Curricula Vitae

Junhong Chen, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Director, NSF I/UCRC on Water Equipment and Policy
Director, Laboratory of Nanotech. for Sustainable Energy and Environment
Chair, ME Graduate Program Committee

Education

  • B.E., Thermal Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, 1995
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 2000
  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 2002

Professional Experience

  • Postdoctoral Scholar of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 2002-2003
  • Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2003-2008
  • Faculty affiliation, Laboratory for Surface Studies (LSS)-UWM Center of Excellence, 2004-present
  • Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2008-2011
  • Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2011-present

Research Interests

  • Nanoparticle synthesis, assembly, and nanofabrication
  • Carbon nanotubes and hybrid nanomaterials
  • Nanostructure-based gas sensors and biosensors
  • Energy conversion, conservation, and renewable energy
  • Sustainable environment and pollution control
  • Corona discharges and plasma reacting flows

Honors and Awards

  • Graduate School/UWM Foundation Research Award, 2008
  • Graduate Student Travel Award, Gordon Research Conferences on Plasma Processing Science, 2002
  • Departmental Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 1999
  • Siemens Prize, Siemens Corporation, 1997
  • Carrier Scholarship, Carrier Corporation, 1996, 1997
  • Best Paper Award, China National Society of HVAC&R, 1996
  • Graduation with honors, Shanghai Municipal Government, 1995
  • Guanghua Scholarship, Guanghua Foundation, 1995
  • Renhuan Scholarship, China National Society of HVAC&R and Tsinghua University Renhuan Company, 1994
  • Li Guohao Prize, Tongji University, 1994
  • Ni-Li Scholarship, Ni-Li Foundation, 1993
  • People’s Scholarship, Tongji University, 1991-1995

Recent Invited Presentations

  • ASM International Milwaukee Chapter 53rd Annual H. R. Bergmann Memorial Seminar, “Hybrid Nanomaterials for Sensing Applications,” Milwaukee, WI, May 2011.
  • University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Department of Chemistry, “Hybrid Nanomaterials for Chemical and Biological Sensing,” Stevens Point, WI, April 2011.
  • A. O. Smith Corporation, “Advanced Nanomaterials for Sensing Applications,” Milwaukee, WI, April 2011.
  • University of Georgia, Department of Physics, “Hybrid Nanomaterials for Chemical and Biological Sensing,” Athens, GA, January 2011.
  • University of British Columbia, Department of Mechanical Engineering, “Hybrid Nanomaterials for Chemical and Biological Sensing,” Vancouver, British Columbia, CA, November 2010.
  • University of Delaware, Department of Mechanical Engineering, “Hybrid Nanomaterials for Chemical and Biological Sensing,” Newark, DE, October 2010.
  • Shanghai Nanotechnology Promotion Center, “Hybrid Nanomaterials for Chemical and Biological Sensing,” Shanghai, China, June 2010.
  • University of Duisburg, Center for Nanointegration, “Hybrid Nanomaterials for Chemical and Biological Sensing,” Duisburg, Germany, May 2010.
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, “Hybrid Nanomaterials for Chemical and Biological Sensing,” Suzhou, China, May 2010.
  • Illinois Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, “Hybrid Nanomaterials for Chemical and Biological Sensing,” Chicago, IL, April 2010.
  • Peking University, College of Engineering, Beijing, China, “Synthesis and Application of Multifunctional Hybrid Nanomaterials,” Beijing, China, January 2010.
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Metal Research, Shenyang, China, “Synthesis and Application of Multifunctional Hybrid Nanomaterials,” Shenyang, China, January 2010.
  • Beijing University of Chemical Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing, China, “Synthesis and Application of Multifunctional Hybrid Nanomaterials,” Beijing, China, January 2010.
  • Fudan University, Chemistry Department, “Synthesis and Application of Multifunctional Hybrid Nanomaterials,” Shanghai, China, January 2010.
  • 2nd International Symposium on Aqua Science, Water Resource and Low Carbon Energy (ISASWR.LCE), “Hybrid Nanomaterials for Environmental Monitoring and Remediation,” Sanya, China, December 2009.
  • 5th IUPAC International Symposium on Novel materials and their Synthesis (NMS-V) and 3rd Symposium on Power Sources for Energy Storage and their Key Materials (PS-III), “Hybrid Nanomaterials for Chemical and Biological Sensing,” Shanghai, China, October 2009.
  • Rockwell Automation, “Room-Temperature Gas Sensors Based on Hybrid Nanostructures,” Milwaukee, WI, February 2009.
  • Tongji University, School of Materials Science, “Hybrid Nanocrystal-Carbon Nanotube Structures for Nanodevices,” Shanghai, China, June 2008.
  • Xerox Corporation, “Corona Wire Ozone Production and Silicon Dioxide Deposition,” Webster, NY, April 2008.
  • University of Notre Dame, “Controlled Assembly of Nanoparticles onto Carbon Nanotubes,” Notre Dame, IN, May 2007.
  • Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Nanomanufacturing Conference, “Manufacture of Nanoparticle-Carbon Nanotube Hybrids,” Chicago, IL, March 2007.
  • Tongji University, College of Mechanical Engineering, “Aerosol Nanoparticle Synthesis and Assembly for Device Fabrication,” Shanghai, China, January 2007.
  • Naval Research Laboratory, “Aerosol Nanoparticle Synthesis and Assembly for Device Fabrication,” Washington DC, December 2006.
  • Northwestern University, Nanotechnology Group Seminar, “Controlled Assembly of Nanoparticles onto Carbon Nanotubes,” Evanston, IL, October 2006.
  • University of Minnesota, IGERT Nanoparticle Science and Engineering Seminar Series, “Controlled Assembly of Nanoparticles onto Carbon Nanotubes,” Minneapolis, MN, September 2006.
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison, Water Chemistry and Environmental Technology Program, “Synthesis and Assembly of Nanoparticles for Functional Nanodevices,” Madison, WI, April 2006.
  • Xerox Corporation, “Physics and Chemistry of Microscale and Nanoscale Corona Discharges,” Webster, NY, February 2005.
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Physics Department, Brown Bag Lunch Talks on Condensed Matter Physics, Optics, and Surface Science, “Plasma Synthesis of Nanoparticles,” Milwaukee, WI, April 2004.
  • Clemson University, Mechanical Engineering Department, “Corona-Enhanced Chemical Reactions,” Clemson, SC, March 2003.
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Mechanical Engineering Department, “Corona-Enhanced Chemical Reactions,” Milwaukee, WI, December 2002.
  • California Institute of Technology, Air Pollution and Aerosol Seminar, “Numerical Modeling of Ozone Production in the DC Corona Discharge,” Pasadena, CA, October 2002.
  • TSI Inc., “Corona-Enhanced Chemical Reactions,” St. Paul, MN, May 2002.

Professional Associations and Services

  • Invited NSF Panelist/Reviewer for CAREER, NER, SST, SBIR/STTR, PIRE, NUE and unsolicited proposals
  • Reviewer for ACS Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) proposals
  • Reviewer for ARO proposals
  • Reviewer for DOE proposals
  • Reviewer for NASA proposals
  • Reviewer for EPA proposals
  • Reviewer for USDA proposals
  • Reviewer for European Research Area (ERA) – Chemistry proposals
  • Panelist/Reviewer for German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • Reviewer for Dutch Technology Foundation proposals
  • Reviewer for Korea Research Foundation proposals
  • Reviewer for Canadian Ontario Ministry of Agriculture proposals
  • Reviewer for Louisiana Board of Regents’ Research Competitiveness Subprogram proposals
  • Proposal Evaluation Board, Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), 2009-2011
  • Reviewer for the following Journals and Conference Proceedings:
    • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
    • ACS Nano
    • Advanced Functional Materials
    • Advanced Materials
    • Aerosol Science and Technology
    • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
    • Applied Physics Letters
    • Biosensors & Bioelectronics
    • Carbon
    • Chemical Physics Letters
    • Chemistry-An Asian Journal
    • Chemistry of Materials
    • Clean Air: International Journal on Energy for a Clean Environment
    • Combustion Science and Technology
    • Composites B: Engineering
    • CrystEngComm
    • Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters
    • Electrochimica Acta
    • Energy
    • Energy & Environmental Science
    • IEEE Electron Devices
    • IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
    • Journal of Aerosol Science
    • Journal of Applied Physics
    • Journal of Applied Physics A
    • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
    • Journal of Electronic Materials
    • Journal of Environmental Science
    • Journal of Materials Chemistry
    • Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanosystems o Journal of Nanomaterials
    • Journal of Nanomaterials
    • Journal of Nanoparticle Research
    • Journal of Physical Chemistry C
    • Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
    • Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
    • Journal of the American Ceramic Society
    • Journal of the American Chemical Society
    • Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology: B
    • Langmuir
    • Manufacturing Science and Technology
    • Materials Research Bulletin
    • NANO
    • Nano Research
    • Nanoscale
    • Nanoscale Research Letters
    • Nanotechnology
    • Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing
    • Plasma Sources Science and Technology
    • Powder Technology
    • Semiconductor Science and Technology
    • Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical
    • Separation Science and Technology
    • Small
    • Solid State Sciences
    • The European Physical Journal-Applied Physics
    • ASME Proceedings
    • MRS proceedings
  • Co-organizer of “Nanostructures and Nanomaterials for Sustainability” Symposium for the 2011 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE).
  • Co-organizer of “Nanostructures and Nanomaterials for Energy Harvesting, Conversion and Storage” Symposium for the 2010 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE).
  • Co-organizer of “Nanomaterials for Sustainable Energy and Environment Symposium” for the 2009 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) .
  • Co-organizer of “Materials for Energy Applications Symposium” for the 2009 AAAR Annual Conference.
  • Co-organizer for Virtual Conference on Nanoscale Science and Technology Symposium C “Physics and Applications of Carbon Nanotubes”, 2008.
  • Co-organizer for ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) Symposium on “Materials for Energy Applications”, 2008.
  • Chair, Combustion Working Group, American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR) Conference, 2008
  • Session Chair, ASME MicroNano 2008 Conference
  • Session Chair, ASME IMECE, 2007
  • Session Chair, AAAR Conference, 2007
  • Session Chair, ASME International Conference on Integration and Commercialization of Micro and Nanosystems, 2007
  • Vice Chair, Combustion Working Group, AAAR Conference, 2007
  • Session Chair, International Aerosol Conference (IAC), 2006
  • Session Chair, AAAR Conference, 2005
  • Chair, UWM-Laboratory for Surface Studies (LSS) Summer Symposium, 2005 and 2006
  • Member and Steering Committee Member, UWM-LSS, 2004-present
  • Member of ASME, ASEE, AAAR, MRS, IEEE, ACS