Moses H. W. Chan
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Moses Hung-Wai Chan is a physics professor at Penn State University, where he holds the rank of Evan Pugh Professor. He is an alumnus of Bridgewater College
and Cornell University
, where he earned his Ph.D. in 1974. He has been at professor at Penn State's University Park Campus since 1979.
Through the years, professor Chan's work has spanned many diverse topics. For his numerous contributions to low temperature physics, in 1996 he shared the prestigious Fritz London
Memorial prize with Carl Wieman
and Eric A. Cornell. He was elected a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences
in 2000.
Among his most nobable recent contributions is the discovery of the new supersolid
quantum
state of matter, which is directly complementary to the superfluid
, and BEC
states. Other significant discoveries include the experimental observation of Critical Casimir effect and the experimental confirmation of 2D Ising model
.
Bridgewater College
Bridgewater College, is a private, coeducational, four-year liberal-arts college located in Bridgewater, Virginia, a town in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States...
and Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, where he earned his Ph.D. in 1974. He has been at professor at Penn State's University Park Campus since 1979.
Through the years, professor Chan's work has spanned many diverse topics. For his numerous contributions to low temperature physics, in 1996 he shared the prestigious Fritz London
Fritz London
Fritz Wolfgang London was a German theoretical physicist. His fundamental contributions to the theories of chemical bonding and of intermolecular forces are today considered classic and are discussed in standard textbooks of physical chemistry.With his brother Heinz, he made a significant...
Memorial prize with Carl Wieman
Carl Wieman
Carl Edwin Wieman is an American physicist at the University of British Columbia and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics for the production, in 1995 with Eric Allin Cornell, of the first true Bose–Einstein condensate.-Biography:...
and Eric A. Cornell. He was elected a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences
United States National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
in 2000.
Among his most nobable recent contributions is the discovery of the new supersolid
Supersolid
A supersolid is a spatially ordered material with superfluid properties. Superfluidity is a special quantum state of matter in which a substance flows with zero viscosity.-Background:...
quantum
Quantum
In physics, a quantum is the minimum amount of any physical entity involved in an interaction. Behind this, one finds the fundamental notion that a physical property may be "quantized," referred to as "the hypothesis of quantization". This means that the magnitude can take on only certain discrete...
state of matter, which is directly complementary to the superfluid
Superfluid
Superfluidity is a state of matter in which the matter behaves like a fluid without viscosity and with extremely high thermal conductivity. The substance, which appears to be a normal liquid, will flow without friction past any surface, which allows it to continue to circulate over obstructions and...
, and BEC
BEC
-Schools:* Bapatla Engineering College* Basaveshwar Engineering College* Bengal Engineering College* Brislington Enterprise College-Companies:* Bahamas Electricity Corporation* Bandai Entertainment Company* Birmingham Electric Company...
states. Other significant discoveries include the experimental observation of Critical Casimir effect and the experimental confirmation of 2D Ising model
Ising model
The Ising model is a mathematical model of ferromagnetism in statistical mechanics. The model consists of discrete variables called spins that can be in one of two states . The spins are arranged in a graph , and each spin interacts with its nearest neighbors...
.