NCU Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni of NCU

• Dr. Tsung-Dao Lee (1946) - Nobel Laureate in Physics for work on the violation of the principle of parity.
• Dr. Chen-Ning Yang (1942) - Nobel Laureate in Physics for work on the parity nonconservation of weak interaction.
• Dr. Yuan Tseh Lee (1965) - Nobel Laureate in Chemistry for contributions to the dynamics of chemical elementary processes.
• Dr. Steven Chu (1970) - Nobel Laureate in Physics for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light, former U.S. Secretary of Energy.
• Dr. Frank H. Shu (1963) - Renowned astrophysicist, known for his work on star formation and planetary science.
• Dr. Andrew Yao (1972) - Turing Award winner for his contributions to the theory of computation, including pseudorandom number generation.
• Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu (1936) - Physicist known for her work on the Manhattan Project and the Wu experiment, which contradicted the hypothesis of parity conservation.
• Dr. Morris Chang (1952) - Founder of TSMC, a leading semiconductor company, and a key figure in the development of Taiwan's technology industry.