Phat Vu

Phat Vu, PhD

Faculty - Undergraduate
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Associate Professor of Physics
Email
pvu@soka.edu
Phone
949-480-4039
  • Ph.D., Cornell University, 1998
  • M.S., Cornell University, 1993
  • B.A., Williams College, 1989
  • Heaven & Earth: A First Synthesis
  • Space, Time, & the Texture of Reality
  • Core: Enduring Questions 
  • Modes of Inquiry
  • Life & Death
  • Social Ethics
  • Education Theory & Practice
  • Metaphors, models and myths
  • "Phonon Scattering and Internal Friction in Dielectric and Metallic Films at Low Temperatures," Physical Review B, Vol. 63, 2001
  • "Glasslike Lattice Vibrations in the Quasicrystal Al72.1Pd20.7Mn7.2," Physical Review B, Vol. 62, 2000
  • Low-Temperature Thermal Conductivity Measurement of Thin Films, 25th International Thermal Conductivity Conference Proceedings, 1999
  • "Generation of Low-Energy Excitations in Silicon," Physical Review Letters, Vol. 81, 1998
  • "Phonon Scattering in Thin Silica Films Below 1K," Journal of Low-Temperature Physics, Vol. 113, 1998
  • "Phonon Diffraction Gratings," Annalen der Physik, Vol. IV., 1995
  • "New Method for Studying Phonon Thermalization," Phonon Scattering in Condensed Matter VII, 1993
  • "Coherent Phonon Scattering by Submicron Structures," Phonon Scattering in Condensed Matter VII, 1993
  • 2006-present, Associate Professor of Physics, SUA
  • 2000-2006, Title of Professor, SUA
  • 1999-2000, ºÚÁÏÉçÇøing Assistant Professor of Physics, Wellesley College
  • 1998-1999, ºÚÁÏÉçÇøing Assistant Professor of Physics, College of the Holy Cross
  • Professor of the Year, 2012
  • Professor of the Year, 2007
  • Professor of the Year, 2006
  • Professor of the Year, 2005
  • Professor of the Year, 2004
  • Professor of the Year, 2003