Vigor Yang 楊威迦 Election Year 2016 Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0150, USA Tel: (404) 894-3002 / Fax: (404) 894-2760
Current Positions
William R. T. Oakes Professor and Chair, School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Education
B.S., Power Mechanical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University (1976)
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University (1980)
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (1984)
Professional Experience
Pennsylvania State University:
Assistant, Associate and Full Professor, Mechanical
Engineering (1985-2002)
Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering (2003-
06)
John L. and Genevieve H. McCain Chair in Engineering
(2006-08)
Georgia Institute of Technology:
William R.T. Oakes Professor and Chair,
School of Aerospace Engineering (2009-present)
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
Vice President and Member of Executive Committee (2012-
15)
Editor-in-Chief:
Journal of Propulsion and Power, AIAA (2001-09)
Joint Army, Navy, NASA, and Air Force (JANNAF) Journal
of Propulsion & Energetics, Chemical Propulsion
Information Agency, U.S. Department of Defense (2010-
12)
Co-Editor, Aerospace Book Series, Cambridge University Press (2010-present)
Specialties
Propulsion, Combustion, Energetics
Awards and Honors
Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (2023)
Member, U.S. National Academy of Engineering (2015)
Von Karman Lectureship in Astronautics (2016), AIAA
Propellants and Combustion Award (2009), AIAA
Pendray Aerospace Literature Award (2008), AIAA
Air Breathing Propulsion Award (2005), AIAA
Worcester Reed Warner Medal (2014), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Lifetime Achievement Award (2014), JANNAF
William R. Marshall Award (2013), Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems (ILASS)
Fellow: ASME (2001), AIAA (2002), Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS)(2010)