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S.S. Tong

S.S. Tong
BSc, MPhil, PhD (CUHK)


Education

  1. BSc, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  2. MPhil, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  3. PhD, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Current Positions

  1. Senior Instructor, Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  2. Assistant Director, Centre for Promoting Science Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Current Research Interests

  1. Waves in Open Systems
  2. Applications of Information Technology on Physics and Astronomy Education
  3. Contextual Approach of Physics Teaching

Research Grants / Contracts

Grants / Contracts Organization Duration Amount (HK$)
Production of Web-based Education Kit on Energy Efficiency for Secondary Schools in Hong Kong CLP Power Ltd., and The Hongkong Electric Company Ltd. 4/04-9/06 1.844M
Production of IT-based Resource Materials for Physics Education and Manpower Bureau, HKSAR 1/03-1/04 0.57M
Web-based Self-Learning Package for Secondary School Teachers in Hong Kong: Using Contextual Themes in the Teaching of Physics in Secondary Schools Education and Manpower Bureau, HKSAR 3/00-1/04 1.29M
IT-based Resource Package for Secondary Schools in Hong Kong Subject: Physics Education Department, HKSAR 4/00-9/02 1.19M

Representative Publications

  1. P.T. Leung, S.S. Tong and K.Young
    "Two-component eigenfunction expansion for open systems described by the wave equation I: completeness of expansion", J. Phys. A, Vol. 30 pp.2139-2151 (1996).

  2. P.T. Leung, S.S. Tong and K.Young
    "Two-component eigenfunction expansion for open systems described by the wave equation II: linear space structure", J. Phys. A, Vol. 30 pp.2153-2162 (1996).

  3. E.S.C. Ching, P.T. Leung, A. Maassen van den Brink, W.M. Suen, S.S. Tong and K. Young
    "Quasinormal-mode expansion for waves in open systems", Reviews of Modern Physics, Vol. 70, pp.1545-1554 (1998).

  4. S. S. Tong and W. H. Wong
    Physics World, an IT-based resource package for secondary schools in Hong Kong (Subject: Physics), launched on 20 October 2000

  5. 湯兆昇，王永雄，許伯銘，余漢裔
    「服務香港中學物理教師的協作成果﹕物理園網站及情景教學網站」 論文發表於科學素養與科學教育國際會議首屆研討會 2001 年 7 月 16-19 日 於北京師範大學

  6. S. S. Tong, W.H. Wong
    Contextual Physics, a web-based self-learning package for secondary school teachers in Hong Kong: using contextual themes in the teaching of physics in secondary schools, launched in July 2002.

  7. S. S. Tong (Supported by Science Education Section, EMB, and Hong Kong Ocean Park)
    Contextual Physics in Ocean Park, a web-based learning package to support contextual learning of physics in Hong Kong Ocean Park, launched in August 2004.