Phan Lương Cầm

Prof. Phan Luong Cam

Dr. Phan Luong Cam
Born March 5, 1943
Thua Thien-Hue, Vietnam
Residence Vietnam
Nationality Vietnamese
Fields Electrochemistry and Corrosion
Institutions President, The Vietnam Corrosion and Metal Protection Association (1996-2005)
Director, The Corrosion and Protection Research Center (1996-2008) - Hanoi University of Technology
Notable awards
  • Kovalevskaya Award
  • Labor Medal
Spouse Vo Van Kiet, Prime Minister of Vietnam

Phan Luong Cam (born March 5, 1943) is a Vietnamese female scientist and academic notable in the fields of Electrochemistry and Corrosion, spouse of Prime Minister of Vietnam, Võ Văn Kiệt.

Academic and scientific work

Prof. Dr. Phan Luong Cam was born in Hue City, Thua Thien-Hue Province, Vietnam. In 1965, she worked as an associate professor at the Hanoi University of Technology, Vietnam. In 1968, she arrived in the former Soviet Union and studied at the Moscow State University. There, she was awarded a Ph.D for her thesis in the fields of Electrochemistry and Corrosion. On her return to Vietnam in early 1973, she resumed her academic post at the Hanoi University of Technology.

Over four decades working in the fields of education and research, Prof. Dr. Phan Luong Cam has helped train and advise many graduate, master’s and doctoral students, and led a large number of significant scientific works, including scientific research theses and programs at the national level, international cooperation research project such as VH-8 Project Corrosion in cooperation with the Netherlands from 1980. She has published several books, many journal and conference papers and her works have been cited many times. She is also author of a number of patents, innovations and creative solutions.

Prof. Dr. Phan Luong Cam was a founder and director of the Corrosion and Protection Research Center - Hanoi University of Technology - from 1996 to 2008,[1] the year when she retired.

She was the first woman Professor at the Hanoi University of Technology, She was also one of the co-founders and president of the Vietnam Corrosion and Metal Protection Association (VICORRA)[2] from 1996 to 2005, and now she is its honorary president. It was the first time a woman ever served as president of an association under the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA).[3][4]

She was president of the Asian Pacific Materials and Corrosion Association from 1999 to 2001; Chairwoman of the 11th Asian Pacific Corrosion Control Conference (APCCC-11) held in Ho Chi Minh City in 1999[5][6] and member of the International Advisory Board for many other Asian Pacific Corrosion Control Conferences.[7]

Family

She is wife of Võ Văn Kiệt, Prime Minister of Vietnam.[8][9]

Charity and social work

Over the past 20 years, Prof. Dr. Phan Luong Cam has been actively involved in charity and social work, especially in the field of education i.e. helping students who are too poor to attend college after being admitted to a college.[10][11][12][13] Besides donating scholarships, she helps students facing difficult life circumstances through their college years.[14]

Awards and honors

Prof. Dr. Phan Luong Cam was presented with the 1995 Kovalevskaya Award, Labor Medal[15] and various Certificates of Merits in recognition of her contributions to the cause of education, science and technology, women’s advancement and children’s protection.

Notes

  1. ↑ Trung tâm nghiên cứu ăn mòn và bảo vệ kim loại - Trường Đại học Bách khoa Hà Nội
  2. ↑ The International Corrosion Council members - Vietnam Corrosion and Metal Protection Association (VICORRA)
  3. ↑ The Vietnam Corrosion and Metal Protection Association (VICORRA)
  4. ↑ Liên hiệp các Hội Khoa học và Kỹ thuật Việt Nam - The Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations
  5. ↑ THE 11th ASIAN-PACIFIC CORROSION CONTROL CONFERENCE, 1 - 5 November, 1999 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  6. ↑ Prof. Dr. Phan Lương Cầm - Heritage of Vietnamese Scientists and Scholars
  7. ↑ The Asian Pacific Corrosion Control Conferences (APCCC)
  8. ↑ Arterial Boulevard Deserves The Big Name - talkvietnam
  9. ↑ Vinh Long province road renamed after late Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet - talkvietnam
  10. ↑ Trao học bổng “Tiếp sức đến trường” - Tuoi Tre Online
  11. ↑ 124 tân sinh viên nhận học bổng “Tiếp sức đến trường” - Thanh Nien Online
  12. ↑ Sinh viên với Học bổng “Tiếp sức đến trường” - Tuoi Tre Online
  13. ↑ Foreign group present bikes to poor students - People's Army Newspaper Online
  14. ↑ Hỗ trợ và giúp đỡ một số sinh viên có hoàn cảnh khó khăn trong suốt các năm học - Tuoi Tre Online
  15. ↑ “Vietnamese Professors”, Social Science Publishers - Hanoi, 2004, page 828

Selected bibliography

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