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RICHARD C. CHU
Pages 67-72

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... He was an internationally recognized authority in cooling technology for computer electronics. For four decades he played a key role in developing the world's most advanced computer cooling solutions for IBM.
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... Variations of this water cooling concept were adapted by each of the major worldwide computer mainframe manufacturers. He received three additional IBM Outstanding Innovation Awards for other innovative thermal solutions that were applied to various IBM products.
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... He was a strong promoter of a close working relationship between industry and academia. For 25 years he was the principal individual responsible for IBM sponsorship of electronic cooling research in air and liquid immersion cooling at MIT, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Clarkson, Georgia Tech, Iowa State University, University of Minnesota, Purdue, City College of New York, Stanford, UC Berkeley, University of Rhode Island, Duke, and University of Arizona, yielding over 80 thesis-related publications, 20 percent of them at the PhD level.
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... and the Asian Pacific American Corporate Achievement Award from the Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) at its National Convention in Detroit, and in 2006 he was selected for the prestigious Asian American Engineer of the Year award.
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