Yan Chen ( zh, 陈焱) is a Chinese mechanical engineer specializing in reconfigurable mechanisms including
rigid origami
Rigid origami is a branch of origami which is concerned with folding structures using flat rigid sheets joined by hinges. That is, unlike in traditional origami, the panels of the paper cannot be bent during the folding process; they must remain ...
,
metamaterials, and
deployable structure
A deployable structure is a structure that can change shape so as to significantly change its size.
Examples of deployable structures are umbrellas, some tensegrity structures, bistable structures, some Origami shapes and scissor-like structures. ...
s. She is a professor of mechanical engineering at
Tianjin University, where she heads the Motion Structure Laboratory.
Education and career
Chen studied engineering at the
Jilin University of Technology (now part of Jilin University), earning a bachelor's degree in 1997 and a bachelor's degree in 1999. She went to the
University of Oxford for doctoral study in engineering science, completing a doctorate (D.Phil.) in 2004.
After working in industry in England for a year, she returned to China in 2005 as an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at
Nanyang Technological University
The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is a national research university in Singapore. It is the second oldest autonomous university in the country and is considered as one of the most prestigious universities in the world by various inte ...
. She moved to her present position as a full professor at Tianjin University in 2012.
Book
Chen is the author of the open-access book ''Motion Structures: Deployable Structural Assemblies of Mechanisms'' (CRC Press, 2011).
Recognition
Chen was named as one of the 2012 New Century Outstanding Talents of the Ministry of Education, and as one of the 2016 Youth Science and Technology Innovation Leaders of the Ministry of Science and Technology. She was elected as a
Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Fellowship of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (FIMechE) is an award and fellowship granted to individuals that the Institution of Mechanical Engineers judges to be a "professional engineer working in a senior role with significant autono ...
in 2015.
References
External links
Motion Structure Laboratory*''Motion Structures'' open-access book,
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Chinese mechanical engineers
Chinese women engineers
Jilin University alumni
Alumni of the University of Oxford
Academic staff of Nanyang Technological University
Academic staff of Tianjin University
Fellows of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers