Y.P. Lu

盧業裴，祖籍湖北省天門市，國立台灣大學機械工程學系畢業，獲有美國德克薩斯州，州立休士頓大學，機械工程碩士和博士學位。畢業後，任職於美國泰勒研究中心，畢生從事於高科技研發工作，曾任工程師，科學家，和科技管理人員，直到一九九五年退休。在工作年間，先後任教於美國馬里蘭州立大學，美國海軍官校，美國天主教大學，國立台灣大學，和國立台灣海洋大學。一九九五年，合著有高科技『結構的振動阻尼』(Vibration Damping of Structural Elements)一書（英文版），二○一二年，著有自傳體的回憶錄『漂泊的浮萍』(Drifting Roots)一冊（英文版）。在大學期間，曾任國立台灣大學籃球校隊隊長，也是當年頗具盛名的『籃聲』籃球隊的隊員。現居美國馬里蘭州。

Y. P. Lu received his Mechanical Engineering degrees from the National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan in 1958, and from the University of Houston in Houston, Texas in 1964 and 1967. After receiving his doctorate in Mechanical Engineering, he spent his entire professional career at the David Taylor Research Center in Annapolis, Maryland as an engineer / scientist / technical manager until he retired in 1995. In the intervening years, he also taught at different times at the University of Maryland, the United States Naval Academy, the Catholic University of America, the National Taiwan University, and the National Taiwan Ocean University. He authored two books (both in English): a graduate level technical book entitled "Vibration Damping of Structural Elements" (1995) and a book entitled "Drifting Roots" (2012). While studying at the National Taiwan University in the mid 1950's, he was the captain of the University's varsity basketball team. He was also a member of Lan Sheng, a rather famous basketball team on the island of Taiwan in the 1950's. He and his wife Cecilia currently reside in Maryland.