張建平 - 2003年 傑出校友獎 得獎人Name: Ken P. Chong 張建平
Year Graduated: 1960, Structural Engineering [CE]
Address: 1211 Forestwood Drive McLean, VA 22101
Telephone: 703-848-2584 (H) Fax: 703-292-9053 703-292-7008 (W)
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Education M.S.E., M.A., Ph.D. 1969 in Solid Mechanics, Princeton University, NJ
M.S., 1966 Structural Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
B.S.C.E., 1964 in Structural Engineering, National Cheng Kung University Present Position Director of Mechanics & Materials, National Science Foundation [NSF], Arlington, VA 22230
Experience or Professional Recognition
. 1/1989 to present: Director of the Mechanics, Materials, Structures and Construction programs at NSF, where he formulates and administers US policy, research and education programs across US universities and small businesses.
· 9/1974 to 1/1989: Prof. and Chair of Eng. Solid Mech. & Structures Group, Univ. of Wyoming. Visiting professor - Univ. of Hong Kong [1981], MIT & Univ. of Washington [1988].
. 6/1969 to 9/1974: Senior Project Engineer of R & D, National Steel Corp.
Award and Honors
· Honorary Member, ASCE, 03. Fellow, ASCE, 85. *Fellow, Am. Academy of Mechanics, 2002; *Elected President, NCKU Class of 1964.
. Eminent Engineer. Tau Beta Pi,76; *Dow Outstanding Young Faculty Award, ASEE.77; '"Outstanding Academic and Professional Achievement Award, AWU-DOE Faculty Program, 1982; *Honor Award for Professional Eminence, Colorado Engineering Council,1988
. NSF Outstanding Performance Award, 90+; *NSF Strategic Planning Award, 92, 93.
Contribution to University, Alumni Association, and/or Community
· N. Am. Editor, Elsevier Int'l J. of Thin-Walled Structures, 87-.
· Chair of ASCE Nat'l Conferences in Eng'g Mechanics '84 and Materials Eng'g '96.
· Assoc. Editor, ASCE J. of Engineering Mechanics, 86-88.
· Editorial Board, Applied Math. & Mechanics, 81-.
· Chair, NSF Civil Infrastructure Systems Group, 92-93;
. OSTP/Comm. on Materials, 89-98. *Chair, Exec. Committee, ASCE Eng'g Mat. Div. 95-96.
. Board Member, Programs Committee, Federal Facilities Council [FFC]-BICE, [National Research Council] NRC-NAE, 89-00.
. Chair, NRC/FFC Research Committee, 94-96. *Acad. consultant for planning of the new Hong Kong University of Science & Tech., 88-90.
. Founding Chair, NSF Engineering Distinguished Speakers Series, 96-00. For the past 15 years, he works in NSF initiatives pushing the frontiers of engineers, revitalizing research within the profession and nurturing a new generation of engineers.
Life is but a Stage - Ken P. Chong
I am truly honored to be the recipient of this prestigious award and I would like to express my deep appreciation to everyone who made this possible, especially to Dean Juh-Wah Chen who nominated me. Of all the awards that I received this one has a special meaning and it brings back a lot of memories.
Back in 1960, I graduated from the Hong Kong Queen Elizabeth [English High] School with Distinctions. Had I stayed in Hong Kong I would be graduated from the Medical School of the University of Hong Kong. However life is full of twists – deeply touched by our Republic Founder, Dr. Sun Yet-san and his teachings of building a strong China, I took the entrance exam to study in Taiwan and was admitted to NCKU. I did not speak Mandarin then, but I am a Hakka which made Prof. Lin Bor-Jian's lecture quite easy to comprehend. I struggled in my freshman year, but by the second semester of the 3rd year I was the top of my class. I spent long hours at the library, and made a lot of life-long friends including Paul K. S. Wah, Paul Liao, Winston Chen, W.C. Ku, Y. T. Hung, etc. By the senior year I was elected as the President of the graduating class of 1964 by all the class monitors. One of the achievements that we did was to publish the Class Book and distributed to every graduate before the commencement. I still have the book with me and my schoolmates come out alive and young from the pages - including my future wife and sweetheart of close to 40 years - Dr. Shuang-Ling Chong (程雙玲) who is a very outstanding chemist and Director of the FHWA's Paint & Corrosion Lab in McLean. She specializes in the durability of bridge coatings and her accelerated deterioration method of paints is used worldwide, known as the Chong Cycle, has been incorporated in the ISO as a standard. I enjoy fishing, hunting, travel, tennis, calligraphy, movies, etc. We are blessed with two wonderful kids, both graduated from MIT - Fred [the pilot and a rock climber] is now an associate professor in computer sciences and a Chancellor's Fellow at the University of California; and Lillian [the poet and a super cook] is a postdoctor at Stanford in biophysics. Below is a photo of me with my boss and two kids. Looking back I could not agree more with Shakespeare that "Life is but a stage"... you could pick and choose the role you play.
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