Hon-Yim Ko
Hon-Yim Ko | |
|---|---|
| Occupations | academic, geotechnical engineer |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Queen Elizabeth School, Hong Kong |
| Alma mater | Hong Kong University, Hong Kong (B.Sc.), California Institute of Technology, USA (M.S., Ph.D.) |
| Thesis | Static Stress-Deformation Characteristics of Sand (1966) |
| Ronald F. Scott | |
| Website | University site |
Hon-Yim Ko is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado, where he held the Glenn L. Murphy Professor and Chair of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering from 2000 to 2010.[1] He has won national renown in research and teaching in the specialties of centrifuge modeling, earthquake engineering, mechanical properties of soil and rock, constitutive modeling and soil-structure interaction. His research resulted in over 200 scholarly publications, and prestigious research awards, including the Huber Research Prize by the American Society of Civil Engineers; and the Colorado Engineering Council Gold Medal.[2]
He excelled in university teaching, being awarded the Outstanding Educator of America from by the American Society for Engineering Education and the Hutchinson Memorial Teaching Award, U. of Colorado.[3]
He is cited in the American Men and Women of Science.[4]
Education
Ko was educated in the Queen Elizabeth School, Hong Kong,[5] and received his B.Sc. at the University of Hong Kong. He went for graduate studies in the California Institute of Technology where he obtained the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees.[6]
References
- ↑ "U. of Colorado press release". May 25, 2000. Archived from the original on 2006-01-14.
- ↑ "Curriculum Vitae". Archived from the original on 2011-10-01.
- ↑ "Hutchinson Award 1978". Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
- ↑ American Men and Women of Science, Vol. 4, P.454, 24th Edition (2008)
- ↑ "Queen Elizabeth School report: Ko won government scholarship in the graduating class of 1957" (PDF). 1958. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-30.
- ↑ Distinguished Alumni of Hong Kong U Dept of Civil Eng
External links
- "Hon-Yim Ko". University of Colorado - Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering. 2014-12-01. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
- "Hon-Yim Ko, Search Results". ASCE Library. Retrieved 2021-09-11.