Albert Lin
Albert Yu-Min Lin is an American engineer,[1] scientist, technologist, explorer, television host, and Senior Lecturer, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at University of California, San Diego.[2]
Early life
Albert Yumin Lin was born on 22 March 1981, in Santa Cruz County, California.[3]
materials science and engineering (Ph.D. ’08) and electrical engineering (BS ’04, MS 06) from the Jacobs School of Engineering
In 2004, Lin earned his BS degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from UC San Diego.[4]
In 2006, Lin earned his M.Sci degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from UC San Diego.[4][5][6]
When Lin finished his graduate degree at UC San Diego, he sold everything, lived out of his car, to raise money for an expedition, to find the tomb of Genghis Khan in Mongolia.[7][8][9]
In July 2003, Lin was in Tibet.[10]
In 2008,[4] Lin earned a Ph.D. at the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego.[11][12][13][14]
Career
Since 2009, Lin has been an associate research scientist at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology at UC San Diego.[5] Since 2004, he has served as an advisory board member of Harvard Business School's Digital Initiative.[15] He founded the crowd-based analytics company Tomnod, which was acquired in 2011 by commercial satellite imagery provider DigitalGlobe.[16] He is the founding director of UC San Diego's Center for Human Frontiers, which aims to harness technology to augment human potential.[17]
Lin first gained attention in 2009 for utilizing a combination of satellites, drones, geophysics, and intensive ground exploration to search for the missing tomb of Genghis Khan.[18][19] For his work on the Valley of the Khans project, Lin was named National Geographic's Adventurer of the Year for 2009.[20]
Lin is a researcher in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego.[21][22]
Lin has hosted a number of television specials for National Geographic chronicling his expeditions, including Forbidden Tomb of Genghis Khan (2011), China's Megatomb Revealed (2016), Lost Treasures of the Maya (2018), and Buried Secrets of the Bible (2019). Since 2019, he has hosted the National Geographic series Lost Cities with Albert Lin, which currently airs on Disney+. Lin most recently featured in the Will Smith-hosted Disney+ docuseries Welcome to Earth (2021). Lin's distinct style of expedition, relying primarily on non-invasive technologies, permits intensive inquiry while respecting the land and traditions of indigenous peoples.
Lin is a co-founder and Chief Science Officer of Planet3.[23]
Recognition
He is a recipient of both the Desert Research Institute Nevada Medal[4] and the Lowell Thomas Medal from The Explorers Club.[24][25] Since 2010, Lin has been a National Geographic Explorer.[20]
He is a trustee of Gary and Jerri-Ann Jacobs High Tech High Charter School.[26]
Works
- Cabrera, Isaac A; Pike, Trinity C.; McKittrick, Joanna M.; Meyers, Marc A.; Rao, Ramesh R.; Lin, Albert Y. (3 December 2021). "Digital healthcare technologies: Modern tools to transform prosthetic care". Expert Review of Medical Devices. 18 (sup1): 129–144. doi:10.1080/17434440.2021.1991309. PMID 34644232 Check
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|s2cid=ignored (help) - PLOS ONE Staff (25 March 2015). "Correction: Crowdsourcing the Unknown: The Satellite Search for Genghis Khan". PLOS ONE. 10 (3): e0121045. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1021045.. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0121045. PMC 4373731. PMID 25806941.
- Lin, Albert Yu-Min; Huynh, Andrew; Lanckriet, Gert; Barrington, Luke (30 December 2014). "Crowdsourcing the Unknown: The Satellite Search for Genghis Khan". PLOS ONE. 9 (12): e114046. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9k4046L. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0114046. PMC 4280225. PMID 25549335.[27]
- Albert Yu-Min Lin at IEEE Xplore
- Albert Yu-Min Lin at ResearchGate
Personal Life
In 2016, a Jeep rollover crushed his right leg.[28] Lin attempted to prevent an off-roading accident with his right leg.[28][1] His right leg, from the knee down, was amputated to alleviate excruciating pain.[1] Since then, he has worn a high-tech prosthetic leg which has allowed him to continue to lead and participate in extremely physically demanding expeditions[5]. Lin, primarily through his Center for Human Frontiers, has become a vocal advocate for augmenting and improving human life, especially for amputees, with technology[29].
He has two children.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "'Bionic' UC San Diego explorer Albert Lin returns to the jungles". San Diego Union-Tribune. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ↑ "Albert Lin". UCSD Profiles. University of California, San Diego. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ↑ "Albert Yumin Lin, Born on 22 March 1981, in Santa Cruz County, California". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "UC San Diego Research Scientist Honored with Desert Research Institute (DRI) Nevada Medal". California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "The Epic Lives of Albert Lin". jacobsschool.ucsd.edu.
- ↑ Meyers, Marc A. "Mae 20 Fall 2003 - ELEMENTS OF MATERIALS SCIENCE". Materials Science and Engineering Program Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Nanoengineering. ucsd.edu. Archived from the original on 10 August 2004. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ↑ "A Space-Age Journey into the Past with Albert Lin". Discover Magazine. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ↑ Lin, Albert; Kastner, Ryan (November 26, 2014). "VIDEO: Computing Primetime: Computer Engineering for Exploration". University of California Television. Regents of the University of California. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ↑ "Award Abstract # 1560162 - Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site: Engineers for Exploration". National Science Foundation Awards. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ↑ Lin, Albert Yu-Min. "Tibet. July, 2003". Meyers Group. ucsd.edu]. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ↑ "Albert Lin". pdel.ucsd.edu.
- ↑ "Engineers, Technology Featured in New National Geographic Documentary on Maya 'Megalopolis'". Jacobs School of Engineering. ucsd.edu]. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ↑ McCann, Aurora; Schuler, R.J.; Lin, Albert; Bates, R.J. "Explosion Proof Valve Project, sponsor Quantum Group". MAE156B Projects. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ↑ "2010 Spring - MAE156B Projects". sites.google.com. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
Stereo Panorama Imaging - Terapan; The Team: Hussain Karimi Johnson Le Scott Thompson Alex Tiscareno Siobhan Williams; Project Sponsor: Albert Lin Ph.D
- ↑ "Albert Yu-Min Lin".
- ↑ "Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem". www.techinasia.com.
- ↑ "Albert Yu-Min Lin".
- ↑ "Albert Lin: Modernizing exploration with new frontiers in technology". Impact. November 30, 2021.
- ↑ "STEM BONDS" (PDF). National Geographic Learning. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Albert Yu Min Lin". National Geographic Society.
- ↑ Goho, Alexandra (8 February 2005). "Tiles stack for shell strength in abalone". Science News. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ↑ Pham, Thanh; Chuang, Tyler; Lin, Albert; Joo, Hyun; Tsai, Jerry; Crawford, Taylor; Zhao, Liang; Williams, Caroline; Hsia, Yang; Vierra, Craig (10 November 2014). "Dragline Silk: A Fiber Assembled with Low-Molecular-Weight Cysteine-Rich Proteins". Biomacromolecules. 15 (11): 4073–4081. doi:10.1021/bm5011239. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ↑ "Albert Lin". Writers. EdSurge. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ↑ "UC San Diego Alumnus and Research Scientist Honored with DRI Nevada Medal". ucsdnews.ucsd.edu.
- ↑ "UC San Diego Researchers Receive Explorers Club Awards". ucsdnews.ucsd.edu.
- ↑ "Board Meeting Minutes 09/10/2020" (PDF). Gary and Jerri-Ann Jacobs High Tech High Charter School. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ↑ Owano, Nancy. "Crowdsourcing used in Genghis Khan tomb search". phys.org. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 "Amputee Explorer Albert Lin at High Tide". Amplitude. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ↑ "About – Center for Human Frontiers (CHF) | Qualcomm Institute | UC San Diego".
External links
- The New Age of Exploration: Albert Lin at TEDxUCSD
- Albert Yu-Min Lin, Ph.D.
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