Eric Mankin
January 30, 2007 —
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Zhou in Tutor hall laboratory: Big honor for specialist in the ultrasmall
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Chongwu Zhou, whose recent work on ingenious techniques to have carbon nanotubes self-assemble themselves into useful structures on sapphire bases has attracted international attention, is the first winner of a new IEEE honor.
An associate professor in the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering, Zhou received word in January that the awards committee of the I
EEE Nanotechnology Council had named him winner of its new early career award - the first to receive the honor.
The presentation will be made at a conference dinner of the IEEE NANO 2007 conference, to be held August 2-5, 2007 in Hong Kong. In addition to receiving a plaque and a check, Zhou will receive an invitation to give a talk.
Zhou was a 2004 winner of a Viterbi School junior faculty research award and a National Science Foundation Career Award.
The young scientist began his career in China, receiving a B.S. from that nation's University of Science and Technology and continued his education in the U.S., receiving his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Yale University in 1999.
He worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford University before joining the USC faculty in 2000.
Recent Viterbi School research stories about his work include:
USC Scientist Invents Technique to Grow Superconducting and Magnetic Nanocables
http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/news/2004/2004_07_14_nanocable.htm
Stacked and Packed
Nanowires Hold Triplexed Megadata
http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/news/2004/2004_04_22_zhou.htm
Sapphire Stars in Nanotube Support Role On crystal surfaces, nanotubes self-guide themselves into dense structures with exciting potential applications as sensors or integrated circuits
http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/news/2005/2005_04_13_sapphire.htm
Nanotubes to Go
USC Electrochemist's Technique Promises Far Greater Yield and Flexibility for Next-Generation Computing and Sensing Devices
http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/news/2006/news_20060210.htm
