- Born
- ( 1911-12-11 ) December 11, 1911, Shanghai International Settlement
- Died
- October 31, 2009 (2009-10-31) (aged 97), Beijing , China
- Alma mater
- National Chiao Tung University ( BS ) Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MS ) California Institute of Technology ( PhD )
- Known for
- Co-founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Founder of engineering cybernetics Father of Chinese space program
- Spouse
- Jiang Ying ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1947 )
- Children
- Qian Yonggang Qian Yungjen
- Awards
- Chinese Academy of Sciences Academician (1957) Distinguished Alumni Award from Caltech (1979) Chinese Academy of Engineering Academician (1994) Two Bombs, One Satellite Merit Medal (1999)
- Fields
- Aerospace engineering Aeronautics Engineering cybernetics
- Theses
- Study of the turbulent boundary layer (1936) Problems in motion of compressible fluids and reaction propulsion (1939)
- Doctoral advisor
- Theodore von Kármán
- Doctoral students
- Cheng Che-Min (1952)
- Traditional chinese
- 錢學森
- Simplified chinese
- 钱学森
- Hanyu pinyin
- Qián Xuésēn
- Wade giles
- Chʻien Hsüeh -sen
- Ipa
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