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