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Dr. Tsu-Wei Chou Pierre S. du Pont Chair of Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Delaware 102 Spencer Lab. Newark, DE 19716-3140 E-mail: chou@udel.edu Dr. Chou's personal homepage |
DEGREES
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1969 (Materials Science)
M.S., Northwestern University, 1966 (Materials Science)
B.S., National Taiwan University, 1963 (Civil Engineering)
SERVICE
1969- Faculty, Department of Mechanical Engineering
1976-78 Chairman, Materials and Metallurgy Faculty
1977-78 Associate Director, Center for Composite Materials
1985-90 Program Director, National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center
1986-98 Co-PI, University Research Initiative Program/Army Research Office
1987-98 Board of Directors, Center for Composite Materials
1998- Advisory Board, Center for Composite Materials
1999-00 Acting Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering
2000-04 Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering
OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE
1969 Post Doctorate, Materials Research Center, Allied Chemical Corporation
1975-76 Visiting Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory
1976 Senior Visiting Research Fellow, British Science Research Council
1977 Visiting Professor, The University of the Witerwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
1981 Visiting Professor, National Commission for the Investigation of Space, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1983 Visiting Professor, DFVLR Germany Aerospace Research Establishment, Koln, Germany
1983 Liaison Scientist, London Branch Office, U. S. Office of Naval Research
1990 Visiting Professor, Tongji University, China
1990 Visiting Professor, Tokyo Science University, Japan
1997 Visiting Professor, Industrial Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
STATE REGISTERED
NONE
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Books Authored
- Composite Materials and Their Use in Structures, Elsevier Applied Science, London, with J. R. Vinson (1975).
- Microstructural Design of Fiber Composites, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK (1992).
Books and Conference Proceedings Edited
- Textile Structural Composites, Elsevier Science Publishers, B.V., Amsterdam, edited with F. Ko (1988). Russian Edition, Mockba, Moscow (1991).
- Use of Composite Materials in Transportation Systems, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York (1991), edited with S. B. Biggers.
- Structure and Properties of Composites, Vol. 13 of Materials Science and Technology series, VCH, Germany, volume editor, (1993).
- Proceedings of the American Society for Composites 9th Technical Conference, Technomic Publishing Co., Inc., Lancaster, PA, edited with J. R. Vinson (1994).
- Innovative Processing and Characterization of Composite Materials, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York (1995), edited with R. F. Gibson.
- Progress in Advanced Materials and Mechanics, Peking University Press, Beijing, China, edited with Wang Tzuchiang (1996).
- Fiber Reinforcements and General Theory of Composites, Vol. 1 of Comprehensive Composite Materials, Elsevier Science, Ltd., Oxford, UK, volume editor, March, 2000.
SOCIETIES
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Ceramic Society
TMS - The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society
ASM International
American Society for Composites
American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics
Materials Research Society
HONORS & AWARDS
1964-65 Walter P. Murphy Fellowship, Northwestern University
1966-67 Ford Foundation Fellowship, Stanford University
1970-71 Frederick Gardner Cottrell Fellowship, Research Corporation
1976 Senior Visiting Research Fellowship, British Science Research Council
1986-87 Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, University of Delaware
1988 Special Faculty Award, College of Engineering, University of Delaware
1989-2002 Jerzy L. Nowinski Professor of Mechanical Engineering
1994 Honorary Research Professor, Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, China
1996 Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
1997 Honorary Research Professor, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
1998 Distinguished Research Award, American Society for Composites
1998 Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
1999 Fellow, ASM International
2001 Fellow, American Society for Composites
2001 Francis Alison Award, University of Delaware
2002 Fellow, American Ceramic Society
2002 Highly Cited Researchers, ISI
2002 Worcester Reed Warner Medal, ASME
2003- Pierre S. du Pont Chair of Engineering
2005 Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics
2008 Fellow, TMS-The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society
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COURSES TAUGHT
MEEG 817 - Composite Materials
MEEG 610 - Intermediate Solid Mechanics
