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Department of Materials Science and Engineering
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Gerard C. L. Wong

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Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and of Physics

Office 204 Materials Science and Engineering Building

Telephone 217-265-5254 Fax 217-333-2736

Mail Address Department of Materials Science and Engineering
1304 W. Green St., Urbana, IL 61801

gclwong@uiuc.edu    Wong research group page

  • Apker Prize, American Physical Society: 1st Prize, U.S. National Undergraduate Thesis Competition (1987)
  • FOM Institute Director’s Citation for outstanding research accomplishment (1996)
  • Beckman Young Investigator Award (2001)
  • UIUC Burnett Teaching Award (2003)
  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship (2004)
  • Xerox Foundation Award for Faculty Research (2005)
  • National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Symposium Invited Participant (2006)
  • Prostate Cancer Foundation Competitive Award (2007)

Selected Research Recognition

  • Chemical and Engineering News, News of the Week,(6/19/2000)
  • Physics News Update, American Institute of Physics (2000)
  • Chemical and Engineering News, Year 2000 Highlight
  • Concepts article, Nature 421, 483 (1/30/2003)
  • Physical Review Focus (7/21/2003)
  • Physics News Update, American Institute of Physics (8/20/2003)
  • Physics Today (10/2003)
  • Chemical and Engineering News (9/29/2003)
  • Chemical and Engineering News, Year 2003 Chemistry Highlight
  • American Physical Society News 2/2004, Physics News in 2003
  • News and Views, Nature Materials 3, 584-586 (2004)
  • Advanced Photon source Science Highlight (2005)
  • Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory Highlight (2006)
  • Xerox Award for Faculty Research, UIUC (2008)