Chiang C. Mei: key obituary facts
Is Chiang C. Mei dead? Yes. Chiang C. Mei died on July 16, 2026, at age 91.
Cause of death: Chiang C. Mei's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Chiang C. Mei known for?
He was an American fluid dynamicist.
More about Chiang C. Mei
Born: 4 April 1935.
Place of birth: Wuhan.
Gender: male.
Occupation: university teacher, physicist, civil engineer.
Nationality: United States.
Education: California Institute of Technology, Stanford University, National Taiwan University.
Employer: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship.
Also known as: Chiang Chung "CC" Mei.
Chiang C.
Mei, an American physicist and fluid dynamicist whose work influenced civil, environmental and coastal engineering, died on July 16, 2026. Born in Wuhan on April 4, 1935, Mei, also known as Chiang Chung “CC” Mei, served as the Ford Professor of Engineering Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
His academic training included National Taiwan University, Stanford University and the California Institute of Technology, and his career at MIT focused on fluid mechanics and its engineering applications. He was also an associate editor of the Journal of Fluid Mechanics and received the Guggenheim Fellowship, along with major honors from the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Theodore von Karman Medal in 2007.