Julie Chen Biographical Sketch

Julie Chen

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Associate Professor
Co-Director of the Advanced Composite Materials and Textile Research Lab

Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Lowell, MA 01854

Voice (978) 934-2992
Fax (978) 934-3048

Email: Julie_Chen@uml.edu

Education

Ph.D., 1991, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering
M.S., 1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering
B.S., 1986, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Chen's research interests are in the area of mechanical behavior and deformation of fiber structures, fiber assemblies, and composite materials. Emphasis on experimental investigation and analytical modeling of processing (i.e., forming, stamping), energy absorption, fatigue, and failure behavior of composites as they relate to the fiber architecture and manufacturing defects.

Professional Experience

Sept 1997 - present	Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, UMass-Lowell
Sept 1991 - Aug 1997	Assistant Professor, Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, Boston University
Summer 1994	NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow, Langley Research Center Polymers and Composites Branch, Materials Division (Hampton, VA)
Sept 1986 - Aug 1991	Grad. Research Asst, Fibers & Polymers Laboratory, M.I.T. (Cambridge, MA)
1985 - May 1986	Undergrad Research Asst., Resource Extraction Laboratory, M.I.T.
1983, 1984	Summer Engineering Intern, Xerox Corporation (Webster, NY)
1984	Undergrad Res. Asst., Orthopedics Lab, Mass General Hospital (Boston, MA)

Awards and Honors

International Conference on Composites Engineering (ICCE/5) Distinguished Lecture (1998)

BU Engineering Professor of the Year (1994)

NSF Research Initiation Award (1994)

NASA-Langley Summer Faculty Fellow (1994)

Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, MIT Senior Scholar-Athlete (1986)

GTE Academic All-American (1986), Xerox Corporation Scholarship (1984)

Digital Equipment Corp Scholarship (1983)

Presidential Scholar (1982)

Other Professional Activities

Korea-US Workshop on Composites, September 1998

Symposium Co-organizer (ASME-IMECE '96, Design and Manufacturing of Composites)

ASME Fundamentals of Engineering Review -- 1996 contributor

Workshop Co-organizer (Composites Sheet Forming Workshop, July 11-12, 1995)

Conference Session Co-Chair (International Conference on Composites Engineering, 1994)

National Science Foundation Proposal Reviewer (DDM, CMS, REU, ILI, CCD, SBIR)

Journal Reviewer -- Composites Manufacturing (Composites Part A), J. of Composite Materials,

Polymer Composites, J. of Applied Mechanics, Textile Research J., TAPPI J

Consulting -- Quality Engineering Associates (Burlington, MA), Merix Corp. (Needham, MA)

Professional Societies

ASME

SAMPE

The Fiber Society(Governing Council Member)

ASEE

Some Recent Publications

McBride, T.M. and Chen, J., "Slow Variations of Averaged Properties in Fabric Composites with Multiple Curvature", J. of Composite Materials, in revision.

Patterson, M., Douglas, C.D., Sherwood,J.A., and Chen, J., "Effect of Fillet Radius and Tape on the Tee Jointing of Advanced Composite Laminates," Composites Part B:Engineering Journal, accepted for publication, 1998.

Glenn, T.A., Chen, J., and Sherwood, J.A., "Carbon/Glass Hybridization: Another degree of freedom for composite structures," SAMPE Journal, Vol.34, No.3, pp.22-31, 1998.

Chen, J., McBride, T.M., and Sanchez, S., "Sensitivity of Mechanical Properties to Braider Tow Misalignment in Triaxial Braid Composites," J. of Composites Tech & Research, 20(1) (1998) 13-17.

McBride, T.M. and Chen, J. "Unit-cell Geometry in Plain-Weave Fabrics During Shear Deformation," Composites Science and Technology, 57 (1997) 345-351

Prodromou, A.G. and Chen, J. "On the Relationship between Shear Angle and Wrinkling of Textile Composite Preforms," Composites Part A, 28A (1997) 491-503.

Funded Research Activity

NSF GOALI (w/Ford Motor Company): Modeling of Co-mingled Glass/Thermoplastic Fabrics for Low- Cost/High-Volume Composites Manufacturing, (1998-2001), $257K.

National Textile Center (subcontract to UMass-Dartmouth):High Stress Elastic Materials, (1998-1999), $60K.

Solectria: Crashworthiness and Materials Analysis, (1997-1998), $25K. United Technologies: Research in Materials and Process Parameters for Composites Manufacturing, (1997), $26K.

NSF Research Initiation Award : Modeling of textile structure deformation for composites manufacturing, (1994-1997), $99K.

NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates : (supplement to RIA), (1996), $10K.

United Technologies Corporation Grant, (1996), $9K.

United Technologies Corporation Grant : Modeling of wrinkling during forming of composites, (1995), $11K.

Fiber Innovations Grant : Effect of Defects: Braid Angle Misalignment, (1995), $0.6K.

SBIR Phase II (with Merix Corporation) : Improved Pressurized Fabric Arche, (1995-1996), $30K.

SBIR Phase I (with Merix Corporation) : Improved Pressurized Fabric Arches, (1993), $8K.

NSF Research Planning Grant : Conformability of Fiber Preform Architectures, (1992-1994), $18K.