Han Kuang-wei (; 29 January 1930 – 1 June 2019) was a Taiwanese general officer and engineer.
Han was born on 29 January 1930 in Xiaowangquan, a village in Maping Township,, Shandong.[1] [2] He was educated in Qingdao,[3] and traveled by boat to Taiwan during the Great Retreat.[1] After arriving in Taiwan, Han enrolled at Taichung Agricultural College (presently National Chung Hsing University) to study forestry.[1] He graduated from the Republic of China Naval College of Technology in 1955, and was awarded a governmental scholarship to pursue a doctorate in electrical engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School in the United States, which he completed in 1961.[4] [5]
Between 1962 and 1964, Han was an associate professor in the ROCNCT,[1] then a research associate at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1965. He then worked for the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) from 1966 to 1995.[5] He led research and development into what became the Hsiung Feng family of missiles, (primarily HF-1 and HF-2),[6] and served as director of the Hsiung Feng project from 1982.[4] [7] Han became deputy director of the NCSIST System Development Center in 1984.[7]
Han was elected a member of Academia Sinica in 1990,[7] and retired from the Republic of China Armed Forces with the rank of major general.[4] During his active military service, and after retirement, Han was an adjunct or visiting professor at several Taiwanese universities,[4] including National Chiao Tung University, National Taiwan University, and Yuan Ze University, where he held a Distinguished Chair Professorship.[7] At his death, he was the only ROCAF general officer to have been elected an academician of the Academia Sinica.[1] [4] [8]
Han died in the United States on 1 June 2019, aged 89.[1] [4] [5] President Tsai Ing-wen issued a posthumous presidential citation commemorating Han on 2 July 2019.[4] [9]