360. Dr. William L. Ko 柯威霖博士

English Name Dr. William L. Ko  

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: —
3. Son: —
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)

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

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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