Background
Kao, Shih-Kung was born on March 9, 1918 in Foochow, China. Son of T.C. and Kang-Yi (Cheng) Kao.
Kao, Shih-Kung was born on March 9, 1918 in Foochow, China. Son of T.C. and Kang-Yi (Cheng) Kao.
Bachelor of Science, National Tsing Hua U., 1939. Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1948, Doctor of Philosophy, 1952. Lecturer, research staff Aero.
Research Institute, National Tsing Hua U., China, 1939-1946. University fellow University of California at Los Angeles, 1948-1952, visiting assistant professor, 1956-1957, research scientist, 1958-1960. Postdoctoral fellow Johns Hopkins University, 1953-1955, visiting professor, 1964.
Professor meteorology U. Utah, Salt Lake City, from 1960, department chairman meteorology, from 1972. Visiting professor University of California, summer 1964. Visiting scientist, senior postdoctoral fellow National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1963, 69-70.
Councilor, trustee, representative U. Corporation for Atmospheric Research, from 1965. Director Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Project, from 1961. Consultant National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department Energy.
Associate editor Plenum Public Corporation Research grantee Atomic Energy Commission. Research grantee Department Energy. Research grantee Environmental Protection Agency.
Research grantee Energy Research and Development Administration. Research grantee National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Research grantee National Science Foundation.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (Executive Committee). Member Royal Meteorological Society Great Britain, American Meteorological Society (commission on atmospheric turbulence from 1979), American Geophysical Union, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi. Research and publications on atmospheric circulation, air pollution, atmospheric turbulence and diffusion, wave motion in rotating fluids.
Married Yasuko Kao, April. Children: John Sterling, Stephanie Margaret.