Biography:Eugene Tu

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Eugene Tu
Portrait in 2015
Born (1964-09-01) September 1, 1964 (age 61)
OccupationAerospace engineer
Awards20px NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal (2000)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley (BS)
Stanford University (MS, PhD)
ThesisNumerical study of steady and unsteady canard-wing-body aerodynamics (1996)

Eugene L. Tu (born September 1, 1964) is an American aerospace engineer. Since May 4, 2015, he is the eleventh director of NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California.

Early life and education

Tu was born in 1964 to a Chinese-American family. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he received a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering in 1988.[1] He attended Stanford University, where he earned a Master of Science in aeronautics and astronautics in 1990 and a doctorate in 1996.[2] His thesis dealt with computational aerodynamic analysis of the effects of canards on lifting bodies.[3][4]

Career

Tu first joined NASA as a research scientist studying steady and turbulent flow on aircraft configurations using computational fluid dynamics (CFD).[5][6] He also worked in the computational aerodynamics and high-performance computing programs before being selected in 1997 as deputy program manager for NASA's IT Base Research program.[7][2] The next year, he also became program manager for NASA's High-Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) program.[2] The two programs were merged into the NASA Computing, Information, and Communication Technology (CICT) program in 2001, and Tu was selected as its first program manager.[2]

He was selected for the Senior Executive Service (SES) candidate development program in 2002.[2] The next year, he joined the Office of Biological and Physical Research at NASA Headquarters in 2003 and was the acting director for information sciences and technology at Ames in 2004.[2] After receiving his SES certification in 2005, he was appointed the director of exploration technology at Ames in November of that year.[8]

On May 4, 2015, Tu was appointed the eleventh center director for Ames Research Center, succeeding Pete Worden.[9] He leads four technology research and development divisions, including the consolidated Arc Jet Complex and the supercomputing facility at Ames.[10][11]. He also directed the establishment of an innovation hub at Ames, a joint-venture with private companies drawing more than US$2 billion.[12]

He is a board member of the California Council on Science and Technology since 2016[13] and is an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.[2]

Personal life

Tu resides in Fremont, California. He and his wife Kathy have three children. He enjoys attending sporting events, traveling, and motorsports.[2]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "IPPW 2021 | Key Note Spearkers" (in en). International Planetary Probe Workshop. https://www.ippw2022.org/key-note-speakers. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 "Eugene Tu - NASA". NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/people/ames-eugene-tu/. 
  3. ↑ "Numerical study of steady and unsteady canard-wing-body aerodynamics". Stanford University Libraries. https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/3325912. 
  4. ↑ "NASA Technical Memorandum 110394". NASA NTRS. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19960047050/downloads/19960047050.pdf. 
  5. ↑ "Research and Technology 1994". NASA Ames Research Center: 9-11. 1994. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19960028158/downloads/19960028158.pdf. Retrieved 23 March 2026. 
  6. ↑ Deconinck, Herman; Dick, E. (4 August 2009) (in en). Computational Fluid Dynamics 2006: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ICCFD4, Ghent, Belgium, 10-14 July 2006. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 14-21. ISBN 978-3-540-92779-2. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Computational_Fluid_Dynamics_2006/Ie38uuGSh-sC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=eugene+l.+tu&pg=PA14&printsec=frontcover. Retrieved 23 March 2026. 
  7. ↑ (in en) Insights: High Performance Computing and Communications. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, High Performance Computing and Communications Program, Ames Research Center. February 1999. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Insights/g0dVAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=eugene+tu+nasa&pg=RA4-PP2&printsec=frontcover. Retrieved 23 March 2026. 
  8. ↑ "Ames Research Center Leadership and Organizations - NASA". NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/ames/ames-leadership-organizations/. 
  9. ↑ "NASA Announces New Director of Ames Research Center". Space News. May 4, 2015. https://spacenews.com/nasa-announces-new-director-of-ames-research-center/. 
  10. ↑ "Dr.Eugene Tu". Tel Aviv University 13th Ilan Ramon International Space Conference. https://en-spaceconf.tau.ac.il/speakers/ET. 
  11. ↑ Cowing, Keith (4 May 2015). "Eugene Tu Is The New ARC Center Director". NASA Watch. https://nasawatch.com/personnel-news/eugene-tu-is-the-new-arc-center-director/. 
  12. ↑ Mendez, Andrew (8 March 2024). "How NASA Ames and Silicon Valley are driving innovation". Silicon Valley Business Journal. https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2024/03/08/nasa-ames-uc-berkeley-skb.html. 
  13. ↑ "Eugene Tu". https://ccst.us/people/board-of-directors/eugene-tu/. 
  14. ↑ "NASA Honor Awards for Ames Research Center: Individual Honorees". NASA. https://history.arc.nasa.gov/hist_pdfs/awards/nha_individual.pdf. 
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 "Eugene L. Tu, Ph.D.". Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica. https://www.phys.sinica.edu.tw/~tywufund/camp/2023/download/cv_EugeneTu.pdf. 
  16. ↑ "2019 Presidential Rank Awards Winners". https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/presidential-rank-awards/2019/presidential-rank-awards-2019.pdf. 
  17. ↑ "2019 Presidential Rank Awards Winners". https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/presidential-rank-awards/2019/presidential-rank-awards-2019.pdf. 



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