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16 February 2005
Company News
Aspen Technology Fellow Chau-Chyun Chen Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Aspen Technology, Inc . announced that Chau-Chyun Chen, a technology fellow at the company, has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering. One of the highest honors in the engineering discipline, membership in the Academy is awarded to those who have made significant contributions to engineering theory and practice, and to those who have demonstrated extraordinary accomplishment in pioneering new and developing fields of technology. The Academy elected 74 new U.S. members and 10 foreign associates on February 11, 2005.
Chen was recognized for his contributions to molecular thermodynamics and process modeling technology for designing industrial processes with complex chemical systems. One of the founders of AspenTech in 1981, Chen was instrumental in developing the first-principles modeling approach AspenTech brought to the chemicals industry. He also pioneered process modeling techniques for difficult chemical systems such as those that include electrolytes, as well as those that include large, complex molecules such as polymers and pharmaceuticals.
Chen is the third of AspenTech's engineering experts to be elected to the Academy. Dr. Lawrence Evans, founder and former CEO, was elected in 2001; and Charles Cutler, former Senior Corporate Advisor, was elected in 2000.
Chen received ScD and MS degrees in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980 and 1977, respectively, and a BS degree in chemistry from the National Taiwan University in 1973. He is the recipient of the 2001 Computing Practice Award, Computing and Systems Technology (CAST) Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE); and serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Fluid Phase Equilibria. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Chinese American Chemical Society.
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