| English Name | Prof. Vigor Yang |
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| 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: — | ||
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| 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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Source from自由時報http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/1755080
