Faculty Profiles

Chen, Renkun
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Renkun Chen's current research is focused on thermal transport, which plays a very significant role in both energy production and consumption. He is interested in exploiting the fundamental heat transfer science and engineering at the micro and nano scale, and developing materials and devices for thermal energy conversion, storage and management.

Chen, Shaochen
Professor, Chemical and Nano Engineering
3D Printing and Bioprinting; Biomaterials; Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering; Organ-on-a-chip and Micro-physiological Systems; Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing

Chen, Zheng
Professor, Chemical and Nano Engineering
Nanostructured materials and functional polymers for electrochemical energy and sustainable environment.

Cheng, Chung
Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Adjunct Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Adjunct Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Computer-aided design, VLSI layout automation, circuit partitioning, network flow optimization, physical design of multichip modules for hybrid package.

Chern, Albert
Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Numerical analysis, differential geometry, algebraic topology, differential equations, computational mathematics

Research from professor Chien focuses on grid computing and cuts across a broad range of system layers. It includes both hardware and software architecture issues in large-scale parallel and distributed computer systems such as scalable servers, and clusters and workgroups of workstations

Chien, Shu
Professor Emeritus, Bioengineering
Faculty-Emeritus, IEM
Faculty-Emeritus, IEM
Research on how the forces of blood flow impact the cardiovascular system. His studies are leading to new understanding about the pathophysiological mechanisms of atherosclerosis and hypertension, and to the development of therapeutical approaches for cardiovascular disease.

Christensen, Henrik
Director, Contextual Robotics Institute,
Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Robotics, policy, computer vision, artificial intelligence

Christman, Karen
Professor, Bioengineering
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Welfare, Jacobs School
Pierre Galletti Endowed Chair for Bioengineering Innovation
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Welfare, Jacobs School
Pierre Galletti Endowed Chair for Bioengineering Innovation
Regenerative medicine, tissue engineering, polymer chemistry and bio-nanotechnology, multi-scale bioengineering and biomaterial design