James Chen
PhD
Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests
Fundamental theories and numerical simulation for different physical problems across multiple spatial and temporal scale; turbulence; triboelectricity; atomistic simulation; continuum mechanics; applied mathematics; multiscale simulation
Education
- PhD, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The George Washington University, 2011
- MS, Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University, 2007
- BS, Mechanical Engineering, National Chung-Hsing University, 2005
Awards and Honors
- Outstanding Young Engineer Award, Wichita Council of Engineering Societies, 2018
- Steve Hsu Keystone Research Faculty Scholar (Endowed Scholarship), 2017-2020
- U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Award, 2017
- Paul H. Cutler Faculty Excellence Endowment in Condense Matter Physics, Eberly College of Science at Penn State, 2014
- Research Collaboration Fellowship Award, Penn State Materials Research Institute (MRI), 2014
- Honorary Fellow, Australian Institute of High Energetic Materials, 2011
- Student Travel Award, 16th US National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 2010
- Student Travel Award, 10th US National Congress of Computational Mechanics, 2009
- Fellowship, The George Washington University, 2008, 2009, 2010