Wei-Wen Yu: key obituary facts
Is Wei-Wen Yu dead? Yes. Wei-Wen Yu died on June 2, 2026, at age 102.
Cause of death: Wei-Wen Yu's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Wei-Wen Yu known for?
He was known as Chinese-born American civil engineer.
More about Wei-Wen Yu
Born: 10 July 1923.
Gender: male.
Occupation: civil engineer, engineer.
Wei-Wen Yu, a Chinese-born American civil engineer and academic known for his work on cold-formed steel structures, died on June 2, 2026.
He was 102. Yu was born in Weifang, Shandong, China, and built a career that included teaching civil engineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology from 1968 into the 2000s.
He later became a Curators’ Distinguished Professor emeritus there and was the founding director of the Center for Cold-Formed Steel Structures. After earning a civil engineering degree from National Taiwan University in 1950, he went on to receive a master’s degree from Oklahoma State University in 1955 and a PhD in structural engineering from Cornell University in 1960. Among his books was the textbook Cold-Formed Steel Design.