POTSDAM – A Clarkson University professor emeritus has donated to research in the program he helped establish as a faculty member

Professor Emeritus Sung P. Lin spent his entire career teaching at Clarkson University. When he retired in 2010, he donated funds that aeronautical engineering students and faculty will now be able to benefit from.

Professor Helenbrook, who is the chair of the mechanical and aeronautical engineering department, has used those funds to establish the Sung P. Lin Endowed Fund for Aeronautical Engineering to provide annual support for research projects benefitting undergraduate students and faculty in the department.

Lin helped create the aeronautical engineering major, which was first accredited by ABET (the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) in October of 1993.

Lin joined the faculty of Clarkson in 1966. His research was focused on the area of fluid mechanics and thermal sciences. His research areas included interfacial phenomena such as liquid film coating, atomization, and sprays.

He currently lives in New York City.