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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectChing-wu Chu
Dates
December 2, 1941 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Chu, Ching-wu, 1941-
Additional Forms of Names
Chu, Paul
Biography
Abstract
Ching-wu Chu is a physicist who researches superconductivity, magnetism, and dielectrics. His institutional affiliations include Cleveland State University, University of Houston, and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Important Dates
December 2, 1941Birth, Changsha (Hunan Sheng, China).
1962Obtained BS, National Cheng Kung University (Guo li Chenggong da xue), Tainan (Taiwan).
1965Obtained MS, Fordham University, New York (N.Y.).
1968Obtained PhD in Physics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego (Calif.).
1968 – 1970Member, Technical Staff, Bell Telephone Laboratories.
1970 – 1979Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics, Cleveland State University, Cleveland (Ohio).
1972Resident Research Associate, Argonne National Laboratory.
1975 – 1980Visiting Staff Member, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
1979 – presentProfessor of Physics (1979-1987) and TLL Temple Professor of Science (1987-present), University of Houston, Houston (Tex.).
1984 – 1988Director, Magnetic Information Research Laboratory, University of Houston, Houston (Tex.).
1986 – 1987Director, Solid State Physics Division, National Science Foundation.
1986 – 2001Director, NASA Space Vacuum Epitaxy Center (1986-1988) and Director, Texas Center for Superconductivity (1987-2001), University of Houston, Houston (Tex.).
1988Awarded International Prize for New Materials, American Physical Society.
1988Awarded National Medal of Science.
1989Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1996 – 1997Director, National Science Foundation (NSF) Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, University of Houston.
2001 – 2009President and Professor of Physics, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong (China).
Occupation
Solid state physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
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Birgeneau, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1942-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Brinkman, William F. (William Frank), 1938-
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Fisk, James B. (James Brown), 1910-1981
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
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Herring, William Conyers, 1914-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
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Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Lee, P. A. (Patrick A.), 1946-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
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Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Thomas, D. G. (David Gilbert), 1928-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Tsui, D. C. (Daniel Chee), 1939-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Institutions
Major Positions
Resident Research Associate.
Member, Technical Staff.
Cleveland State University. Department of Physics
Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics.
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
President and Professor of Physics.
Texas Center for Superconductivity
Director.
University of Houston. Department of Physics
Professor of Physics; TLL Temple Professor of Science; Director, Magnetic Information Research Laboratory; Director, NASA Space Vacuum Epitaxy Center; and Director, NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Received 1988 International Prize for New Materials.
Fordham University. Department of Physics
Obtained MS in 1965.
Guo li Chenggong da xue
Obtained BS in 1962.
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Visiting Staff Member.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Director, Solid State Physics Division.
University of California, San Diego. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in 1968.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
High temperature superconductivity [videorecording] : present status and future challenges : a lecture / by Paul Chu.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
High-temperature superconducting materials [sound recording] : press conference ; 1987 March 19.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Selected talks from the International Conference on the History of Original Ideas and Basic Discoveries in Particle Physics [sound recording] / 1994.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
60 Years since BCS and 30 Years since Woodstock [sound recording], 2017 March 14.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA