Brief Vita
Dr. Ching-Jen Chen is currently the Dean of the College of Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Dean Chen received his Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University in 1967. Professor Chen was named Dean of Engineering for Florida A&M University-Florida State University in August 1992. Prior to his appointment as Dean, he was on the faculty at the University of Iowa since 1967 and served as the Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 1982 to 1992. Dean Chen received the Alexander von Humboldt Senior United States Scientist Award in 1974 and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Fluids Engineering Award (Da Vince Medal) in 2008 for his life time contributions in fluid mechanics. He was Associate Editor of the Journal of Engineering Mechanics (1989-92). He currently serves as US Regional Editor for the International Journal of Visualization (1997-present). His research interests are in laminar and turbulent convection, computational methods in fluid flows and more recently applications of nanomagnetic particles, micro devices, effects of magnetic field on cells and bio-magnetic fluid dynamics. His teaching and research have resulted in the completion of thirty-eight Ph.D. dissertations and thirty-three M.S. theses under his direction. Dean Chen is a Life Fellow of ASME and Fellow of ASCE. He is author or co-author of over 100 publications in the form of books, monographs and technical journal papers and has four patents in blood cell separation technology and fabrication of nanomagnetic particles.