Biography
J. S. Chen is William Prager Chair Professor and Distinguished Professor of Structural Engineering Department, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, and the Founding Director of Center for Extreme Events Research at UC San Diego. Before joining UCSD in 2013, he was the Chancellor’s Professor of UCLA Civil & Environmental Engineering Department where he served as the Department Chair during 2007-2012. J. S. Chen’s research is in computational mechanics and multiscale materials modeling with specialization in the development of meshfree methods. J. S. Chen earned his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from National Central University in Taiwan, MS in Civil Engineering and Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied mechanics from Northwestern University.
Selected Awards & Honors:
Yushan Fellow, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 2024.
Raymond D. Mindlin Medal, ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute, 2024.
Computational Mechanics Award, Japan Association for Computational Mechanics (JACM), 2021.
Grand Prize, Japan Society for Computational Engineering and Science (JSCES), 2020.
The Belytschko Medal, U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics (formerly USACM Computational Structural Mechanics Award), June, 2017
2017 John A. Blume Distinguished Lecture, Stanford University, January 24, 2017
Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Award, ASME Applied Mechanics Division, November, 2016
Wen-Yuan Lecture, Tongji University, China, October 19, 2016
Distinguished Fellow, ICCES (International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences), 2015
Elected President of ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI), 2015 - 2017
Elected Fellow, Society of Engineering Science, 2019
Elected Inaugural Fellow, Engineering Mechanics Institute, 2013
The Computational Mechanics Award, International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM), 2012
The ICACM Award, International Chinese Association for Computational Mechanics (ICACM), 2011
President, US Association for Computational Mechanics, 2010-2012
Delivered more than 25 Plenary and Semi-Plenary Lectures, and 35 Keynote Lectures in International Conferences
Elected Executive Council member, International Association for Computational Mechanics, 2010-present
Outstanding Alumnus of National Central University, Taiwan, 2007
Delivered Y. P. Shih Endowed Lecture, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan, 2008
Elected Executive and General Council Member, International Chinese Association for Computational Mechanic, 2007-present
Chancellor's Professor, UCLA, 2006-present
Vice President, US Association for Computational Mechanics, 2008-2010
Elected Treasurer, US Association for Computational Mechanics, 2006-2008
Elected Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013
Elected Fellow, International Chinese Association for Computational Mechanics, 2011
Elected Fellow, International Association for Computational Mechanics, 2006
Elected Fellow, US Association for Computational Mechanics, 2005
Elected At-Large member, Executive Council, US Association for Computational Mechanics, 2001-2006
Editor-in-Chief, Interaction and Multiscale Mechanics, an International Journal, 2006-present
Associate Editor, ASCE Engineering Mechanics, 2005-2010
Editorial/Advisory Board: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Structural Engineering and Mechanics, International Journal of Computational Methods, Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics, Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, US Association for Computational Mechanics Newsletter, Computational Particle Dynamics, International Journal of Modern Mechanics, Journal of Modeling in Mechanics and Materials, Computers and Geotechnics, Engineering with Computers.
Guest Editor: Computational Mechanics (2000), Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (2004), Mechanics of Materials (2009), Computational Mechanics (2015).
General Council member, International Association for Computational Mechanics, 2003-present
James Lightners Faculty Fellowship, The University of Iowa, 2001
Faculty Scholar Award, The University of Iowa, 2000
Excellence in Teaching Award, The University of Iowa, 1996
Carver Scientific Research Initiation Award, The University of Iowa, 1996
GenCorp Technology Achievement Award, GenCorp, 1991