Dr. Shaochen Chen

The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Chen is a Professor and Pearlie D. Henderson Centennial Endowed Faculty Fellow in the Mechanical Engineering Department at UT-Austin. He received the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1999. His primary research interests include:
  • Nanofabrication for energy, medicine, and sustainability,
  • Biomaterials, biomedical devices, and nanomedicine,
  • Biofuels including bioreactor design, thermal/fluid transport, and optical engineering,
  • Nanophotonics and solar energy harvesting,
  • Laser engineering including femtosecond laser processing and ultrafast heat transfer
Dr. Chen has a good track record for developing well-funded research programs with funding from NIH, NSF, DoD, ONR, AFOSR, American Heart Association, Texas Instruments, Intel, and IBM. His group has published over 100 peer-reviewed publications and filed more than 10 patents/provisional patents. Three of the patents were licensed to CardioSpectra, Inc. and later acquired by Volcano Corporation (NASDAQ:VOLC)

Among his numerous awards, Dr. Chen received the NSF CAREER award in 2001 for cutting-edge research in laser nano-scale processing of biodegradable polymers. This work is leading to the development of degradable polymeric micro- and nano-devices for cellular and molecular therapeutics. In 2004, Dr. Chen received the Young Investigator award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) for his work on nanocomposites with unique optical, thermal, and chemical properties. His lab has developed innovative three-dimensional, multi-functional micro and nanostructures with a gradient of material composition and topography, leading to applications for tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and optical cloaking. His work about surface plasmons and its application for nanolithography has won the Best Paper Award of AIAA Thermophysics Conference in 2006. Several technical magazines such as "Laser Focus World", "Nanotechnologie News (Germany)", "R & D Magazine", "Photonics Spectra", "Design News Online" and "C-NET News" reported on his research work.

As an active member in his professional community, Dr. Chen was elected Fellow of ASME in 2007 and Fellow of SPIE in 2008. Currently he serves as the Associate Editor for Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology and ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering. He is also on the editorial board of journals including Nanomedicine, Biofabrication, and The Open Materials Science Journal. 		Shaochen Chen, Ph.D.
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Dr. Chen

  • Awards & Honors


  • Editorialship


  • Patents


  • Affiliations


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    Awards & Honors:          Back to Top

    • Fellow, International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), 2008


    • Member of Biomaterials and Biointerfaces Study Section, National Institutes of Health, 2007


    • Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2007


    • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Best Paper Award, 2006


    • Outstanding Reviewer, Journal of Heat Transfer, 2006


    • Pearlie D. Henderson Centennial Endowed Faculty Fellowship from UT Austin, 2006


    • Outstanding Faculty Award from the College of Engineering, UT Austin, 2005


    • Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), 2004


    • Cited as a successful young investigator in the Report to the Assistant Director for Engineering of NSF by the Committee of Visitors to NSF DMII Division, 2003


    • Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineer, 2002


    • CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation, 2001

    Editorialship:          Back to Top

    • Editorial Board Member, Biofabrication, 2008 - present


    • Editorial Board Member, The Open Materials Science Journal, 2008 - present


    • Associate Editor, Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 2007-present


    • Associate Editor, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 2007- present


    • Journal Editorial Board Member: Nanomedicine (UK), 2005-present


    • Guest Editor: IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging, special issue on MEMS/NEMS packaging, 2003

    Patents:          Back to Top

    1. "A Sacrificial Material for Organic-Based, 3-Dimensional Fabrication", L. H. Han and S.C. Chen US provisional patent filed, 2009.


    2. "Continuously direct-write of microlens array using digital projection photopolymerization", Y. Lu and S.C. Chen, US provisional patent filed, 2009.


    3. "Designer multi-material scaffolds of native ECM components prepared by freeform fabrication for neural tissue engineering", S. Suri, W. Zhang, L.H. Han, S.C. Chen, C.E. Schmidt, UT disclosure filed, 2008.


    4. "Direct Forming of Microoptics Using a Dynamic Photomask", Y. Lu and S.C. Chen, US Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 61/025,070, 2008.


    5. "Flash Imprint Lithography Using A Mask Aligner (FILM): a method for imprinting nanostructures in UV-curable polymers", D. Y. Fozdar and S.C. Chen, UT disclosure filed, 2008.


    6. "Method and Apparatus for Performing Nanoscale Photolithography", S. C. Chen, D.B. Shao, US Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/954,183, 2007.


    7. "A Device and Method for Rapid Fabrication of Multi-material, 3-dimensional Microstructures", L.H. Han, G. Mapili, S.C. Chen, and K. Roy, US Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/952595, 2007.


    8. "Rotating Optical Catheter Tip for Optical Coherence Tomography", T. E. Milner, M. D. Feldman, J.-H. Oh, S. C. Chen, US Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 11/551,684, 2006.


    9. "A Nanostructured Cardiovascular-Energized Power Source for Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (AICDs) and Biventricular Pacemakers", S. C. Chen, M. D. Feldman, L. H. Han, C. A. Aguilar, US Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/883497, 2006.


    10. "Catheter Imaging Probe and Method", M. D. Feldman, T. E. Milner, S. C. Chen, J. H. Kim, L. H. Han, J.-H. Oh, H. Lee. US and International patents filed in 2003 and 2004. US Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/466,215. The patent was licensed to CardioSpectra, Inc. in 2005.

    11. "Optical Coherence Tomography Using Spectrally Resolved Bandwidth", M. D. Feldman, T. E. Milner, J.-H. Oh, E. Kim, K. Kumar, C. Condit, R. Grant, N. Kemp, J. H. Kim, S. C. Chen, L. H. Han, US Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/687,930. The patent was licensed to CardioSpectra, Inc. in 2005.

    Affiliations:          Back to Top

    Member, Graduate Studies Committee of the Biomedical Engineering Department
    Member, Microelectronics Research Center
    Executive Committee, Center for Nano and Molecular Science and Technology
    Member, Texas Materials Institute

     

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