Dr. Lok C. Lew Yan Voon
Department of Physics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609
Phone: (508) 831-5249, Fax: (508) 831-5886
Electronic address:
llew@wpi.edu
Job Experience
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Assistant Professor, since 1997.
- Research Associate, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
Air Force Summer Faculty Research Program, summer 1998.
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Visiting Assistant Professor, 1995-1997.
- Max Planck Institut für Festkörperphysik, Stuttgart, Germany.
Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, 1994-1995.
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Research Assistant, 1990-1993;
Teaching Assistant, 1989-1990.
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Teaching and Research Assistant, 1987-1989.
Consulting
- US Air Force Research Laboratories, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
summer 1998.
- Quantum Semiconductor Algorithms, Northboro, Massachusetts.
since 1993.
Education
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, USA (PhD, 1993).
Thesis: Electronic and Optical Properties of Semiconductors:
A Study Based on the Empirical Tight Binding Model
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (MSc, 1989).
Thesis: An Investigation of Coherent State Path Integrals as Applied
to a Harmonic Oscillator and a Single Spin
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England (MA, 1991; BA, 1987).
Training Course
Quantum Well Semiconductor Devices
IEEE Boston Section, 1990.
Research Publications
- Papers: 21
- Citations: 91 (lower bound)
Teaching Experience 1995-
- Introductory Mechanics (PH1110)
- Introductory Electricity & Magnetism (PH1120)
- Introductory Electricity & Magnetism (PH1121)
- Introduction to Modern Physics (PH1130)
- Quantum Engineering (QE95, new course developed)
- Solid State Physics (PH3502)
Summary of student evaluation
| Term | Course | No. of student |
Evaluation (%) |
| | | evaluations | SD | D | A | SA |
| D97-98 | PH1120 [L] | | | | | |
| C97-98 | PH1130 | 28 | | 6 | 62 | 33 |
| B97-98 | PH1120 | 40 | 3 | 11 | 48 | 38 |
| | ISP | | | |
| |
| A97-98 | Lab Coord | | | | | |
| E96-97 | PH1120 [L] | 7 | | 6 | 39 | 54 |
| D96-97 | PH3502 [L] | 10 | 4 | 15 | 54 | 27 |
| C96-97 | PH1130 | 15 | | 4 | 60 | 36 |
| | Lab Coord | | | | | |
| B96-97 | PH1120 | 39 | | 4 | 51 | 45 |
| A96-97 | PH1110 | 49 | | 4 | 47 | 49 |
| E95-96 | PH1110 [L] | 7 | | 3 | 72 | 25 |
| | PH1120 [L] | 7 | 2 | 11 | 61 | 26 |
| D95-96 | PH1120 | 28 | 2 | 13 | 61 | 24 |
| C95-96 | PH1130 | 17 | | 11 | 66 | 23 |
| | Lab Coord | | | | | |
| B95-96 | QE95 [L] | 8 | | 2 | 69 | 29 |
| | PH1120 | 16 | | 9 | 42 | 49 |
| A95-96 | PH1110 | 20 | | 7 | 47 | 45 |
[L]: as Lecturer; otherwise, conference teaching.
Services
Awards
- Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, 1994-1995.
- Sigma Xi Doctoral Research Award, 1993.
- Fellow, Cambridge Commonwealth Society, elected 1990.
- University of British Columbia Graduate Fellowship, 1988-1989.
- Scholar, Tate & Lyle Cambridge Commonwealth Trust, 1984-1987.
Miscellaneous Knowledge
- Computer: Unix, MS-DOS, Windows, Vax-VMS; Fortran, C, Mathematica.
- Language: English, French, German, Spanish (beginner's).
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