S. C. Lin Papers

Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library

Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego

9500 Gilman Drive

La Jolla 92093-0175

spcoll@ucsd.edu

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Descriptive Summary

Contributing Institution: Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego

9500 Gilman Drive

La Jolla 92093-0175

Title: S. C. Lin Papers

Creator: Lin, S. C. (Shao-Chi)

Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0788

Physical Description: 7.2 Linear feet (18 archives boxes)

Date (inclusive): 1945-1991

Abstract: Papers of Shao-Chi Lin, Professor Emeritus of Engineering at UC San Diego. Lin was an internationally renowned engineer who specialized in gas dynamics. He helped found the 21st Century China Center in the School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS) at UC San Diego, and served as a professor of engineering physics in the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Sciences (AMES) Department.

Languages: English , Chinese .

Scope and Content of Collection

The S.C. Lin papers include a small selection of biographical files, personal and professional correspondence, Lin's writings, his teaching materials from UC San Diego's Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Sciences (AMES) Department, grants and contracts, and supporting research.

Arranged in six series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) WRITINGS, 4) RESEARCH, 5) TEACHING FILES, and 6) MISCELLANEOUS.

Biography

Shao-Chi Lin earned his undergraduate degree from National Central University in Chongqing, China in 1946. He completed postgraduate work at the Chinese Air Force Technical School in Chengdu, China, and graduated with top honors from the 17th Advanced Class in 1947. Before coming to the United States, Lin served in the Bureau of Aircraft Industry, Nanking, China, as a research engineer for the Chinese Air Force. He went on to earn his Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from Cornell University in 1952, where he completed research in the fields of supersonic and hypersonic aerodynamics, gas dynamics, and the physics of high temperature gases. Lin was then appointed acting assistant professor in the Graduate School of Aeronautics, Cornell University in 1954. The following year, Lin joined the Avco-Everett Research Laboratory in Everett, Massachusetts as a principal research scientist and advisor to the director. He stayed with this laboratory for nearly a decade before being recruited to UC San Diego by Professor Sol Penner in 1964, where he joined the newly formed Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Sciences (AMES) Department as a professor of engineering physics. In 1966, Lin became the fifth scientist to receive the Annual Research Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics for his "basic research in the electromagnetic properties of ionized gases, and for significant contributions in reentry physics." He also served as an associate director of the Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences (IPAPS) at UC San Diego beginning in 1972. In 2011, Lin and his wife, Lily, helped to found the 21st Century China Center in the School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS) at UC San Diego, an establishment meant to "produce and disseminate impactful evidence-based research about China, and to enhance U.S.-China mutual understanding by advancing scholarly collaboration, convening policy discussions, and actively communicating with policymakers and the general public in both countries." Professor Lin passed away on October 8, 2020.

Preferred Citation

S. C. Lin Papers. MSS 788. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

Acquisition Information

Acquired 2016

Publication Rights

Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Aerospace engineers -- California -- San Diego

Gas dynamics

Aerospace engineering -- Study and teaching (Higher)

Lin, S. C. (Shao-Chi) -- Archives

BIOGRAPHICAL

Scope and Content of Series

Series 1) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS: Includes biographical summaries, a bibliography of Lin's publications, professional appointment forms, information about Lin's professional accolades and portraits of Lin and his wife, Lily.

Box 1, Folder 1-2

Bibliography and publications lists 1964-1990

Box 1, Folder 3-5

Biographical data and UC San Diego appointment documents 1963-1990

Box 1, Folder 6

Family photograph/portraits ca. 1963 and undated

CORRESPONDENCE

Scope and Content of Series

Series 2) CORRESPONDENCE. Arranged in three subseries: A) Personal Correspondence, B) General Correspondence, and C) Research/Project Specific Correspondence. These materials are arranged chronologically and range in date between 1954 and 1993.

A) Personal Correspondence includes a small selection of letters from family from mainland China while Lin was teaching at UC San Diego.

B) General Correspondence chronicles Lin's exchanges with colleagues and other member of the scientific community.

C) Research/Project Specific Correspondence includes the bulk of Lin's professional exchanges and are filed according to project in keeping with Lin's original organization of his correspondence.

Personal Correspondence

Box 1, Folder 7-8

Letters from family from mainland China 1979-1981

Box 1, Folder 9-10

Personal correspondence 1975-1990

General Correspondence

Box 1, Folder 11-15

1961-1967

Box 2, Folder 1-22

1968-1993

Research/Project Correspondence

Box 3, Folder 1

Cornell appointment 1954 June 25

Box 3, Folder 2

McGraw - Hill Book Company Inc. 1958-1959

General note

Includes correspondence, research notes, diagrams, and photograph.

Box 3, Folder 3

Space Technology Panel of the Scientific Advisory Board 1958

Box 3, Folder 4

University of Colorado 1962-1963

Box 3, Folder 5

MIT Appointment 1963-1964

Box 3, Folder 6

Book on Re-Entry Physics 1963-1964

Box 3, Folder 7

University of Connecticut 1963 June 7 - 11

Box 3, Folder 8

University of Florida 1964 February 18

Box 3, Folder 9

Laboratory Facility 1964-1972

Box 3, Folder 10

American Institute of Physics, Translation Services 1965 October 18

General note

Includes correspondence, reprints, and translation resources.

Box 3, Folder 11-13

AMES Seminars 1966-1970

Box 3, Folder 14

Mixing Laser Patent Filed 1963, granted 1967 1967-1970

General note

Includes copy of patent.

Box 3, Folder 15

Report of Possible Patentable Invention 1967-1989

Box 3, Folder 16

Department committees 1967

Box 3, Folder 17

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics [AIAA] 6th Aerospace Science Meeting 1967

Box 3, Folder 18

Princeton University - AIAA 8th Aerospace Science Meeting 1969

Box 3, Folder 19

AMES Seminar 1971-1979

Box 4, Folder 1-2

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) [Former name: Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)] 1971-1986

Box 4, Folder 3-4

U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) - Durham 1971-1973

Box 4, Folder 5

Visiting Professor -V. S. Letokhov 1978

Box 4, Folder 6-11

Visiting Scholars 1978-1991

Box 4, Folder 12

Proposal for Coherent UV Laser Radar 1978 February 14

Box 5, Folder 1

US Naval Research Labs 1980-1982

Box 5, Folder 2

Ad Hoc committees 1980-1985

Box 5, Folder 3

Professional correspondence re: conferences and publications 1980-1988

Box 5, Folder 4

Chinese Studies 1981-1987

Box 5, Folder 5

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 1981

Box 5, Folder 6

Administrative Policies and Procedures Revisions 1982

Box 5, Folder 7

Academic Position Requests 1985-1991

Box 5, Folder 8

Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences [AMES] Long Range Planning Committee Draft Reports 1985-1997

Box 5, Folder 9

Wei, Michael 1986-1987

Box 5, Folder 10

San Diego State University Foundation - Final reports and correspondence 1986-1990

Box 5, Folder 11

Sabbatical Leave 1986-1990

Box 5, Folder 12

Grant material correspondence re: contracts 1987-1989

Box 5, Folder 13

San Diego Supercomputer Center 1989

Box 5, Folder 14

Miscellaneous correspondence ca. 1970-1991

WRITINGS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 3) WRITINGS: Arranged in two subseries: A) Drafts and B) Reprints. Arranged chronologically within these subseries, these materials range in date from 1954 through 1987 and include Lin's draft writings, notes, supplementary materials and a small selection of reprints of Lin's articles on gas dynamics, laser technology, turbulence, and other topics in engineering physics.

Drafts

Box 6, Folder 1-2

Amplified Spontaneous Emission (ASE) and super radiance material 1954-1981

General note

Includes related works by Lin and others, research data and notes.

Box 6, Folder 3

Slow Electron Scattering by Atomic Oxygen, The Physical Review 1959 May 15

Box 6, Folder 4-6

Rate of Ionization Behind Shock Waves in Air. I and II, by S. C. Lin, R. A Neal and W. I. Fyfe 1960-1962

Box 6, Folder 7

Low Density Shock Tube for Chemical Kinetic Studies, by S. C. Lin and W. I. Fyfe 1961 February

Box 6, Folder 8

Rotating Plasma, revised manuscript 1961 June 19

Box 6, Folder 9

Shock Tube review paper, A. R. S. Journal 1961 August

Box 6, Folder 10

Radio Echoes from a Manned Satellite during Re-Entry 1962

Box 6, Folder 11

Hydrodynamic Effects Produced by Pulse Microwave Discharges, S. C. Lin and George P. Theofilos 1963

Box 6, Folder 12

A Quasi One-Dimensional Model for Chemically Reacting Turbulent Wakes 1963

Box 6, Folder 13

A Partial-Dissipation Approximation for Chemical Reactions 1964

Box 6, Folder 14

Detection of and Communication with Space Vehicles During Atmospheric Entry; Problems in Simulation 1964 September

Box 7, Folder 1

A Bimodal Approximation 1965

Box 7, Folder 2

On Cometary Impact and the Origins of Tektites. Includes correspondence with Harold Urey 1965-1966

Box 7, Folder 3

Reply to critique by Chapman and Gault on "Cometary Impact and the Origin of Tektites" 1966-1967

Box 7, Folder 4

Measurements of Turbulent Velocity and Temperature Fluctuations 1967

Box 7, Folder 5-6

Spectral Characterization of Plasma Density Fluctuation in Hypersonic Wakes, in A.I.A.A. Journal 1969

Box 7, Folder 7

Chemical Kinetics in Flow Systems 1969

Box 7, Folder 8

Laboratory Simulation of High Temperature Entrainment, includes correspondence 1971 April 27

Box 7, Folder 9-10

The Effect of Preionization Electron Density on the Avalanche Completion Time - Collaboration with Dennis Lo 1979-1998

Box 7, Folder 11

Recombination Experiment - Collaborations with Jing-Gong Xie 1986 June

Box 8, Folder 1

Computer Experiments on the Cis-Trans Isomerization Reaction, Final Revision 1986 October 10

Box 8, Folder 2

Theoretical Modeling of Microwave-Pumped, High-Pressure Gas Lasers - Drafts, Photographs of Graphs and Tables 1987-1989

Box 8, Folder 3

Measurements of Electron-Ion Recombination Rate in the Noble Gases at High Pressure 1987-1988

Box 8, Folder 4

Saturation Effects in High-Gain Lasers with Distributed Absorption Losses, abstract and summary undated

Box 8, Folder 5

Small-scale Structure and Viscous Cutoff undated

Box 8, Folder 6

Implementation of a Mobile Field Station for Remote Atmospheric Monitoring, Utilizing Raman Scattering undated

Reprints

Box 8, Folder 7

Cylindrical Shock Waves Produced by Instantaneous Energy Release, S.C. Lin, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 25 No. 1 1954 January

Box 8, Folder 8

AIAA Paper (Aerospace Sciences Meeting papers), Nos. 70-800, 72-119, and 72-711 1970-1972

Box 8, Folder 9

Kinetic Processes in Noble Gas Ion Lasers: A Review, Shao-Chi Lin and Chuan-Cheng Chen, AIAA Journal, Vol. 9 No. 1 1971 January

Box 8, Folder 10

Experimental study of argon ion laser discharge at high current, C.P. Wang and Shao-Chi Lin, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 43 No. 12 1972 December

Box 8, Folder 11

Performance of a large-bore high-power argon ion laser, C.P. Wang and Shao-Chi Lin, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 44 No. 10 1973 October

Box 8, Folder 12

Mode structure and beam divergence of a large-bore high-power argon ion laser, C.P. Wang and Shao-Chi Lin, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 45 No. 1 1974 January

Box 8, Folder 13

Electron-beam-controlled Discharge XeCl Excimer Laser, by Jeffrey I. Levatter, James H. Morris and Shao-Chi Lin 1978

Box 8, Folder 14

Current Density and Pressure Dependence of XeCl Excimer Florescence and Laser Emissions Observed in a Very Small Volume Discharge 1982 July 7

Box 8, Folder 15

Reversal of Spectral Narrowing of Xenon Chloride B2? ? X2? Emission Observed at High Gas Pressure 1984 March 23

Box 8, Folder 16

Performance Improvement of an X-Ray Preionized XeCl Laser of Very Small Discharge Volume 1986 June 2

Box 8, Folder 17

Attachment Kinetics and Life Time of Preionization Electrons in Rare-Gas Halogen Laser Mixtures 1986 January 15

Box 8, Folder 18

Implementation of a Mobile Field Station for Remote Atmospheric Monitoring, Utilizing Raman Scattering undated

Box 8, Folder 19

Intrinsic Efficiency of the Discharge-Pumped XeCl Laser at Very High Current Densities - Abstract and summary undated

Box 8, Folder 20

Method for Determination of Co-Spectral Gain and Absorption Coefficients in High-Power Lasers undated

RESEARCH

Scope and Content of Collection

Series 4) RESEARCH. Arranged in three subseries: A) Grants and Contracts, B) Experiments and Patents, and C) Research Materials. These materials range in date from 1949 through 1995.

A) Grants and Contracts include grant applications, contract materials, reports and correspondence primarily from granting agencies such as ARPA/DARPA, the National Science Foundation and collaborations with the San Diego State University Foundation. These materials are arranged alphabetically by agency name.

B) Experiments and Patents includes records relating to Lin's work with lasers as well as documents relating to his U.S. patents.

C) Research Materials includes a small selection of Lin's research data, including graphs, calculations, diagrams and lab notebooks.

Grants and Contracts

Box 8, Folder 21-22

ARPA Institute Review Meeting 1966

Box 8, Folder 23

ARPA Annual Technical Reports 1970-1971

Box 8, Folder 24-25

ARPA Proposal 1971-1972

Box 9, Folder 1

ARPA Reports 1971-1972

Box 9, Folder 2-3

ARPA Contracts 1971-1973 April

Box 9, Folder 4

ARPA/STO Institute Briefing 1972 September 28

Box 9, Folder 5

ARPA Management Report 1972

Box 9, Folder 6

ARPA Contract 1972-1973

Box 9, Folder 7

ARPA Research Proposal - Research in Radiation Physics and Fluid Mechanics 1973

Box 9, Folder 8

DARPA Proposal - Research on Discharge Physics 1979

Box 9, Folder 9

DARPA - Proposal UCSD-6554 1984 July 23

Box 9, Folder 10

DARPA/ONR contract (N00014-76-C-0116) - Original Figures 1975-1983

Box 9, Folder 11

DARPA/ONR contract (N00014-85-K-0285) 1983-1990

Box 9, Folder 12

DARPA Proposal 1985-1986

Box 9, Folder 13

DARPA Proposal - Continuation Study of Avalanche Discharge Lasers undated

Box 10, Folder 1

IPAPS/ARPA Reports and Memos 1969-1972

Box 10, Folder 2

IPAPS Drafts 1970-1971

Box 10, Folder 3-6

IPAPS Reports - Annual Reports and Semi-Annual Technical Status Report 1971-1979

Box 10, Folder 7-8

IPAPS/ARPA Proposals 1972-1973

Box 10, Folder 9

IPAPS (Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences) Research 1979-1981

Box 11, Folder 1

IRPA Proposal 1966-1968

Box 11, Folder 2

NSF Proposal - Study of Non-Equilibrium Energy Transfer 1981-1984

Box 11, Folder 3

NSF Proposal UCSD - 8130 1981-1983

Box 11, Folder 4

NSF Proposal Original Draft ca. 1982

Box 11, Folder 5-7

NSF Grant (CPE-8219521) 1982-1990

Box 11, Folder 8-9

NSF Proposal, UCSD 9030 and 9030R 1982-1985

Box 12, Folder 1

NSF - Research equipment proposals and grants 1983-1986

Box 12, Folder 2

NSF Proposal - Research Equipment for the Study of High-Pressure Discharges and Lasers 1984-1986

Box 12, Folder 3

NSF Proposal 87-5077 1986 July 31

Box 12, Folder 4

NSF Grant Proposal (CBT-8618295) 1986-1987

Box 12, Folder 5-7

NSF Grant (CPE-8219521) - Final Project Report 1987-1988

Box 12, Folder 8

ONR Contract #N00014-79-C-0955 - Final Report 1978-1983

Box 12, Folder 9

ONR Contract #N00014-80-C-0355 - Final Report 1982-1983

Box 13, Folder 1

SDSU Foundation - IPAPS Proposal 1987-1989

Box 13, Folder 2

SDSU Foundation - NOSC Contracts 1987-1989

Box 13, Folder 3-4

SDSU Foundation - Analytical and Experimental Studies of the Discharge-Pumped XeCl Laser 1988

Box 13, Folder 5

SDSU Foundation - Contracts N66001-85-D-0203 and N66001-87-D-0136 1988-1989

Box 13, Folder 6

SDSU Foundation - Contract N66001-85-D-0203 Delivery Order 0060 1988-1990

Box 13, Folder 7

SDSU Foundation - Contract N66001-87-D-0136 Delivery Order 0024 1988-1990

Box 13, Folder 8

SDSU Foundation - Calculations for an Excimer Optical Source - Final Technical Report 1989

Box 13, Folder 9-10

THEMIS - Proposal, reports and budget 1967-1982

Box 14, Folder 1-3

University of California, Berkeley - Contracts, reports, photographs and slides 1949-1978

Box 14, Folder 4-5

Miscellaneous - New Proposals 1985-1989

Experiments and Patents

Box 14, Folder 6

Laser work - Patent application 1963 February 15

Box 14, Folder 7

Laser Experiment 1969-1977

Box 14, Folder 8

Method and Apparatus for Separating Uranium Isotopes - United States Patent 1977 June 28

Box 14, Folder 9

San Diego Supercomputer Center - Data 1989

Box 14, Folder 10

Laser Output 1989 June 10

Box 14, Folder 11

Laser with X-Ray Preionization and Excitation - U.S. Patent application 1995

Research Materials

Box 15, Folder 1

Miscellaneous notes 1956-1959

Box 15, Folder 2

Mercury re-entry data - Includes glossy prints and map 1962

Box 15, Folder 3

A Memorandum on Hypersonic Fields and Wakes 1967 July

Box 15, Folder 4

Notes 1973-1989

Box 15, Folder 5

Lab notebook ca. 1979

Box 15, Folder 6-7

Instrumentation manuals and proposals for lab equipment 1981-1989

Box 15, Folder 8

Research materials and notes 1985

Box 15, Folder 9

Theoretical Modeling of the Discharge-Pumped XeCL Laser. Paper by S. B. Zhu, handwritten notes by Lin 1985

Box 15, Folder 10

Lab notebook ca. 1988

Box 15, Folder 11

Research graphs and notes 1988

Box 15, Folder 12

References and diagrams undated

Box 15, Folder 13

Diagrams and negatives undated

Box 15, Folder 14

Calculations and notes undated

Box 15, Folder 15

Equipment specs - Double Spectrometer for Raman Spectroscopy imaging undated

TEACHING FILES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 5) TEACHING FILES: Includes Lin's UC San Diego's Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Sciences (AMES) Department course syllabi, lecture notes, set problems, tests and colloquium materials. Arranged by course number, these materials range in date from 1967 through 1991.

AMES courses

Box 16, Folder 1

AMES 12 1978

Box 16, Folder 2-5

AMES 110 1989-1991

Box 16, Folder 6

AMES 111 1980

Box 16, Folder 7-8

AMES 149C 1973

Box 16, Folder 9-11

AMES 212 1975-1990

Box 16, Folder 12

AMES 220 1977-1984

Box 16, Folder 13-15

AMES 220A 1971-1984

Box 16, Folder 16-18

AMES 220B 1968-1991

Box 16, Folder 19

AMES 220C 1979-1985

Box 17, Folder 1-2

AMES 220C 1981-1985

Box 17, Folder 3-4

AMES 226A 1973-1981

Box 17, Folder 5

AMES 226B 1974-1982

Box 17, Folder 6

AMES 226 1974-1988

Box 17, Folder 7

AMES 226C 1976-1982

Lecture and colloquium materials

Box 17, Folder 8

Lecture - The Rayleight Problem of a Hot Plasma, Seminar at Northwestern University 1967 October

Box 17, Folder 9

Lecture - Chemical Kinetics in Flow Systems 1968-1969

Box 17, Folder 10

Math 2DA 1980

Box 17, Folder 11

Winter Colloquium on Quantum Electronics 1981-1985

Box 17, Folder 12

Lecture - Derivation of the Boltzman Equation 1989

MISCELLANEOUS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 6) MISCELLANEOUS: Includes a small selection of conference, symposium and workshop materials, and additional records of Lin's professional contributions throughout his career.

Box 18, Folder 1

Traveling-Wave Tube Amplifier Bid 1959-1960

Box 18, Folder 2

Rarefied Gas Dynamics Symposium 1960 August

Box 18, Folder 3

Ionized wake report 1963

Box 18, Folder 4

Arc Jet Purchase - Includes Arc Jet literature and engineering drawings 1963-1968

Box 18, Folder 5

Some Outstanding Problems in Re-entry Plasma Turbulence 1966-1967

Box 18, Folder 6

3/4 Meter Czerny-Turner Spectrometer - Operating, Maintenance and Instruction Manual 1970

Box 18, Folder 7

Security briefing memorandum, UC San Diego 1973-1980

Box 18, Folder 8

Workshop on Plasma Dynamics and the National Energy Opportunities 1974

Box 18, Folder 9

Notes from workshops and colloquium 1980, 1987

Box 18, Folder 10

International Conference on LASERS 1982

Box 18, Folder 11

International Conference on LASERS 1985

Box 18, Folder 12

International Conference on LASERS 1986-1989

Box 18, Folder 13

Meeting with Stuart Brown on High Rep Rate, UV Laser for Eye Surgery 1986

Box 18, Folder 14

National Academy of Engineering - Lin Nomination 1987, 1992

Box 18, Folder 15

Overview of Proposal for New Department of Structural Engineering and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC San Diego 1997 September 24