Han Kuang-wei

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Han Kuang-wei (Chinese: 韓光渭; 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, Jimo County [zh], 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][6]

Between 1962 and 1964, Han was an associate professor in the ROCNCT,[1][6] then a research associate at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1965.[6] 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),[7] and served as director of the Hsiung Feng project from 1982.[4][6] Han became deputy director of the NCSIST System Development Center in 1984.[6]

Han was elected a member of Academia Sinica in 1990,[6] 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.[6] 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]

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  1. ^ a b c d e f 游, 凱翔 (2 July 2019). "雄風飛彈之父韓光渭學富五車 一手打造制海利器" (in Chinese). Central News Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  2. ^ 韓, 胤棣 (21 December 2019). "善良醫生之心，「雄風飛彈之父」─ 您的韓光渭博士". ETToday (in Chinese). Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  3. ^ Han, Kuang-wei. "學習的人生：韓光渭回憶錄" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica. Archived from the original on 2018-09-04. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g 蘇, 仲泓 (2 July 2019). "「雄風飛彈之父」韓光渭89歲辭世 總統蔡英文頒褒揚令" (in Chinese). Storm Media Group. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  5. ^ a b c "Academician Kuang-Wei Han Has Passed Away". Academia Sinica. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Kuang-Wei Han". Academia Sinica. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  7. ^ 黃, 一翔 (4 June 2019). "「雄風飛彈之父」韓光渭將軍辭世". Youth Daily News (in Chinese). Yahoo! Taiwan. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  8. ^ "雄風飛彈之父韓光渭逝世 享壽89歲". Liberty Times (in Chinese). 5 June 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  9. ^ "總統親頒褒揚令 表彰韓光渭院士對於國防事業及學術研究之貢獻" (in Chinese). Office of the President of the Republic of China. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
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