Zengtao Chen, PhD, PEng, FCAE, FASME, FCSME
Contact
Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering Dept
- zengtao@ualberta.ca
- Address
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10-219 Donadeo Innovation Centre For Engineering
9211 116 StEdmonton ABT6G 2H5
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Mechanics And Materials Fracture Mechanics Computational Mechanics Elasticity and Solid Mechanics Materials Modelling Smart Materials and Structures Nanomaterials and Structures Composites and Polymers Thermal Stress Analysis Mechanical Design
About
Education:
- PhD, University of Waterloo
- MSc, PhD, Harbin Institute of Technology
- BSc, Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Awards/Honors:
- APEGA Frank Spragins Technical Award, 2024
- Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering, elected in 2023
- Fellow, Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, elected in 2020
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, elected in 2017
- International Journal of Applied Mechanics 6 year most cited paper award 2009-2015
- University of New Brunswick Merit Award, 2007, 2013
- University of New Brunswick Research Scholar, 2012-2014
- Mechanical Professor of the year and UNB Teaching Excellence award, 2012
Research
Dr. Zengtao Chen joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of Alberta as a Professor in August 2014. He has been a faculty member with the Department of Mechanical Engineering of University of New Brunswick for ten years prior to the current position with UofA. His research areas include Mechanics of Materials, Materials Modelling, and Damage and Fracture Mechanics. His recent work includes multiscale modelling of deformation and damage evolution in aluminum and steel alloys, advanced thermal stress analysis of smart materials and structures, nanostructures, and composite structures. He is a Fellow of CAE, ASME and CSME.
Courses
MEC E 301B - Mechanical Engineering Laboratory I
Laboratory experiments in mechanical engineering measurement techniques, treatment of measurement data, introduction to engineering report writing. Corequisite: MEC E 300.
MEC E 362B - Mechanics of Machines
Velocities and acceleration in plane mechanisms, balancing of rotating and reciprocating machinery, gears and gear trains. Prerequisite: MEC E 250.