{"425681":{"#nid":"425681","#data":{"type":"news","title":"AE Chair Dr. Vigor Yang receives Lifetime Achievement Award from JANNAF","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Joint Army Navy NASA Air Force (JANNAF) Interagency Propulsion Committee this week announced that Dr. Vigor Yang, the AE\u0026nbsp;chair, has been chosen to receive a special Lifetime Achievement Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe special service award was presented by the JANNAF Executive Committee in recognition of Yang\u0027s technical contributions and critical leadership abilities as the editor-in-chief of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EJournal of Propulsion and Energetics\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, a position he held from 2009 until 2012.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn delivering the award, the committee commended Yang for \u0022significantly strengthening the publication and disseminatiing peer-reviewed scholarly work in the fields of aerospace propulsion and energetic materials research and development.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYang\u0027s commitment to producing trenchant scholarly publications runs deep. He currently serves as the vice president for Publications of the AIAA and previously served as editor-in-chief of the AIAA\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EJournal of Propulsion and Power\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E. He is a co-editor of the Aerospace Book Series of the Cambridge University Press and has served on the editorial advisory boards of virtually all major journals in the fields of combustion, propulsion, and energetic, including AIAA\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EProgress in Astronautics\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003Eand Aeronautics; Progress in Energy and Combustion Science\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECombustion and Flame;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;Journal of Aeronautics, Astronautics, and Aviation\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E; J\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eournal of Chinese Institute of Engineers\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInternational Journal of Fluid Machinery and System; and Combustion, Explosion,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003Eand\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Shock Waves\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe William R. T. Oakes Professor was surprised and deeply honored by the announcement, but he was quick to find words of gratitude for the many who have supported his work.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I appreciate the support and advice that my colleagues have lent me. I\u0026nbsp;don\u0027t ever take it for granted,\u0022\u0026nbsp;he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022They inspire me and remind me daily of what it takes to make a truly important contribution to our field.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable width=\u0022300\u0022 border=\u00220\u0022 cellspacing=\u00221\u0022 cellpadding=\u00225\u0022 align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\u0022rtecenter\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EDr. Vigor Yang during his annual \u0022State of the School\u0022 address.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Joint Army Navy NASA Air Force (JANNAF) Interagency Propulsion Committee this week announced that Dr. Vigor Yang, the AE chair, has been chosen to receive a special Lifetime Achievement Award."}],"uid":"27456","created_gmt":"2015-07-16 12:40:11","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:08","author":"Britanny Grace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-06-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-06-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2082","name":"aerospace engineering"},{"id":"2576","name":"AIAA"},{"id":"135441","name":"JANNAF"},{"id":"1741","name":"Vigor Yang"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["communications@ae.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}