Siu-Wai Chan

Prof. at Columbia University

New York, New York, United States

About

Experienced Professor with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education. Skilled in research on Thin Films, Epitaxial stress issues, Semiconductors, Superconducting Oxides, Materials Science of everyday things, Physics, and Nanomaterials. Strong education professional with a Doctor of Science focused in Materials Science and Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Experience

  • Prof. at Columbia University
    Jul 1990 - Present · 36 yrs 1 mo

    Guggenheim Fellow, Fellow of American Physical Society and American Ceramic Society, Presidential Faculty Fellow (early days' Presidential Early Career Faculty Award) from US President William Jefferson Clinton and National Science Foundation, BASF Faculty Research Grant, IBM Faculty Grant, Outstanding Woman Scientist Award NYC 1997, DuPont Faculty Grant

  • Member of Technical Staff at Bell Labs & Bellcore
    Jun 1985 - Sep 1990 · 5 yrs 4 mos

    Last mile problem of twisted copper wire, Surface modification and nitridation of metals, Growth of superconducting oxide thin films. with novel approaches.

  • research assistant at MIT
    1980 - 1985 · 5 yrs

    Crystallite rotation with in-situ TEM