院士簡歷

Division of Engineering Sciences

Vigor Yang
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
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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

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
Airbreathing 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)