Education

Ph.D. 1972 Columbia University (Theoretical Particle Physics)

M.S. 1965 Tsinghua University , Taiwan, Republic of China (Statistical Mechanics)

B.S. 1962 Tunghai University, Taiwan, Republic of China (Physics)

Work Experience

Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA , 1986 - present.

Chair, Department of Mathematics, Pacific Lutheran University, 1994-95

Associate Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, 1980-1985.

Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Mathematics Department, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, 1975-1980.

Assistant Professor of Physics, Physics Department, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, 1973-1975.

Assistant Professor, Physics Department, Columbia University, Summer Sessions, 1971, 1972.

Instructor, Physics Department, Columbia University, 1972-1973.

Sub-Disciplinary Area of Teaching Expertise

Theoretical Physics

Elementary Astronomy

History of Chinese Painting

Publications

"The Debye-Waller Factor of Graphite," (with H.H. Chen), Physics Letters, Vol. 48A, number 2, p. 77 (1974).

"The Levi-Civita Tensor and Identities in Vector Analysis," (with C.O. Wilde), UMAP Modules, (1982).

"A Simple Method for Calculating the Exchange Energy for from Polarization Perturbation Theory," (with K.T. Tang, J.P. Toennies), Chem. Phys. Lett. 162, 170 (1989).

"The Exchange Energy of from Polarization Perturbation Theory," (with K.T. Tang, J.P. Toennies), J. Chem. Phys. 94, 7266-7277 (1991).

"Exchange Energy of Alkali-Metal Dimmer Cation Calculated From the Atomic Polarizability with the Holstein-Herring Method," (with K.T. Tang, J.P. Toennies, M. Wanshura) Phys. Rev. A 46, 3746-3752 (1992).

"The Exchange Energy of Calculated from the Exact First-Order Wave Function of Polarization Perturbation Theory," (with G.L.Guo, K.T. Tang), Chem. Phys. Lett. 203, 583-585 (1993)

"The Interaction Potential of Calculated from the Exact First-Order Wave Function of the Polarization Perturbation Theory," (with G.L. Guo, K.T. Tang, J.P. Toennies), J. Chem. Phys. 98, 8777-8784 (1993)

"Exchange Energy of Calculated by the Surface Integral Method in Zeroth Order Approximation," (with K.T. Tang, J.P. Toennies), J. Chem. Phys. 99, 377 (1993)

"The Perturbation Calculation of Van der Waals Potentials," (with K. T. Tang, J. P. Toennies) Theor. Chim. Acta. 88, 169-181 (1994).

"A Perturbation Calculation of the Ground State energy of the Hydrogen Molecule," (with K. T. Tang, J. P. Toennies, T. Cwiok, B. Jeziorski, W. Kolos, R. Moszynski), Chem. Phys. Lett. 224, 476-482 (1994).

"A Perturbation Theory Calculation of the Energy of the Molecular Ion," (with S. H. Patil, K. T. Tang, J. P. Toennies), J. Chem. Phys. 101 (10), 8998, (1994).

"An Accurate Perturbation Calculation of the He-He Van der Waals Potentials," (with K. T. Tang, J. P. Toennies), Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 1546 (1995).

"Angular Momentum Coupling in the Exchange Energy of Multi-Electron Systems, " (with U. Kleinekathöfer, K. T. Tang, J. P. Toennies, J. Chem. Phys. 103, 6617 (1995).

"Potentials for Some Rare Gas and Alkali-helium Systems Calculated from the Surface IntegralMethod, " Chem. Phys. Lett. 249, 257 (1996).

"Generalized Heitler-London Theory of Van der Waals Interactions," (with 3 other co-authors), accepted by J. Chem. Phys. Publication pending minor modifications (1997).