{"555311":{"#nid":"555311","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dr. Vigor Yang Recognized by AIAA and Academia Sinica","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDaniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering Chair\u003Cstrong\u003E Vigor Yang\u003C\/strong\u003E has been thrust into the spotlight this summer by two exceptional recognitions from his academic peers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFirst, the longtime researcher was selected by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) to give the 2016 von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n Lectureship in Astronautics. This year\u0027s talk will focus on the theme:\u0026nbsp;\u0022Rethinking Space Propulsion:\u0026nbsp;Enabling the Future of Space Transportation and Exploration.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYang was also recently elected to membership in the Academia Sinica (AS), the highest honor bestowed on scholars of Chinese origin.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n Lectureship in Astronautics is presented to recognize an individual who has performed notably in the field. It is named in honor of Theodore von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n, world famous authority on aerospace sciences. \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E The lecture will be given during the AIAA\u0026nbsp;Space and Astronautics Forum and Exposition (SPACE2016) Forum which will take place on Tuesday, September 13 at the Long Beach Convention Center in California. An engraved medal and certificate of citation will be presented after the lecture.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMembership in Academia Sinica is a crowning achievement for Yang, placing him in the company of Nobel Laureates, Wolk\u0026nbsp; Prize winners, and at least four distinguished Georgia Tech faculty:\u003Cstrong\u003E Jeff Wu \u003C\/strong\u003E(ISyE), \u003Cstrong\u003EB. H. Fred Juang\u003C\/strong\u003E (ECE) and\u003Cstrong\u003E Mei-Yin Chou \u003C\/strong\u003E(Physics).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA\u0026nbsp;member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of both ASME\u0026nbsp;and AIAA, Yang has served on the editorial advisory boards of virtually all the major journals in the fields of combustion, propulsion, and energetic, including \u003Cem\u003EAIAA Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics; Progress in Energy and Combustion Science; Combustion and Flame; JANNAF Journal of Propulsion and Energetics; Journal of Aeronautics, Astronautics, and Aviation; Journal of Chinese Institute of Engineers; International Journal of Fluid Machinery and System; and Combustion, Explosion, and Shock Waves.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"AE Chair will give 2016 von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n Lecture, Elected to Academia Sinica"}],"uid":"27836","created_gmt":"2016-07-25 17:06:20","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:22:08","author":"Kathleen Moore","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-07-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-07-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"555321":{"id":"555321","type":"image","title":"Yang-Vigor16-9","body":null,"created":"1469480921","gmt_created":"2016-07-25 21:08:41","changed":"1475895355","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:55","alt":"Yang-Vigor16-9","file":{"fid":"206599","name":"yang-vigor16-9.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/yang-vigor16-9.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/yang-vigor16-9.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1082479,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/yang-vigor16-9.jpg?itok=ETzPufnK"}}},"media_ids":["555321"],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14768","name":"Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering"},{"id":"1741","name":"Vigor Yang"},{"id":"172208","name":"von Karman Lecture"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}