Tsai Shengbai (); also known as: Tsai Hsiung (), (27 September 1894 – 15 April 1977) was a pioneering Chinese industrialist. During 1915 to 1919, Tsai Shengbai studied at Lehigh University.

In the initial phase of Chinese industrial expansion, until the early 1950s, Tsai was at the forefront in the development of modern silk manufacturing industry in China. Under Tsai's helm, Mayar Silk Mills, a premier Shanghai silk manufacturer, used its prowess in technologies, marketing and management to reach a dominant position, and Tsai became an icon in early Chinese industrial circles.

In 1930s, Tsai played a lead role in the National Products Movement (國貨運動) to defend domestic industries from foreign dumping in China, protecting Chinese industrial and economic development in its infancy. He also spearheaded business groups and liaison agencies which connected domestic banks and manufacturers, strengthening domestic industries, and organized and promoted numerous domestic products exhibitions.

Following the Japanese invasion of Shanghai in August 1937, Tsai helped to coordinate industrial retreat from the coastal region. Mayar loaded its plant and equipment on twelve ships bound for Hong Kong, Guangzhou, and Chongqing. During World War II, Mayar continued to expand its manufacturing to include northern China, as well as to build nationwide sales and marketing networks. As the war ended in August 1945, Mayar had now been distributed nationwide. In spite of difficulties during the war, Mayar flourished and found opportunities for expansion. Its market valuation skyrocketed. Tsai then went abroad to conduct market studies and to establish offices in New York, Buenos Aires, and as well in Bangkok and Singapore.

Following the founding of the People's Republic of China in October 1949, Tsai continued his cooperation with the new government. The Korean War broke out a year later. The U.S. and its allies' economic sanction against Mainland China sealed Mayar's fate. Facing the sanction together with industrial nationalization in China, Tsai retreated and retired to Hong Kong. Nevertheless, his legacy of industrial ambition and entrepreneurial zest has continued in his family by Yang Yuan-loong and Marjorie Yang Mun-tak who have since built up a world-class textile company, Esquel Group.

Biography
Sent through Tsinghua College by Chinese government to advance studies in the U.S.
Graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts
BEng.in Mining Engineering, Lehigh University 1919, Mayar Silk Mills.

Family
Tsai was married to Moh Huaizhu, the daughter of Moh Shangqing, the founder of Mayar Silk Mills. The couple had four daughters and a son, including Dora Tsai Yungfong, wife to Yang Yuan-loong.

References
Hsiung Tsai 2007, Y.L.Yang Education Foundation Publication, December 2007,

Businesspeople from Zhejiang
Lehigh University alumni
1894 births
1977 deaths
People from Huzhou
20th-century Chinese businesspeople

Tsai Shengbai


Timothy S. Fisher (born 1969) is an American educator, engineer and expert in the application of nanotechnologies.  He is a former professor of mechanical engineering at the School of Mechanical Engineering,  Purdue University and Director, Nanoscale Transport Research Group-Purdue University. He currently teaches at the University of California, Los Angeles. He took his Bachelor of Science and doctorate at Cornell University in 1991 and 1998, respectively. Fisher became the chair of mechanical and aerospace engineering department at University of California, Los Angeles, starting July 1, 2018.

Expertise
Fisher studies the impacts of nanotechnology development and its implications for energy conversions and efficiency.   His own, individual academic work concentrates on nanoscale energy transport and conversion, synthesis of nanomaterials, cooling of microelectronics and microfluids.  The group he directs also studies the transport and conversion of energy carried by electrons, phonons, and photons. Research focus includes applications in clean energy (e.g., direct energy conversion, hydrogen storage) and major industrial segments (e.g., micro/nanoelectronics, sensors).

Fisher is known for the Fisher Query in nanotechnology development, namely, ". . . before we can even think about using nanotubes in electronics, we have to learn how to put them where we want them."

Inventor
Fisher was a member of the Purdue University engineering research team which developed a biosensor for detecting blood glucose and other biological molecules using hollow structures called single-wall carbon nanotubes anchored to gold-coated "nanocubes."  The device resembled a cube-shaped tetherball. Each tetherball is a sensor.  A nanotube anchors each tetherball to electronic circuitry which acts as both a tether and ultrathin wire to conduct electrical signals.

Sample Publications
 X.R. Zhang, T.S. Fisher, A. Raman, T.D. Sands, "Linear coefficient of thermal expansion of porous anodic alumina thin films from atomic force microscopy," Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, vol. 13, pp. 243–252, 2009.
 V. Khanikar, I. Mudawar, T.S. Fisher, "Flow boiling in a micro-channel coated with carbon nanotubes," IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies, vol. 32, pp. 639–649, 2009.
 K. Uppireddi, T.L. Westover, T.S. Fisher, B.R. Weiner, G. Morell, "Thermionic emission energy distribution from nanocrystalline diamond films for direct thermal-electrical energy conversion applications," Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 106, art. no. 043716, 2009.
 V. Khanikar, I. Mudawar, T.S. Fisher, "Effects of carbon nanotube coating on flow boiling in a micro-channel," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 52, pp. 3805–3817, 2009.
 B.A. Cola, J. Xu, T.S. Fisher, "Contact mechanics and thermal conductance of carbon nanotube array interfaces," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 52, pp. 3490–3503, 2009.
 D.B. Go, T.S. Fisher, S.V. Garimella, V. Bahadur, "Planar microscale ionization devices in atmospheric air with diamond-based electrodes," Plasma Sources Science & Technology, Vol. 18, art. no. 035004, 2009.
 D.B. Go, T.S. Fisher, S.V. Garimella, "Direct simulation of ionization and ion transport for planar microscale ion generation devices," Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 42, art. no. 055203, 2009.
 B.A. Cola, T.S. Fisher, X.F. Xu, "Carbon nanotube array thermal interfaces," Ch. 6 (pp. 101–118) in Carbon Nanotubes: New Research, ed. A. P. Ottenhouse, Nova Science Publishers, 2009.

Association
Fisher joined the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at Cornell University,  and through that organization, the Irving Literary Society.

References

External links
 Purdue University Biography
  Nanoscale Transport Research Group
 nanoHUB-U Course Thermal Energy at the Nanoscale

Cornell University College of Engineering alumni
Living people
1969 births
21st-century American engineers
UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science faculty
20th-century American engineers
Purdue University faculty
American mechanical engineers
American nanotechnologists
American electrical engineers

Timothy S. Fisher


Maximin Coia (born 5 December 1983) is a French former competitive pair skater. With Adeline Canac, he is the 2008 and 2009 French national champion.

Career
Early in his pairs career, Coia competed on the junior circuit with Cyriane Felden. The pair placed 12th at the 2004 World Junior Championships.

In 2005, Coia began practicing one hour a day with singles skater Adeline Canac, who switched to pairs completely in July 2006. They were the 2008 French national champions, but were forced to miss the European Championships after she sustained a stress fracture in her sternum. They returned in time for the 2008 Worlds, where they placed 14th.

Canac / Coia moved to Canada for training in 2008. They again won the French national championships and were the highest placed French team at the 2009 Europeans, finishing ninth. They did not compete at that season's Worlds.

In the 2009–10 Olympic season, Canac / Coia finished second at the French Championships and 10th at the 2010 Europeans, three places behind the top French pair, Vanessa James / Yannick Bonheur. As a result, Canac / Coia were not selected to represent France at the 2010 Winter Olympics and at 2010 Worlds. They ended their partnership soon after.

Programs

With Canac

With Felden

Results

Pair skating with Canac

Pair skating with Felden

References

External links

French male pair skaters
1983 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Aubervilliers

Maximin Coia