Clifford Chi Fong Chou

Background

Chou, Clifford Chi Fong was born on December 19, 1940 in Taipei, Taiwan. Came to the United States, 1966, naturalized, 1978.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Michigan State University, 1972.

Career

Research assistant Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1967-1970, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1970-1972, research associate, 1972-1976. Research engineer Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, 1976-1981, senior research engineer, 1981-1982, principal research engineer associate, 1982-1989, principal staff engineer, 1989-1993, senior engineering specialist, 1993-1995, staff technical specialist, 1995—2003, technical leader, 2003—2007. Retired, 2007

Adjunct professor Michigan Technological University, 1997-2002, 2003—2007, Wayne State University, since 2007.

Lecturer to China under United Nations Development Program, 1987, 93, 95, lecturer to Taiwan under Automotive Research and Test Center, 1991, 97, 98, 2005. Organizer Safety Test Methodology, Society of Automotive Engineers session chair, 1997-2009, Society of Automotive Engineers fellow nominate committee, 2004-2007, IBEC session chair 1999, 2000, 2004. Coordinator Detroit Automobile Technology Conference, 1993, session chair, 1997.

Member safety and environmental systems planning committee IBEC '98, 1997-2000, 01-03. Industrial academy advisory to Doctor of Philosophy Committees, University Michigan, 1995-1998, Michigan Teachers University, 1997-2000, Wayne State University, 2006—2007. Teacher in field; co-organizer 6th United States National Conference on Computational mechanics, crashworthiness session, Dearborn, 2001.

Member safety technical committee China Society of Automotive Engineers, since 2002, member nomination committee, 2004-2007.

Achievements

• Clifford Chi Fong Chou has been listed as a noteworthy Research engineering executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society Automotive Engineers (Forest R. McFarland award 2000, 2006, Arch T. Colwell Merit award 2008). Member: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Detroit Chinese American Association, Michigan Chinese Academy Professional Association (board directors 1992-1993, president 1993-1994, advisor since 1994, seminar speaker 2000), Ford Chinese Club (president 1991-1992), Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Travel, karaoke, ballroom dancing.

Connections

Son of Ching piao and Yueh li (Huang) C. Married Chu hwei Lee, March 23, 1968. Children: Kelvin Lin yu, Renee Lincy.

Father:

Ching Chou

Spouse:

Chu hwei Lee

child:

Renee Lincy Chou

child:

Kelvin Lin yu Chou