James Chen

PhD

James Chen.

James Chen

PhD

James Chen

PhD

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