2025. Prof. Vigor Yang 楊威迦教授

English Name Prof. Vigor Yang  

Hanji Name 楊威迦教授
Birth Year 1955
Birth Place Taiwan
First year / First city / State in U.S. 1976/University Park/PA
Address GA
Family 1. Wife: —
2. Daughter: —
3. Son: —
Education School Name Year – Year Degree and major
1. National Tsing Hua Univ. (清華大學)

1976

B.S., Power Mechanical Engineering
2. The Pennsylvania State Univ.

1980

M.S., Mechanical Engineering
3. California Institute of Technology (加州理工學院)

1984

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
Employment Company Name Year – Year Position or title
1. Pennsylvania State Univ.

1985-2002

Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor
2. School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

2009-present

William R. T. Oakes Professor and Chair
Accomplishment 1. Outstanding Teaching Award, The Pennsylvania State University Engineering Society, 1989

2. Air-Breathing Propulsion Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2005

3. Pendray Aerospace Literature Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2008

4. Propellants and Combustion Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2009

5. Lifetime Achievement Award, Joint Army-Navy-NASA-Air Force (JANNAF) Interagency Propulsion Committee, 2014

6. Worcester Reed Warner Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014

7. Von Karman Lecture in Astronautics Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2016

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