The Midwest Distinguished Lecture in Aerospace Engineering: Professor Vigor Yang
Event Date: | April 23, 2019 |
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Hosted By: | AAE |
Priority: | Yes |
School or Program: | Aeronautics and Astronautics |
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"High-Fidelity Engineering Design Innovation for Aerospace Systems"
Professor Vigor Yang
Professor
Aerospace Engineering and Industrial and Systems Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia
Abstract
Design is a strategic approach with an executable plan for achieving specific objectives. Design innovation empowers leaders to develop new solutions, add values, and envision new possibilities. At the highest level, design drives and inspires the advance of science and technology.
Bio
Vigor Yang is Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was the William R. T. Oakes Professor and Chair of Georgia Tech’s School of Aerospace Engineering for a decade (2009-2018). He has published 10 comprehensive volumes and numerous technical papers on combustion, propulsion, and energetics. He was the recipient of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Air-Breathing Propulsion Award (2005), the Pendray Aerospace Literature Award (2008), the Propellants and Combustion Award (2009), and the von Kármán Lectureship in Astronautics Award (2016). He was awarded the Worcester Reed Warner Medal (2014) by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and the Lifetime Achievement Award (2014) by the Joint U.S. Army, Navy, NASA, and Air Force (JANNAF) Interagency Propulsion Committee. Dr. Yang was the editor-in-chief of the AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power (2001-2009) and the JANNAF Journal of Propulsion and Energetics (2009-2012). He is currently a co-editor of the Aerospace Book Series of the Cambridge University Press (2010-). A member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and an Academician of Academia Sinica, Dr. Yang is a fellow of the AIAA, ASME, Royal Aeronautical Society, and Combustion Institute. He was a vice president and a member of the executive committee of the AIAA (2012-2015).