Background
Cheng, Hsien Kei was born on June 13, 1923 in Macao. Came to the United States, 1948. Son of Lo Sing and Teresa Sau Kit (Cheng) Cheng.
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Hsien Kei Cheng
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Bachelor of Science, Chiao-Tung University, China, 1947. Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, Cornell University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy in Aeronautical Engineering, Cornell University, 1952.
Career
Aerodynamic engineer, Bell Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York, 1952-1956;
research aerodynamicist, Cornell Aero. Laboratory, Buffalo, 1956-1959;
principal aerodynamicist, Cornell Aero. Laboratory, Buffalo, 1959-1963;
visiting lecturer, Stanford (California) U., 1963-1964;
special lecturer, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1964-1965;
professor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1965-1993;
professor emeritus, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, since 1993.
Consultant McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1963-1970, Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, 1965-1974, Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, California, 1969-1974, Science Applications Inc., El Segundo, 1972-1978, TRW Corporation, San Bernardino, California, 1985-1988, Institute Aero. Astro, National National Cheng-Kung University University, Taiwan, 1994-1995, Northwestern Polytechnic University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China, since 1993. Proprietor HKC Research, since 1996.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Physical Society. Member National Academy of Engineering (elected), Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Academy Model Aeronautical, Phi Tau Phi.
Connections
Married Wai Laan Lee, May 31, 1956. 1 child, Linda Y. H.
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Awards
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Grantee Office Naval Research, 1972-1987, National Science Foundation, 1977-1986, Air Force Office Science Research, 1985-1992, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Department Defense, 1987-1992.Grantee Office Naval Research, 1972-1987, National Science Foundation, 1977-1986, Air Force Office Science Research, 1985-1992, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Department Defense, 1987-1992.