Talk:Sow-Hsin Chen

Improving article on Sow-Hsin Chen

Greetings. I am a new contributor to Wikipedia, and I thank you in advance for your consideration and tolerance.

I submitted this article on Sow-Hsin Chen, and want my contribution to be of the highest possible quality for Wikipedia. I made changes prior to posting based on feedback from a reviewer, and now would appreciate additional editorial advice on what changes to make in order to have the peacock and puffery tags removed. I would greatly appreciate some guidance and feedback on this, in addition to feedback on what I can do to advance the article to a GA.

Many thanks, Rubinm (talk) 16:15, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Need additional editorial advice on what changes to make in order to have the peacock and puffery tags removed 16:43, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Threaded discussion

The first and most important issue is establishing notability. From a quick look-over of the article, I'm not convinced that wikipedia needs a biographical article on this person at all. He seems to be just a relatively successful, but hardly exceptional, professor at MIT. siafu (talk) 17:43, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Comment - The RfC process is primarily aimed at resolving disputes between multiple editors. Another process that may be more appropriate is WP:PEER REVIEW (PR). The PR process is when an editor asks for a volunteer to review an article and recommend improvements. I suggest that this RfC be closed, and a PR request be initiated at WP:PEER REVIEW. As for the notability that Siafu brings up, that is another issue, best addressed at WP:AFD (ARTICLES FOR DELETION) ... in any case, the RfC process is not recommended. --Noleander (talk) 22:41, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

... and regarding the question of how to successfully resolve the puffery/peacock/exaggeration tags from the article: The best way is to remove all material from the article except material that comes from sources like books or magazines that talk about Chen. That is the WP:Verifiability requirement. Statements cannot be in the article unless they originate in a book or magazine (or similar source). It is best if you do not use Chen's own works as sources (see WP:SECONDARY, which strongly recommends using sources that talk about Chen, not works by Chen himself). See WP:CITATIONS for explanation of how to create footnotes for all the statements in the article. --Noleander (talk) 00:05, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

• Coming in on the RfC: Noleander, I prefer to simply rely on your advice here. I do have two observations. 1. A WP:PEER REVIEW seems premature. The PR process is for well-developed articles. If an article is worthy of PR it is not likely to be considered for deletion (AfD). 2. If this professor has really discovered a second supercool temperature point for water then he is notable. I need to study his field further, but it seems that he has been noted for his studies by the scientific community. DonaldRichardSands (talk) 14:24, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

• Agree that the article contains some puffery, but disagree that there is any doubt that Prof. Chen meets the notability criterion. I've removed a bit of fluffy wording and will come back and make some further suggestions. Good article - the over-the-top praise doesn't make a difference and the same facts will be communicated without it. Alex Harvey (talk) 02:18, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Further to this I think the following sentence is unnecessary - He was reported in Nature as "A physicist ventures into the no-man's land of water to find the source of its unusual properties"[12] but I am reluctant to delete it because ref [12] probably still should remain. Recently, his work has been highlighted several times in MIT News.[14][15][16] - it may be that this is probably not significant enough to include (of more interest within the MIT community). Otherwise I think the article is quite good. Alex Harvey (talk) 04:36, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

Sow-Hsin Chen's research focus

Hydrogen Storage

Gizmag

"An MIT-led research team used inelastic neutron scattering to demonstrate that hydrogen atoms can diffuse to the carbon surface of platinum-doped activated carbon at room temperature"

"With hydrogen atoms consisting of just a single electron and single proton, its gaseous form made up of two hydrogen atoms can be hard to contain. Hydrogen storage, along with hydrogen production and the lack of infrastructure, remains a major stumbling block in efforts to usher in hydrogen as a replacement for hydrocarbon-based fuels in cars, trucks and even homes. But with the multiple advantages hydrogen offers, developing hydrogen storage solutions has been the focus of a great deal of research. Now an MIT-led research team has demonstrated a method that could allow hydrogen to be stored inexpensively at room temperature."

The Engineer

"A team from MIT and other institutions has analysed the performance of a class of materials considered a promising candidate for hydrogen storage.

"The new activated carbon materials incorporate a platinum catalyst, so hydrogen atoms can bond directly to the surface of carbon particles and then be released when needed.

" ‘You have to be able to pump the gas in [at room temperature] and release it when you need it to burn,’ said MIT’s Sow-Hsin Chen, senior author of a paper describing the new method...."

Information about Chen with citations

• "His research interests include Scattering Theory, Thermal neutron and X-ray Scattering Spectroscopy and Laser Photon Correlation Spectroscopy, Statistical thermodynamics of Simple and Complex Liquids."

Interactions of photons and neutrons with matter, (second edition)

by Sow-Hsin Chen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) & Michael Kotlarchyk (Rochester Institute of Technology)

"This invaluable book is based on lecture notes developed for a one-semester graduate course entitled “Interaction of Radiation with Matter”, taught in the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology"

• National Research Council of Canada, 19 citations listed for Chen

Topical Index of Chen's research

Government of Canada, National Research Council Canada www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

Chen, Sow Hsin (1935- )

Spectroscopy

13 Spectroscopy In Biology And Chemistry : Neutron, X-Ray, Laser / edited By Sow-Hsin Chen [And] Sidney Yip. 1974

Scattering

5 The Evolution Of A Scattering Peak In A Semidilute Three Component Microemulsion / J. Samseth S. H. Chen J. D. Litster J. S. Huang 1992

9 Scattering Techniques Applied To Supramolecular And Nonequilibrium Systems / edited By Sow-Hsin Chen, Benjamin Chu, And Ralph Nossal. c1981

16 Structural Inversion Processes In Three-Component Ionic Microemulsion Studied By Small Angle Neutron Scattering / S.H. Chen S.L. Chang R. Strey P. Thiyagarajan c1992

19 Theory Of Scattering From Bicontinuous Structures / S. H. Chen S. L. Chang 1992

Colloids

4 Colloid And Interface Science : Trends And Applications : Proceedings Of The Workshop Held On The Occasion Of The Celebration Of The 60th Birthday Of Sow-Hsin Chen, Guanica, Puerto Rico, 2-5 May 1995 / editors, L. Blum, S.H. Chen. 1996

17 Structure And Dynamics Of Strongly Interacting Colloids And Supramolecular Aggregates In Solution / edited By Sow-Hsin Chen, John S. Huang And Piero Tartaglia. 1992

Thermodynamics

6 Micellar Solutions And Microemulsions : Structure, Dynamics, And Statistical Thermodynamics / S.-H. Chen, R. Rajagopalan, Editors. c1990

Protein

2 Changes In Conformation Of Globular Proteins Induced By A Non-Ionic Surface Active Agent / Pasawadee Pradipasena Orlee Israeli Melvin Lu Sow-Hsin Chen Giuseppe Briganti ChoKyun Rha c1992

Microemulsion

1 Bulk And Surface Structure Of A Ternary Microemulsion / D. D. Lee S. H. Chen S. K. Satija C. F. Majkrzak 1995

Water

3 Clustering In Dense Three-Component Water-Based Microemulsion Systems / C. Cametti S. H. Chen J. Rouch c1996

7 The Relationship Between The Interfacial Curvatures And Phase Behavior In Bicontinuous Microemulsions - A SANS Study / Sung-Min Choi Sow-Hsin Chen c1997

8 SANS Studies Of The Interfacial Curvatures And Morphology In Blcontinuous Porous Materials / S.-H. Chen S.-M. Choi c1999

10 Slow Dynamics In A Model And Real Supercooled Water / S. H. Chen P. Gallo F. Sciortino c1997

11 Slow Dynamics Of Water In Supercooled States And Near Hydrophilic Surfaces / S.-H. Chen P. Gallo M.-C. Bellissent-Funel c1996

12 Slow Dynamics Of Water Near Hydrophilic Surfaces / Sow-Hsin Chen Paola Gallo c1997

14 Spinodal Decomposition Of The Three-Component Microemulsion System AOT/Water/Decane / F. Mallamace N. Micali S. Trusso S. H. Chen 1995

15 Static Electrical Conductivity At The Droplet-Lamella Phase Transition Of A Water-In-Oil Microemulsion / C. Cametti P. Codastefano P. Tartaglia S. H. Chen J. Rouch 1992

18 Structure And Dynamics Of Water In Confined Geometry / S.-H. Chen M.-C. Bellissent-Funel 1994

Sow-Hsin Chen in the Council of Academia Sinica's Directory of Academicians

"Sow-Hsin Chen, Mathematics and Physical Sciences". Directory of Academicians. Council of Academia Sinica. June 29, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-01.

Name Sow-Hsin Chen

Election Year as an Academician: 2006

Education

B.S. Physics, National Taiwan University (1956)

M.S., National Tsing Hua University (1958)

Ph. D., Physics, McMaster University (with Nobel Laureate Professor B. N. Brockhouse)(1964)

Professional Experience

• IAEA Fellow, International School of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Argonn National Lab. (1958-1959)
• Research Assistant, with Prof. C. Kikuchi, Nuclear Engineering Dept., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1960-1962)
• Research Assistant, with Prof. B. N. Brockhouse, Physics Dept., McMaster Univ. Canada (1962-1964)
• Assistant Professor, Physics Department, University of Waterloo, Canada (1964-1968)
• Research Associate, with Prof. Peter Egelstaff, Solid State Physics Division, AERE, Harwell, Didcot, U.K. (1965-1966)
• Research Fellow, with Nobel Laureate Prof. N. Bloembergen, Division of Applied Science, Harvard University (1967-1968)
• Assistant Professor (1968-1970), Associate Professor (1970-1974), Professor (1974－), Nuclear Engineering Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Visiting Professor (as a Humboldt US Senior Scientist Award "Revisit Fellow"), Physics Dept., Univ. of Bayreuth, Germany (Summer 1995)
• JSPS Fellow, Polymer Chemistry Dept., Kyoto Univ. (Spring 1995)
• Visiting Prof., Physics Dept., Univ. of Bordeaux I, France (Summer 1991-1993)
• Visiting Prof., Intense Pulse Neutron Source, Argonne National Lab. (Summer 1989)
• Visiting Prof., Exxon Research and Engineering Co., Annandale, NJ (Summer 1985, 1988)
• Humboldt U.S. Senior Scientist Award, Visiting Prof., Univ. of Bayreuth and Univ. of Konstanz, Germany (Summer 1987-Spring 1988)
• Distinguished Visiting Prof., Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China (Summer 1982)
• Invited Engeneur, Laboratoire Leon-Brillouin, CEA, Saclay, France; and Visiting Prof., Ecole Superieure de Physique et Chimie de Paris, France (Fall 1981)
• Distinguished Visiting Professor, Physics Dept., Univ. of Guelph, Canada (1981)
• Invited Lecturer, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (Summer 1979)
• Visiting Scientist, Solid State Science Division, Argonne National Lab. (Summer 1977, 1975)
• Invited Researcher, Neutron Physics, Institute Laue-Langevin, France (Winter 1976)
• Research Collaborator, Physics Dept., Brookhaven National Lab. (Summer 1971)

Specialties

• Neutron, X-Ray & Laser Scattering Spectroscopy Applied to Complex Fluids and Soft Matter Science Research

Awards and Honors

• Fellow of

American Physical Society,

the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and

the Neutron Scattering Society of America (NSSA)

• Clifford G. Shull Prize of NSSA, 2008
• PNAS Cozzarelli Prize recipient, 2006
• National Tsinghua University Outstanding Alumnus Award, 2006
• Career Achievement Award, Nuclear Science and Engineering Department of MIT, 2002
• U.S. Senior Scientist Award (1987-1988) and
• "Revisit" award(1995), Alexander von Humboldt (Germany)
• In the spring of 1995, as a Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Dr. Chen spent a month in Kyoto University in addition to conducting a lecture tour to many Japanese universities and research institutes.
• Fellow, International Atomic Energy Agency, 1958-1959
• Member,

Sigma XI Honor Society and

Phi Lambda Fraternity

Current Positions

• Professor, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Nuclear Science and Technology Division, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Contact Information - Office

Address

Dept. of Nuclear Science & Engineering Nuclear Science & Technology Division Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Ave., 24-209 Cambridge, MA 02139, U.S.A. Tel (617) 253-3810 Fax (617) 258-8863 E-mail , sowhsin@mit.edu

Legacy

Sow-Hsin Chen is 77 years of age in 2012. What is his legacy in terms of people and ideas?

Scientists influenced by or associated with Chen:

L. Liu,

A. Faraone,

C. W. Yen,

C. Y. Mou,

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 117802 (2005).

Wei-Ren Chen,

Department of Nuclear Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology 02139 Cambridge MA USA

Francesco Mallamace,

Department of Physics University of Messina Messina Italy

Those who disagree with Chen's conclusion about the 2nd critical point for water

Morishige

Nobuoka

Cerveny

Swenson

Structural transformations in amorphous ice and supercooled water and their relevance to the phase diagram of water Journal: Molecular Physics Manuscript ID: TMPH-2008-0088 Manuscript Type: Invited Article Date Submitted by the author: 17-Mar-2008 Complete List of Authors: Soper, Alan Keywords: supercooled water, amorphous ice, structure, second critical point, computer simulation

• http://peer.ccsd.cnrs.fr/docs/00/51/32/04/PDF/PEER_stage2_10.1080%252F00268970802116146.pdf

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