James Chen

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.

Education

  • Ph.D., The George Washington University, Washington DC, USA

  • August 2008-March 2011

    Major: Solid Mechchanics (Continuum Mechanics)

    Minor: Fluid Mechanics and Applied Mathematics

    Advised by Dr. James D. Lee and Dr. Chunlei Liang

    Dissertation Title:Micropolar Electromagnetic Fluids: Theory and Simulation

  • M.Sc., National Taiwan University, Taiwan

  • June 2007

    Major: Applied Mechanics

    Advised by Dr. U. Lei and Dr. Andrew M. Wo

    Thesis Title: Experimental Study of Traveling Wave Dielectrophoretic Pump

  • B.Sc., National Chung-Hsin University, Taiwan

  • June 2005

    Major: Mechanical Engineering

    Award, Honor and Activities

    • Member, Sigma Xi (The Scientific Research Society), 2010-Present
    • Life Member, Pi Tau Sigma (International Mechanical Engineering Honor Society), 2010-Present
    • Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineering, 2010-Present
    • Member, American Physical Society, 2008-Present
    • Travel Award, USCTAM2010, 2010
    • Travel Award, USNCCM2009, 2009
    • The George Washington Universuty Fellowship, 2008-Present
    • Proofreader, Elasticity in Engineering Mechanics, 2010
    • SEAS Ambassador, The George Washington University, 2010
    • Journal Reviewer: (1) Interaction and Multiscale Mechanics, (2) Journal of Engineering Mathematics, (3) Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters, (4) Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, (5) Computers and Structures, (6) Thin Solid Film, (7) International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Multiscale Mechanics, (8) Meccanica

    Working Experience

    • Lecturer, The George Washington University, 2010-Present
    • Graduate Student Researcher, The George Washington University, 2008-Present
    • Graduate Teaching Asistant/Grader, The George Washington University, 2008-2010
    • Research Assistant, Sinica Academia, 2007-2008
    • Graduate Student Researcher, National Taiwan University, 2005-2007
    • Internship Program, National Instruments, 2006

    Research Field

    • Nanoscience/Nanotechnology
    • Continuum Physics
    • Molecular Dynamics Simulation
    • Biophysics
    • Micro/Nano Mechanics and Physics
    • Multiscale Mechanics and Physics
    • Bio N/MEMS
    • Biomechanics (Bio-continuum mechanics)
    • Micro/Nanoscale Electrodynamics
    • Micro/Nanoscale Electromechanical Coupling
    • Nanoscale Energy Harvest
    • Microcontinuum Field Theory
    • Computational Fluid Dynamics

    Teaching Experience

    • ApSc58 Analytical Mechanics II (Dynamics)
    • MAE134 Vibration
    • MAE257 Vibration
    • MAE221 Fluid Mechanics
    • MAE287 Applied Finite Element
    • MAE210 Continuum Mechanics
    • MAE245 Robotic Systems