Shang-Yi Ch'en

Shang-Yi Ch'en
"George" Shang-Yi Chen, Professor Emeritus of Physics. University of Oregon
Born(1910-03-04)March 4, 1910
DiedFebruary 23, 1997(1997-02-23) (aged 86)
Other names"George"
CitizenshipAmerican
OccupationFaculty at University of Oregon
AwardsAPS Fellow, 1963
Academic background
Alma materCalifornia Institute of Technology
ThesisThe broadening of the resonance lines of rubidium under different homogenous pressures of its own vapor. The broadening, asymmetry and drift of rubidium resonance lines under homogenous pressures of helium and argon up to 100 atmospheres (1940)
Doctoral advisorIra S. Bowen
Academic work
DisciplinePhysicist

Shang-Yi Ch'en (4 March 1910 – 23 February 1997) was a Chinese-born American physicist who was Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Oregon. His field was optical spectroscopy, and his research interests included spectral line shifts and collision-induced absorption and emission of atoms. He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1963.