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