Jim Shih-Jiun Chen, Ph.D.
Professor of mechanical engineering at Temple University
Dr. Chen is a professor of mechanical engineering at Temple University. He received his BSME degree from National Taiwan University in 1976 and his Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from Drexel University in 1985. He had three years of industrial working experience in piping system design and one year engineering experience in a US Naval Research Laboratory. His teaching interests are in the areas of Statics, Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, and Technology Transformations. He has published more than 100 refereed articles in temperature measurement and control, film cooling, jet impingement, accelerated/controlled cooling, melt spinning, electronics cooling, cryoablation, wind energy, and heat pumps. In education, he has advised students winning national and international competitions. In 1996, Dr. Chen received the Distinguished Faculty Award from the College of Engineering at Temple University. He has been a member of ASME since 1986. His current research interests and wind turbines and geothermal heat pumps.