Megan McRainey
Institute Communications and Public Affairs
 |
|
| Wong, delivering the commencement
address in 2004. |
|
C.P. Wong,
a Regents’ professor in the School
of Materials Science and Engineering, has been named
the Charles Smithgall Chair, one of two Institute chairs
at Tech.
“I’m pleased that Professor Wong has accepted
this chair,” Provost
Jean-Lou Chameau said. “His reputation and distinction on our campus
and in the field of materials embodies the spirit of the role for a senior
leader
at Georgia Tech.”
A member of the National Academy of Engineering, Wong
joined the faculty in 1996 as a professor and as a research director of the
Packaging Research
Center (PRC).
In 2004, he received Tech’s Distinguished Professor Award, the most
prestigious award bestowed upon Tech faculty members.
He leads a team in the
PRC’s Assembly, Reliability, Thermal Management
and Electrical Testing Thrust areas. He has recruited 15 new member companies
and has also become the PRC’s director of Tech Transfer and Industrial
Collaboration.
“I thank the Smithgall family for their generosity
and commitment to research and education,” he
said. “As one of two Institute endowed chairs,
I’m very pleased to assume this title and honored to represent
Georgia Tech in this way.”
Wong holds a bachelor’s degree
in chemistry from Purdue University and a doctoral degree from Pennsylvania
State University.
The previous holder of the chair, Earth and Atmospheric
Sciences Professor William Chameides, retired this
past spring. | 
