Dr. Hung-Liang (Roger) Chen, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at West Virginia University (WVU). Dr. Chen received his undergraduate civil engineering education from National Taipei Institute of Technology, Taiwan and obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. in structural engineering from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, in 1985 and 1988, respectively. He joined WVU in 1989 as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure in 1995 and promoted to Full Professor in 2000. He has been extensively involved with research on structural dynamics, nondestructive evaluation (NDE), wave propagation, and dynamic soil-structure interaction, and has led the advancement and development of applying acoustic emission and other NDE techniques to concrete, composites, timber and ceramic materials. He currently conducts research projects in the areas of mass concrete, FRP composite structures, dynamic characterization of damaged structures, acoustic emission of steel bridges, laser vibration sensor and NDE of TBC. He has published more than 150 technical articles. He is active in the ACI committees of Lunar Concrete, NDE of concrete and FRP reinforced concrete, and ASCE committees on experimental analysis and instrumentation committee and dynamics committee of EMI. Dr. Chen is the recipient of the Young Researcher of the Year Award, 1991-1992, from WVU College of Engineering. He also received Outstanding Researcher Award, WVU College of Engineering and Mineral Resources for the year 2000-2001. He has been an invited speaker for more than 50 seminars at research institutions and universities in the U.S., Canada and Taiwan to present his research findings in the areas of nondestructive evaluation of civil engineering structures, FRP materials and dynamic behavior of structures, and he has received more than 40 research awards as Principal Investigator from various funding agencies, such as NSF, U.S. DOE, WVDOT, U. S. Army, and Federal Highway Administration. Dr. Chen is a Fellow of ASNT.

HONORS and AWARDS:

ASNT Fellow Award, American Society of Nondestructive Testing, October 2006.

Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, West Virginia University, 2004-2007, 2009-2011, 2016 and 2018.

Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, West Virginia University, 2003-2004.

Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2002-2003, Civil and Environmental Engineering, WVU.

Who's Who in America, Marquis Who's Who, 2002.

Who's Who in Engineering Education, Academic Keys, 2002

Outstanding Researcher Award, 2000-2001, College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, West Virginia University.

President (1995) and Vice President (1994), Association of Chinese Professionals in West Virginia.

The Who's Who among Asian Americans, published by Gale Research Inc, May 1994.

The Most Admired Men and Women of the Year 1994-95, the American Biographical Institute.

Young Researcher of The Year Award, College of Engineering, West Virginia University, 1991-92.

Vice President of Chinese Student Association at Northwestern University, 1985.

Awarded Scholarship from Chinese-American Educational Foundation, 1983.

Awarded Excellent Scholarship Price from National Taipei Institute of Technology, 1979.