Technical Opening Keynote
Speaker
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Dr. Paul C. W. Chu President, The Executive Director, T. L. L. Temple Chair of Science, <=
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Dr. Paul C. W. Chu is the President of the Hon=
g Kong
University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He is also the Executive
Director of Dr. Chu conducted industrial research at Bell
Laboratories at After assuming the presidency of HKUST in 2001=
, Dr.
Chu has set out to further raise the profile of the university
internationally. In June 2005, Dr. Chu launched the HKUST Strategic Plan 2005-2020 which envisions the developmen=
t of
HKUST into one of the world’s academic leaders in selected high imp=
act areas.
He has also initiated the establishment of an Institute for Advanced Stud=
y at
HKUST which is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge to meet the
challenges of the 21st century and has been instrumental in
expanding HKUST’s partnership with the government and the
region’s industries. Dr. Chu remains actively engaged in the basic =
and
applied research of high temperature superconductivity. In January 1987, =
he and
his colleagues achieved stable superconductivity at 93 K (-180ºC) above the critical temperature of liquid nit=
rogen
(-196ºC),
a major advancement in modern science. Later, they again obtained stable
superconductivity at a new record high temperature of 164 K (-109ºC) in another compound when it was compressed. =
He is a member of the National Academy of Scie=
nces,
the Dr. Chu has received numerous awards, includin=
g the
National Medal of Science, the International Prize for New Materials, the
Comstock Award, Texas Instruments ‘Founders’ Prize, the John
Fritz Medal, and the Freedoms Foundation National Award. He also serves on the editorial b=
oards
of various professional journals. |
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