Prof. Francis F. Chen This is Me

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1. 1. Prize Recipient

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   Published on: 4/27/2008   Last Visited: 4/27/2008

   Francis F. Chen University of California, Los Angeles
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   Francis Chen received is B.A. in astronomy in 1950 from Harvard University. In 1954 he earned his Ph.D. from Harvard in high-energy physics, becoming the first student to do an experiment in 1 GeV. He then joined Princeton's Project Matterhorn (now Plasma Physics Laboratory), leaving 15 years later to become Professor of Electrical Engineering at UCLA. At Princeton, he worked on stellarators, reflex arcs, Q-machines, Langmuir probes, resistive drift waves, shear and minimum-B stabilization, and anomalous diffusion. In 25 years at UCLA, he has started programs in far-infrared laser diagnostics, laser-plasma interactions, and low-temperature plasma applications. These initiatives have led to FIR diagnostics for tokamaks and key experiments on beat-wave accelerations. Since 1989, he has given his attention to industrial applications of plasma physics, concentrating on the development of helicon discharges for semiconductor processing. Prof. Chen has taught a generation of students on plasma fundamentals, wave and instabilities, and magnetic and inertial fusion; his well-known textbook, Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, is popularly used throughout the world. Prof. Chen is a fellow of the APS and IEEE, was Chairman of the APS Division of Plasma Physics in 1983, and received the IEEE Plasma Science and Applications Award in 1994.

2. 2. Prize Recipient

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   Published on: 1/16/2007   Last Visited: 1/16/2007

   Francis F. Chen University of California, Los Angeles
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   Francis Chen received is B.A. in astronomy in 1950 from Harvard University. In 1954 he earned his Ph.D. from Harvard in high-energy physics, becoming the first student to do an experiment in 1 GeV. He then joined Princeton's Project Matterhorn (now Plasma Physics Laboratory), leaving 15 years later to become Professor of Electrical Engineering at UCLA. At Princeton, he worked on stellarators, reflex arcs, Q-machines, Langmuir probes, resistive drift waves, shear and minimum-B stabilization, and anomalous diffusion. In 25 years at UCLA, he has started programs in far-infrared laser diagnostics, laser-plasma interactions, and low-temperature plasma applications. These initiatives have led to FIR diagnostics for tokamaks and key experiments on beat-wave accelerations. Since 1989, he has given his attention to industrial applications of plasma physics, concentrating on the development of helicon discharges for semiconductor processing. Prof. Chen has taught a generation of students on plasma fundamentals, wave and instabilities, and magnetic and inertial fusion; his well-known textbook, Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, is popularly used throughout the world. Prof. Chen is a fellow of the APS and IEEE, was Chairman of the APS Division of Plasma Physics in 1983, and received the IEEE Plasma Science and Applications Award in 1994.

3. 3. Welcome to the US Display Consortium

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   Published on: 8/25/2004   Last Visited: 3/20/2008

   Other partners in the award include Dr. Francis Chen, professor at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and Dr. George Tynan, professor at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD).