Publications ???; 7. My Life Story ????; 7.1 Step down as Dean ???? 327 $a7.2 My Schooling ????7.3 My Career Path ????; 7.4 My Celebrity Status ????; 7.5 My Honors and Recognitions ???????; 7.6 My Family ????; 7.7 50-Year Friendship 50 ????; 8. Academic Contributions ????; 8.1 Background ??; 8.2 Solid Mechanics ????; 8.3 My Research at a Glance ????; 8.3.1 Steel Connections ???; 8.3.2 Beam-Columns ??; 8.3.3 Limit Analysis ????; 8.3.4 Soil and Concrete Plasticity ????; 8.3.5 Advanced Analysis ????; 8.3.6 Semi-Rigid Frames ????; 8.4 Slide Rule and Calculator Environment ???; 8.4.1 General Trend in Structural Engineering in the 1960-70's ?? 327 $a8.4.2 Contributions to Limit Analysis in Soil Mechanics ??8.5 Mainframe Computing Environment ??; 8.5.1 General Trend in Structural Engineering in the 1970-80's ??; 8.5.2 Contributions to Constitutive Modeling of Materials ??; 8.6 Desktop Computing Environment ???; 8.6.1 Current Trend in Structural Engineering ??; 8.6.2 Contributions to Advanced Analysis ??; 8.7 Future Trends in Structural Computing ??; 8.8 Rules for Good Engineering Practice ????; References; Appendix 8.1 Books and Contributed Chapters ????; 9. Life in Rapidly Changing Times ?????????; 9.1 High Tech and New Economy ??????? 327 $a9.2 Career Flexibility in Rapidly Changing Times ?????? 330 $aDr Wai-Fah Chen - a Chinese-born American academic and widely recognized structural engineering specialist in the field of mechanics, materials, and computing - has certainly led a fascinating life. A well-respected leader in the field of plasticity, structural stability, and structural steel design over the past half-century, he has made major contributions to introduce the mathematical theory of plasticity to civil engineering practice, especially in the application of limit analysis methods to the geotechnical engineering field. 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