Los Alamos scientist named Asian American Engineer of the Year

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LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Feb. 24, 2005 -- A University of California scientist working at Los Alamos National Laboratory widely known for his innovations in the field of electronic materials and high-temperature superconductivity has been named the 2005 Asian American Engineer of the Year by the Chinese Institute of Engineers USA (CIE/USA).

Quanxi Jia, a Laboratory Fellow since September 2003 and currently the Device Team Leader in the Superconductivity Technology Center of the Materials Science and Technology Division, has been honored for his many outstanding scientific and technical achievements.

Jia's fields of expertise are in the growth of metal-oxide films (ferroelectric, ferromagnetic, conductive oxides and high-temperature superconductors), the fabrication of electronic devices, and in the structural/electrical characterization of electronic materials. He is the author/co-author of more than 240 refereed journal articles and nine book chapters. Jia has garnered 22 patents in the fields of electronic materials and devices and has 10 more pending. He is the winner of two R&D 100 awards; the first in 1998 for his Underground Radio work and the other in 2003 for Flexible Superconducting Tape. In 2000, he received a Laboratory Achievement Award for his accomplishments.

Jia received his bachelors and master's degrees in electronic engineering from Xian Jiaotong University, China, in 1982 and 1985, respectively, and his doctorate from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1991. Prior to coming to the Laboratory in 1993, he was a lecturer in Xian Jiaotong University and later a visiting associate professor at Kumamoto University in Japan.

The CIE/USA award recognizes established engineers who have made outstanding contributions to the engineering profession, the public welfare and/or the humankind. This is the fourth consecutive year that a Los Alamos scientist has received the award. Last year, Los Alamos computer scientist Wu-chun Feng also received the award. In 2003, Joe Tiee received the award; and in 2002, Los Alamos' Paul Pan was an award recipient.

Jia will receive his award along with twelve other outstanding Asian-Americans in Whippany, New Jersey at an awards banquet being held at the Marriott Hanover on Saturday, Feb. 26. More information about the awards program and the Feb. 26 event is available at http://www.cie-usa.org/aaeoy.html online.

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