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Paul Ching Wu Chu
朱經武
2nd President of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
In office
2001–2009
ChancellorTung Chee-hwa
Donald Tsang
Preceded byWoo Chia-wei
Succeeded byTony F. Chan
Personal details
Born (1941-12-02) December 2, 1941 (age 82)
Bell Laboratories
Cleveland State University
University of Houston
HKUST (2001–2009)
Taiwan Comprehensive University System (2012-)
ThesisHigh pressure study on the superconductivity of transition metals and alloys (1968)
Doctoral advisorBernd T. Matthias
Chinese name
Hanyu Pinyin
Zhū Jīng Wǔ
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingZyu1 Ging1 Mou5

Paul Ching Wu Chu (

high-temperature superconductivity
.

Early life

Chu was born in Changsha, Hunan, Republic of China in 1941. Chu's family was from Taishan, Guangdong. Chu spent his childhood in Taiwan.[1][2]

Education

In 1958, Chu graduated from

Taiwan Provincial Cingshuei high school
.

In 1962, Chu earned his Bachelor of Science degree from National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan. In 1965, Chu earned his Master of Science degree from Fordham University. In 1968, Chu earned his Ph.D. degree from the University of California, San Diego.[3]

Career

After two years of performing industrial research with

Bell Laboratories at Murray Hill, New Jersey, Chu was appointed assistant professor of physics at Cleveland State University in 1970. He was subsequently promoted to associate professor
and professor of physics in 1973 and 1975, respectively.

In 1979, Chu became a professor of physics at the

Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, the Marshall Space Flight Center, Argonne National Laboratory, and DuPont at various times.[6]

Chu has received numerous awards and honors for his outstanding work in superconductivity, including the

International Prize for New Materials. He was an invited contributor to the White House National Millennium Time Capsule at the National Archives in 2000 and was selected the Best Researcher in the U.S. by U.S. News & World Report
in 1990.

In 1989, Chu was elected a Fellow of the

Third World Academy of Sciences. His research activities extend beyond superconductivity to magnetism and dielectrics. [citation needed
]

On November 17, 2014, an IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing plaque was presented to University of Houston for Chu and his team's 1987 discovery of high temperature superconductors.[10][11]

On September 1, 2001, Chu succeeded Professor

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
. Chu's tenure as university president ended officially on 1 September 2009.

On November 5, 2011, Chu was appointed as the founding President of the Taiwan Comprehensive University System (TCUS).[12]

Personal life

He is married to May Chu, the daughter of Shiing-Shen Chern.[13]

Awards and honors

  • Honorary Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree from Whittier College. (1991)[14]
  • 2014 IEEE Council on Superconductivity Max Swerdlow Award for Sustained Service to the Applied Superconductivity Community.[15]

See also

Lectures

  • 1991 - High temperature superconductivity: four years later Lecture sponsored by the Dept. of Electrical and Computer engineering, University of California, San Diego. Electrical and Computer Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series. Digital Object Made Available by Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

References

  1. ^ Warren, Rachel. "Paul (Ching-Wu) Chu". nationalscienceandtechnologymedalsfoundation.org. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "Paul Chu" (PDF). ChineseAmericanHeroes.org. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  3. OCLC 17622858 – via ProQuest
    .
  4. ^ M. K. Wu; J. R. Ashburn; C. J. Torng; P. H. Hor; R. L. Meng; L. Gao; Z. J. Huang; Y. Q. Wang; C. W. Chu (1987). "Superconductivity at 93 K in a new mixed-phase Y-Ba-Cu-O compound system at ambient pressure". Phys. Rev. Lett. 58 (9): 908–910.
    PMID 10035069
    .
  5. ^ Chang, Kenneth (March 6, 2007). "Physicists Remember When Superconductors Were Hot". New York Times. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Paul C W CHU - Our Members - the Hong Kong Academy of Sciences 香港科學院".
  7. ^ National Science Foundation - The President's National Medal of Science
  8. ^ "Comstock Prize in Physics". National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  9. ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter C" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
  10. ^ "IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing Presented to University of Houston for Discovery of High Temperature Superconductors". ieeecsc.org. November 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2019.(The IEEE Milestone plaque is mounted in the lobby area of Science Research Building One.)
  11. ^ "Milestones: High Temperature Superconductivity, 1987". ethw.org. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  12. ^ "Concept of Establishment - About TCUS - Taiwan Comprehensive University System, TCUS".
  13. ^ "Shiing-shen Chern - Biography". Maths History. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  14. ^ "Honorary Degrees | Whittier College". www.whittier.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  15. ^ Kever, Jeannie (2014). "Chu, Selvamanickam Honored Superconductivity Achievements". uh.eduedu. Retrieved August 14, 2019.

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