| English Name | Dr. William L. Ko |
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| Hanji Name | 柯威霖博士 | ||
| Birth Year | 1927 | ||
| Birth Place | Danshui, Taiwan | ||
| First year / First city / State in U.S. | 1958/College Park/MD | ||
| Address | CA | ||
| Family | 1. Wife: — | ||
| 2. Daughter: — | |||
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| Education | School Name | Year – Year | Degree and major |
| 1. National Taiwan Univ. |
1950 |
B.A., Mechanical Engineering | |
| 2. California Institute of Technology |
1959 |
M.S., Aerospace Engineering | |
| 3. California Institute of Technology |
1963 |
Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering | |
| Employment | Company Name | Year – Year | Position or title |
| 1. Taiwan Railways Administration |
1941-1954 |
Driver of CT250 steam train | |
| 2. Taipei Tamkang High School |
1954-1958 |
Mathematics, Physics Teacher | |
| 3. California Institute of Technology |
1963-1964 |
Research Fellow | |
| 4. NASA |
1977-Present |
Senior researcher and senior technical consultant of spacecraft, supersonic aircraft high thermal structure | |
| 5. Texas Fine Arts Association (德州美術協會) |
1976 |
Examiner | |
| 6. Ko Watercolor Research Center(柯水彩研究所) |
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Founder | |
| Accomplishment | 1. First Taiwanese American to Hold Ph. D. Degree in Aeronautics from California Institute of Technology
2. Renowned Watercolor Artist 3. Co-inventor of Blatz-Ko Constitutive Theory (「柯/朱物體變形法則」發明人之一) 4. NASA Distinguished Service Medal (NASA Highest Honor) 2015 5. Published One Train Art Books 6. Published Over 180 Technical Publications 7. Inventor of Ko Displacement Theory 8. Inventor of Three U. S. Patents 9. Outstanding Taiwanese American elected by T.A. Archives in 08/2018 |
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| Publication(Non-professional) | 1. 鐵道短篇小説及鐵道美術畫集, 2008 | ||
| Hobby | Painting、Piano | ||
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