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Wing Ng elected as AIAA Fellow
Others chosen for the honor
3 engineering faculty
this
year include Virginia
highlight Hokie presence
Tech alums Fayette Collier
on AIAA 2019 Fellow list
of the NASA Langley Re-
Twenty-nine members of
the American Institute of
Aeronautics and Astronautics
were elected as Fellows for
2019 including three current
Virginia Tech faculty: Wing
Ng, Christopher C. Kraft
Endowed Professor of
Mechanical Engineering,
Rakesh Kapania, Mitchell
Professor of Aerospace and
Ocean Engineering, and
Robert Canfield, professor
Wing Ng on
and assistant department
the work floor
head in the Kevin T.
of the company
Crofton Department of
he founded and
Aerospace and Ocean
continues to run,
Engineering.
Techsburg
sciences, and technology and
fellowship is limited to one
for every 125 associate fellows
each year. The induction
search Center, who earned his ceremony will be held May 14
BS, MS, and Ph.D.s in aero-
in Crystal City, Virginia.
space and ocean engineering
Wing Ng
in 1981, 1982, and 1988
Nominated for his work in
respectively; and Jaiwon
Shin of NASA Headquarters, industry as CEO and founder
of Techsburg, Ng has con-
who earned his Ph.D. in me-
chanical engineering in 1989. ducted research in aero-pro-
pulsion and turbomachinery
Additionally, new AIAA
since 1984 and is a global
Fellow Hanspeter Schaub of
expert in aerodynamic test-
the University of Colorado,
was a faculty member in AOE ing. His company, Techsburg,
performs mostly proprietary
in the early 2000s.
and classified research and
As the largest aerospace
development work for
professional society in the
aerospace companies, the
world, AIAA fellows have
gas turbine industry, and
made notable and valuable
government laboratories. His
contributions to the arts,
use of innovative wind tunnel
facilities allows for cost-ef-
fective critical data collection
for aerospace companies
to improve their products.
Through his company and
his university laboratory, he
has helped develop quieter,
more fuel efficient, and
safer aerospace products. A
member of AIAA since 1980
and an Associate Fellow since
1992, Ng has spent his pro-
fessional career as a member
of Virginia Tech, arriving in
1984 as an assistant professor.
He received his Ph.D. in
mechanical engineering from
the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology in 1984. He
was elected to Virginia Tech’s