City University of Hong Kong's Paul Chu Kim-ho has become the
first ever Hong Kong scholar to win the 2007 Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers/Nuclear and Plasma Sciences
Society (IEEE/NPSS) Merit Award, announced the university on
Thursday.
Chu is the professor of the university's department of Physics
and Materials Science, who won the award for his outstanding
technical contributions to the field of plasma science.
He has become the first Hong Kong academic, and the only one
from an Asian institute, to ever receive award ever since it was
established in 1972, which aims to commend researchers around the
world making major contributions to nuclear and plasma
sciences.
Since joining City University in 1996, Chu has been committed to
researching the basic theories of plasma and plasma implantation
and the applications to semiconductors and biomedical
materials.
The award is IEEE/NPSS's most prestigious honor and is given out
to just one person each year.
(Xinhua News Agency August 3, 2007)