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Michael Chen

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Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering

Email: mmchen@umich.edu

Degrees

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1961
S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1957
B.S., University of Illinois (Urbana), 1955

Research Interests

Heat transfer and fluid mechanics, including fundamentals and manufacturing applications; buoyant and thermocapillary convection; multiphase flows; asymptotic, computational, and experimental methods; alloy solidification theory; laser processing; welding; spray forming; spray coating.

Honors & Awards

  • Heat Transfer Memorial Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1990
  • Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1983
  • National Heat Transfer Conference Best Paper Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers/AlChE, 1983

Faculty Type

Emeritus