Professor of mathematics elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Long-Qing Chen, Donald W. Hamer Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, professor of mathematics, and professor of engineering science and mechanics, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Members of the class of 2025 also include Susan Brantley, Atherton Professor and Evan Pugh University Professor Emerita of Geosciences and George E. Trimble Chair of Energy and Mineral Sciences and professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering.
They are among the 128 new members and 22 international members elected to the NAE on Feb. 11, bringing the U.S. membership to 2,487 and the number of international members to 336. The newly elected class will be formally inducted during the NAE's Annual Meeting on Oct. 5.
“I’m particularly proud that these three outstanding faculty members have their academic homes in three different EMS departments,” said Lee Kump, the John Leone Dean of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. “They join a uniquely strong cadre of National Academy members in the college and across the University.”
NAE membership recognizes significant contributions to engineering practice, research, or education, to the pioneering of new and developing technological fields, to major advancement in traditional fields of engineering, to the development and implementation of innovative approaches to engineering education and leadership. Founded in 1964, the NAE provides independent analysis and advice to the nation.
Chen was elected “for making the phase-field method the most powerful tool for predicting the mesoscopic microstructure and properties of engineering materials.”
He joined the Penn State faculty in 1992, earned his bachelor's degree from Zhejiang University, China; his master's degree from Stony Brook University; and his doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, all in materials science and engineering. He is a fellow of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), the Materials Research Society (MRS), the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Ceramic Society (ACerS), and ASM International. He was elected as a foreign member of the Academia Europaea. He received MRS Materials Theory Award, Guggenheim Fellowship, Humboldt Research Award, TMS John Bardeen Award, TMS Hume-Rothery Award, ACerS Ross Coffin Purdy Award, TMS Cyril Stanley Smith Award, and IEEE-UFFC Distinguished Lecturer Award. Chen is also a professor of engineering science and mechanics and professor of mathematics.