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Gim Seng Ng '08 was recently published in two internationally-recognized
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| Posted 06.25.08 |
Physics Student Honored for Original Research
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For his research efforts in mesoscopic physics, Gim Seng Ng '08 was awarded
the 2008 Vanderbilt Prize for Undergraduate Research in Physics and
Astronomy.
Vanderbilt University, located in Nashville, Tenn., offers the annual prize
to any undergraduate student in the U.S. doing original research in physics
or astronomy.
Ng is part of Wesleyan’s Complex Quantum Dynamics and Mesoscopic Phenomena
Group, led by Tsampikos Kottos, assistant professor of physics. The group’s
objective is to develop models and theories to understand the interplay
between quantum mechanics, interactions, and disorder which dictate the
dynamics on the mesoscopic – or between microscopic and macroscopic - scale.
"There is an excitement right now in my group for Gim's achievement, as it
reflects and singles out on a national level the high level of education,
and undergraduate research that we are conducting here at the Physics
Department at Wesleyan,” Kottos says. "We are all very proud of Gim.”
Ng completed his honor thesis, "Signatures of Phase Transition in Wave
Dynamics of Complex Systems" under the guidance of Kottos. His paper was
already published in two internationally recognized journals, Physical
Review Letters and Physical Review B, a journal devoted to condensed matter
and materials physics.
Ng, a native of Penang, Malaysia, majored in physics and mathematics. At
Wesleyan, he received the Freeman Asian Scholarship, the Bertman Prize,
which is awarded to a physics senior who displays a creative approach to
research; and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa honor society.
As the prize recipient, Ng will receive a $1,000 cash award.
More information on Complex Quantum Dynamics and Mesoscopic Phenomena Group
is online at
http://cqdmp.wesleyan.edu/.
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By Olivia Bartlett, The Wesleyan Connection
editor. Photo by Bob Handelman Photography. |
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