Hon-Yim Ko

In this Chinese name, the family name is  Ko.

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[edit]

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]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "U. of Colorado press release". May 25, 2000. Archived from the original on 2006-01-14.
2. ^ "Curriculum Vitae". Archived from the original on 2011-10-01.
3. ^ "Hutchinson Award 1978". Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
4. ^ American Men and Women of Science, Vol. 4, P.454, 24th Edition (2008)
5. ^ "Queen Elizabeth School report: Ko won government scholarship in the graduating class of 1957" (PDF). 1958. p. 16\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-30.
6. ^ Distinguished Alumni of Hong Kong U Dept of Civil Eng

## External links[edit]

* "Hon-Yim Ko". University of Colorado - Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering. 2014-12-01. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
* "Hon-Yim Ko, Search Results". ASCE Library. Retrieved 2021-09-11.

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