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Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-Shen) was a prominent Chinese aerodynamicist and cyberneticist who contributed to rocket science and established engineering cybernetics. Recruited from MIT, he joined Theodore von Kármán’s group at Caltech’s Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, including the founding team of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Later, he returned to China and made important contributions to China's missile and space program. Shortly after arriving at Caltech in 1936, Qian became fascinated with the rocketry ideas of Frank Malina, other students of von Kármán, and their associates, including Jack Parsons. Along with his fellow students, he was involved in rocket-related experiments at GALCIT where he received his PhD in 1939. In 1943, Qian and two other members of their rocketry group drafted the first document to use the name "Jet Propulsion Laboratory." Shortly after marrying in Shanghai in 1947, Qian returned to America to take up a teaching position at MIT and was granted a permane

Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-Shen) - Aerospace Caltech - Lynn Booth & Kent Kresa Department of Aerospace Home / About / Legends of GALCIT / Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-Shen) Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-Shen) Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-Shen) Related Pages Qian Xuesen (Tsien Hsue-Shen) was a prominent Chinese aerodynamicist and cyberneticist who contributed to rocket science and established engineering cybernetics. Recruited from MIT, he joined Theodore von Kármán’s group at Caltech’s Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, including the founding team of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Later, he returned to China an

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