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Division of Engineering Sciences


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Vigor Yang 楊威迦
Election Year 2016
School of Aerospace Engineering
270 Ferst Drive
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0150
USA
Tel: +1 (404) 894-8409 / Fax: +1 (404) 894-2760

Current Positions
  • Regents' Professor and Ralph N. Read Chair
    School of Aerospace Engineering
    Georgia Institute of Technology
Education
  • B.S., Power Mechanical Engineering, 1976
    National Tsing Hua University
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1980
    The Pennsylvania State University
  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 1984
    California Institute of Technology
Professional Experience
  • Pennsylvania State University, Mechanical Engineering
    Assistant, Associate and Full Professor (1985-2002);
    Distinguished Professor (2003-2005);
    John L. and Genevieve H. McCain Chair (2006-2008)
  • Georgia Institute of Technology, Aerospace Engineering
    William R.T. Oakes Professor and Chair (2009-2018)
    Regents Professor and Ralph N. Read Chair (2019-present)
  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, AIAA
    Vice President and Member of Executive Committee (2012-2015)
  • Editor-in-Chief of Journals and Book Series
    - Journal of Propulsion and Power (2001-2009)
     American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
    - Journal of Propulsion and Energetics (2010-2012)
      Joint Army, Navy, NASA, and Air Force (JANNAF)
      Chemical Propulsion Information Agency
    - Aerospace Book Series (2010-present)
     Cambridge University Press
    - Machine Learning in Science, Technology, Engineering, and   Mathematics (ML-in-STEM) Book Series
     Walter de Gruyter Academic Publishing GmbH (2025-present)
Specialties
  • Aerospace Propulsion and Power, Combustion, Energetics, Data Science
Awards and Honors
  • National Cheng Kung University
    - Honorary Doctorate, 2019
  • Indian National Academy of Engineering
    - Foreign Member, 2023
  • Chinese Academy of Engineering
    - Foreign Member, 2019
  • U.S. National Academy of Engineering
    - Member, 2015
  • American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, AIAA
    - Reed Aeronautics Award, 2025
    - von Karman Lectureship in Astronautics, 2016
    - Propellants and Combustion Award, 2009
    - Pendray Aerospace Literature Award, 2008
    - Air Breathing Propulsion Award, 2005
  • Joint Army, Navy, NASA, and Air Force (JANNAF) Interagency Propulsion Committee
    - Lifetime Achievement Award, 2014
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
    - Worcester Reed Warner Medal, 2014
  • American Statistical Association
    - Statistics in Physical Engineering Sciences Award,
    2019