RANCHO MISSION VIEJO, CA, October 14, 2020 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Chia-Chun "George" Chao, PhD, with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. An accomplished listee, Dr. Chao celebrates many years' experience in his professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes he has accrued in his field. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Now retired, Dr. Chao served as an aerospace engineer and a senior engineering specialist for the Aerospace Corporation for seven years before taking an early retirement in 2002. However, his career with the organization began many years prior, when he was hired as a member of the technical staff in 1978. Throughout the course of his professional journey, he advanced to become an engineering specialist and section manager before being named to his most recent position. Dr. Chao hailed from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, where he enjoyed a decade as a senior engineer between 1968 and 1978, and ARA Inc. in West Covina, California, where he spent two years as a project engineer, beginning in 1966.
A pioneer in his field, during Dr. Chao's tenure with the Aerospace Corporation he provided a great deal of time applying his theories and methods to various satellite missions. Recruited by the organization to help develop the GPS program and other projects, his research permitted him the ability to gain a better understanding of the orbital perturbation phenomena. He was also able to develop methods and algorithms to determine fuel consumptions necessary for maintaining satellite orbits and constellations. Previously, Dr. Chao gained recognition as the founder of the Chao Model while working for JPL. Standing as one of his most substantial professional achievements, it was used for more than 30 years at the JPL Mission Operations. The Chao Model, which was also used at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory and other space centers throughout the nation, consisted of an accurate and efficient method of estimating radio wave delay in the atmosphere required for determining the trajectory of a spacecraft.
Apart from the full-time demands of his career, Dr. Chao provided his expertise as an instructor within the education program at the Aerospace Corporation, beginning in 1980 and as part-time consultant on behalf of the organization between 2002 and 2018. He was also a guest lecturer at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Extension in Westwood for many years beginning in 1985. In 1993, Dr. Chao was notably named as an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). He is now being nominated for AIAA Fellow. He is also a past president of the Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern California.
As a seasoned researcher, Dr. Chao was awarded two U.S. patents. In 1995, he co-authored the 1995 textbook, titled "Orbital Mechanics." He also contributed numerous scholarly articles to the Journal of Astronomical Sciences and has presented papers at AIAA conferences on theories and applications of orbit perturbation and maintenance. Dr. Chao recently authored two editions of the book, titled "Applied Orbit Perturbation and Maintenance" in 2004 and 2018 as well, which is a compilation of technical papers, notes and expertise that has since become widely popular both locally and abroad.
Dr. Chao has been celebrated with multiple accolades throughout his career. Among them, he received four Program Recognition Awards from the Aerospace Corporation, a Certificate of Recognition from the U.S. Air Force Defense Support Program, GPS Program, theDefense Meteorological Satellite Program and the Space Test Program and a Best Paper of the Conference Award from the AIAA. He was also selected to attend a celebration honoring his contributions to the GPS Program at the National Academy of Science in Washington, D.C. Dr. Chao was one of a select few engineers from the Aerospace Corporation to be invited.
After receiving a Bachelor of Science at Cheng-Kung University in his native Taiwan in 1962, Dr. Chao traveled to the U.S. Enrolling at California Institute of Technology, he obtained a Master of Science in 1964 and an aeronautical engineering degree in 1968. Dr. Chao later attended the University of California Los Angeles, where he completed a Doctor of Philosophy in astrodynamics in 1976.
In retirement, Dr. Chao practices and teaches Tai Chi several times per week to stay healthy. He also formed the South Bay Tai Chi Friends Club. Dr. Chao began learning the Chinese martial art in his mid-30s and has since taught over 200 students.
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