Wei Chen (engineer)

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Wei Chen is a Chinese-American mechanical engineer known for her work on robust engineering design, robust design of experiments, metamodeling in design, uncertainty quantification, and design under uncertainty. [1] She is the Wilson-Cook Professor in Engineering Design at Northwestern University, where she chairs the mechanical engineering department. [2]

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Education and career

Chen earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, a master's degree from the University of Houston, and a Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology, [3] completed in 1995. [4] She joined the Northwestern University faculty in 2003. [2]

She is the editor-in-chief of the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design and president of the International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. [3] She became chair of mechanical engineering at Northwestern in 2020. [2]

Book

Chen is the coauthor with Christopher Hoyle and Henk Jan Wassenaar of the book Decision-based Design: Integrating Consumer Preferences into Engineering Design (Springer, 2012). She is also a co-editor of several edited volumes. [5]

Recognition

Chen was the 2006 winner of the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award of SAE International. She was named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2009, [3] and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2019 "for contributions to design under uncertainty in products and systems, and leadership in the engineering design community". [4] [6]

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References

  1. Gara, Catherine (Fall 2019), "Designing Better Designs: By creating algorithms that account for physical uncertainties and human nature, Wei Chen increases the efficiency and effectiveness of engineering complex systems", Northwestern Engineering Magazine, Northwestern McCormick School of Engineering, retrieved 2020-10-11
  2. 1 2 3 Gerage, Alex (April 8, 2020), "Wei Chen Named Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering: Chen will succeed Kevin Lynch on September 1", Engineering News, Northwestern McCormick School of Engineering, retrieved 2020-10-11
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  4. 1 2 Woodruff Alumna Wei Chen Elected to NAE, Georgia Tech George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, retrieved 2020-10-11
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