Ph.D. (Aerospace Engineering), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2000
M.S. (Aeronautics and Astronautics), Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
1995
B.S. (Aeronautical Engineering), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1992
Dr. Chen joined the staff of Southwest Sciences as a Senior Research Scientist in April 2001. He is also the Laboratory Manager since October 2002. From July 2000 to March 2001, he was a Research Fellow in the Aerospace Engineering Department at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. His research focused on the application of diode laser-based diagnostics system for quantitative chemical species measurements in microgravity flames. Dr. Chen’s doctoral research at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor focused on microgravity combustion and computational fluid dynamics of reacting flows. He was also a Research Assistant from September 1995 to June 2000.
Dr. Chen’s accomplishments and interests include (1) experimental and computational studies of diffusion flame-vortex ring interactions as a model for understanding turbulent flame processes, (2) predictions of combustion species based on non-premixed flame models and diode laser-based single species measurements, (3) development and application of absorption spectroscopy (WMS) for chemical species concentration measurements in reacting and non-reacting flows, (4) research in microgravity combustion and fluid dynamics, (5) development of compact and rugged sensors for operation in aircraft fuel tanks and room fires, (6) development of fire detection algorithms based on gas sensors, and (7) Hadamard transform imaging of chemical species concentrations.
Dr. Chen is an author of 14 publications and has 2 patents pending.
Contact Information
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