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Wen S. Chan, Ph.D.
Professor, and Director of the Center for Composite Materials
Education: Ph.D. Purdue University,
1979 ~ M.S. Tennessee Technological University, 1972 ~ B.S. National
Cheng-Kung University, 1969
Areas of Expertise: Composite structure design,
mechanics of composite materials, material behavior of composites,
finite element analysis, damage tolerance and durability, fracture
mechanics and fatigue analysis, and smart structures.
Background: Dr. Chan has extensive industrial
experiences in the analysis and design of aerospace structures.
His research interests include analytical methodology development,
testing and design of composite structures, as well as fracture
and fatigue characteristics of metallic and composite materials.
He was the principal investigator of several projects sponsored
by federal government laboratories and industrial companies. Dr.
Chan was an invited lecturer of the ASEE faculty Professional Development
Program on Principles of Composites sponsored by NSF. He was also
invited to give a seminar to several national and international
universities. Prior to joining UT Arlington as a full time faculty
member in 1988, Dr. Chan was Principal Engineer at Bell Helicopter
Textron, Inc., Texas, from 1981 to 1988 and Fatigue/Fracture Engineer
at Gates Learjet Corporation, Kansas from 1979 to 1981. Dr. Chan
has received numerous awards in recognition of his outstanding research.
These include outstanding research award (1999) from the College
of Engineering at UTA, THE BEST COMPOSITE PAPER IN THE SAMPE MEETING
(1986) AND THE BEST STRUCTURE PAPER IN THE AHS NATIONAL CONFERENCE
(1997 )and invention award (1990) from Bell Helicopter Textron,
etc. He also directed his student to receive the AIAA Student Paper
Contest Award (1999) and the AHS R. L. Lichten test paper award
(1996).
E-mail: chan@uta.edu
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