Fu-Pen Chiang

Background

Chiang, Fu-Pen was born on October 10, 1936 in Checkiang, China. Son of Chien-lo and Lien-yin (Mao) Chiang.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, 1953-1957. Master of Science U. Florida, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Science and Mechanics, 1966.

Civil engineer, 1958-1962.

Assistant professor mechanic engineering State University of New York-Stony Brook, 1967-1970, associate professor, 1970-1973, professor, 1974-1987, lead professor, 1987, director Laboratory for Experimental Mechanics Research, since 1984. Visiting professor Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, 1973-1974.

Senior visiting fellow department physics Cavendish Laboratory, U. Cambridge, England, 1980-1981. Consultant Army Material and Mechanics Research Center, Army Missile Command, Grumann Aerospace Corporation, and others

Career

Civil engineer, 1958-1962. Assistant professor mechanical engineering State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York, 1967-1970, associate professor, 1970—1974, professor, 1970—1987, lead professor, 1987—2003, director Laboratory for Experimental Mechanics Research, since 1984, chairman, since 1995, State University of New York Distinguished professor, since 2003. Visiting professor Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, 1973-1974.

Senior visiting fellow department physics Cavendish Laboratory, University Cambridge, England, 1980-1981, Institute Mechanics, National Taiwan University, 1990-1991. Consultant Army Material and Mechanics Research Center, Army Missile Command, Grumann Aerospace Corporation, Electric Boat Corporation, and others.

Achievements

• Fu-Pen Chiang has been listed as a noteworthy mechanical engineering educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Society Experimental Mechanics (B. J. Lazan award 1993, M. M. Frocht award 2009), Optical Society of America, International Society for Optical Engineering, International Society Optics & Photonics. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Academy Mechanics, Society Manufacturing Engineering, American Society Engineering Education, Tau Beta Pi-Engineering Honor Society (named Eminent Engineer).

Connections

Married Jin-lin Li; children: Brian (deceased), Ted, Michelle, Winston.

Father:

Chien-lo Chiang

Mother:

Lien-yin (Mao) Chiang

Spouse:

Jin-lin Li

child:

Michelle Chiang

child:

Ted Chiang

child:

Winston Chiang

child:

Brian Chiang (deceased)