| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:person 
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                                | gptkbp:awardReceived | gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science gptkb:Russ_Prize
 gptkb:Founders_Award_of_the_National_Academy_of_Engineering
 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1919-09-15 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Wuxi,_Jiangsu,_China 
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                                | gptkbp:deathDate | 2019-12-15 
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                                | gptkbp:deathPlace | gptkb:San_Diego,_California,_USA 
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                                | gptkbp:educatedAt | gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology gptkb:National_Central_University
 
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                                | gptkbp:employer | gptkb:University_of_California,_San_Diego 
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                                | gptkbp:fieldOfWork | tissue engineering bioengineering
 biomechanics
 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | tissue engineering research biomechanics research
 bioengineering education
 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | gptkb:Fung's_Law gptkb:Fung_elasticity_model
 tissue engineering
 founding father of biomechanics
 
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                                | gptkbp:language | gptkb:Chinese English
 
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                                | gptkbp:memberOf | gptkb:National_Academy_of_Engineering gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
 gptkb:Institute_of_Medicine
 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | gptkb:American gptkb:Chinese
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableStudent | gptkb:Shu_Chien 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:professor gptkb:scientist
 bioengineer
 
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                                | gptkbp:publishedIn | gptkb:A_First_Course_in_Continuum_Mechanics gptkb:Biomechanics:_Mechanical_Properties_of_Living_Tissues
 gptkb:Foundations_of_Solid_Mechanics
 gptkb:Biodynamics:_Circulation
 gptkb:Biomechanics:_Circulation
 gptkb:Biomechanics:_Motion,_Flow,_Stress,_and_Growth
 gptkb:Theoretical_Mechanics_of_Biological_Systems
 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Margaret_Chang_Fung 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Foundations_of_Solid_Mechanics 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Yuan-cheng Fung 
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