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Wong, Cheuk-Yin was born on April 28, 1941 in Kwangtung, China. Son of Hong-Yu and Sau-King Wong. came to the United States, 1959.
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Cheuk-Yin Wong
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Cheuk-Yin Wong, Chinese Physicist. Achievements include research in theoretical nuclear physics, nuclear shell effects, nuclear fusion cross sections, nuclear shock waves, extension of the time-dependent mean-field approximation, nuclear stopping power at very high energies. Recipient Publication award Martin Marietta Energy Systems Inc., 1986.
Education
AB, Princeton University, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1966.
Career
Research physicist, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1966-1968, 70-82, 83-86; senior physicist, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, since 1986; research fellow, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1968-1969. Visiting scientist Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1982-1983. Visiting professor Institute Nuclear Study, Tokyo, 1988.
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Board of directors E. Tennessee chapter Organisation Chinese Americans, Knoxville, 1984-1988, president, 1992. Fellow American Physical Society. Member Princeton Alumni Association (chairman alumni schools committee East Tennessee 1981-1992), Energy Capital Toastmasters Club (administrative vice president 1991-1992), Overseas Chinese Physicists Association (life, regional coordinator 1992).
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Married Jeanne Pei-Hwa Yang, February 12, 1966. Children: Janet, Albert, Lisa.
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