Chen selected to receive the ASEE-SE Section New Faculty Researcher Award

March 7, 2018

A mechanical engineering faculty member has gained recognition for his research efforts by a national organization.

ME assistant professor Lei Chen has been selected to receive the American Society for Engineering Education Southeastern Section’s New Faculty Researcher Award, and was presented with the award at the ASEE-SE conference in March in Daytona Beach, FL.

Chen joined the ME department in August 2015 and has already received several competitive NSF external funding awards to support his research.  In addition, Dr. Chen received the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award in 2017.

Prior to working at MSU, Chen was a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Pennsylvania State University and a research fellow at Southampton University in the United Kingdom.  Chen obtained his doctorate in mechanical engineering from the National University of Singapore in 2012.

Founded in 1893, the American Society for Engineering Education seeks to promote excellence in engineering education across the full spectrum of engineering fields. The southeastern section holds yearly conferences to discuss the problems and opportunities faced in engineering education.

For more information on ASEE, visit www.asee.org.