Hon-Yim Ko Explained

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]

External links

• Web site: 2014-12-01. Hon-Yim Ko. 2021-09-11. University of Colorado - Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering . en.
• Web site: Hon-Yim Ko, Search Results. 2021-09-11. ASCE Library. en.

Notes and References

1. Web site: U. of Colorado press release. https://web.archive.org/web/20060114164213/http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2000/256.html. May 25, 2000 . 2006-01-14 .
2. Web site: Curriculum Vitae. https://web.archive.org/web/20111001055248/http://ceae.colorado.edu/geotech/ko.html . 2011-10-01 .
3. Web site: Hutchinson Award 1978 . 2011-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120323030729/http://engineering.colorado.edu/facultystaff/facultyawards/award_hutchinson.htm . 2012-03-23 . dead .
4. American Men and Women of Science, Vol. 4, P.454, 24th Edition (2008)
5. Web site: Queen Elizabeth School report: Ko won government scholarship in the graduating class of 1957. 1958. 16. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120330235841/http://qesaausa.org/School%20Magazines/QES_School_Magazine_1958.pdf. 2012-03-30.
6. http://www.hku.hk/press/news_detail_5510.html Distinguished Alumni of Hong Kong U Dept of Civil Eng