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Carl Edwin Wieman
File:WiemanandCornell.jpg
Wieman (left) with Eric Cornell on the campus of the University of Colorado
Born (1951-03-26) March 26, 1951 (age 73)
Corvallis, Oregon
NationalityUnited States
Alma materMIT
Stanford University
Known forBose–Einstein condensate
AwardsLorentz Medal (1998)
The Benjamin Franklin Medal (2000)
Nobel Prize in Physics (2001)
Oersted Medal (2007)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsUniversity of British Columbia
University of Colorado

Carl Edwin Wieman (born March 26, 1951) is an American physicist at the University of British Columbia and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his production, in 1995 with Eric Allin Cornell, of the first true Bose–Einstein condensate.

Biography

Wieman was born in Corvallis, Oregon and graduated from Corvallis High School. Wieman earned his B.S. in 1973 from MIT and his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1977; he was also awarded a Doctor of Science, honoris causa from the University of Chicago in 1997. He was awarded the Lorentz Medal in 1998. In 2001, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics, along with Eric Allin Cornell and Wolfgang Ketterle. In 2004, he was named United States Professor of the Year among all doctoral and research universities.

Wieman joined the University of British Columbia on 1 January 2007 and is heading a well-endowed science education initiative there; he retains a twenty percent appointment at the University of Colorado at Boulder to head the science education project he founded in Colorado.[1]

In the past several years, Wieman has been particularly involved with efforts at improving science education and has conducted educational research on science instruction. Wieman currently serves as Chair of the Board on Science Education of the National Academy of Sciences. He has used and promotes Eric Mazur's "peer instruction", a pedagogical system, where teachers repeatedly ask multiple-choice concept questions during class, and students reply on the spot with little wireless "clicker" devices. If a large proportion of the class chooses a wrong answer, students discuss among themselves and reply again.[2] In 2007, Wieman was awarded the Oersted Medal, which recognizes notable contributions to the teaching of physics, by the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).

Wieman is the founder and chairman of PhET, a web-based directive of University of Colorado which provides an extensive suite of simulations to improve the way that physics, chemistry, biology, earth science and math are taught and learned. Link

Wieman is a member of the USA Science and Engineering Festival's Advisory Board[3]. Wieman was nominated to be The White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy Associate Director of Science on March 24, 2010. His hearing in front of the Commerce committee occurred on May 20, 2010 and he was passed by unanimous consent. On September 16, 2010 Dr. Wieman was confirmed by unanimous consent.

Selected publications

  • Donley, Elizabeth A. (2001-07-19). "Dynamics of Collapsing and Exploding Bose−Einstein Condensates". Nature. 412 (6844): 295–299. doi:10.1038/35085500. PMID 11460153. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Walker, Thad (1990). "Collective Behavior of Optically Trapped Neutral Atoms". Phys. Rev. Lett. 64 (4): 408–411. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.408. PMID 10041972. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Tanner, Carol E. (1988). "Precision Measurement of the Hyperfine Structure of the 133Cs 6P3/2 State". Phys. Rev. A. 38 (3): 1616–1617. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.38.1616. PMID 9900545. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

See also

References

  1. ^ "CU-Boulder Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman Announces Move To British Columbia, Will Remain Linked To CU-Boulder" (Press release). University of Colorado, Boulder. 2006-03-20. Retrieved 2007-10-09.
  2. ^ David Epstein (2006-04-07). "Trading Research for Teaching". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 2007-10-09.
  3. ^ http://www.usasciencefestival.org/about/advisors

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