Research Interests:
Nano-mechanics; Smart Materials and Structures; Design of smart materials in the repair of damaged structures; Health monitoring of structures with wavelet techniques; Model of piezoelectric coupled structures; Wave propagation of piezoelectric coupled structures; Structural stability control by piezoelectric actuators; Shape control of structures with shape memory alloy; Vibration Control of structures by piezoelectric materials; Plate and shell structures.
M.S. Metallurgical Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, 1985
B.S. Metallurgical Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, 1982
Recent Publications:
Guangyu Chai, Bo LI and Quanfang Chen, “Exploration Study of Multifunctional Metallic Nanocomposite Utilizing Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Micro/nano devices”, Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanosystems, to appear.
Quanfang Chen, Carbon Nanotubes Reinforced Metal Composites, US Patent, filed
Bo Li and Quanfang Chen, “Development of Large Flow Rate, Robust, Passive Micro Check Valves for Compact Piezoelectrically Actuated Pumps”, Sensors and Actuators A (Physical), vol. 117 (2005) pp325-330
Jian-Wei Gong, Quan-Fang Chen*, Ming-Ren Lian, Nen-Chin Liu, Claude Daoust, Temperature Feedback Control for Improving Stability of SMO (Semiconductor Metal Oxide) Gas Sensor, IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 1 (2006), 139-145.
Bo Li, and Quanfang Chen, “Design and Fabrication of In situ UV-LIGA assembled Robust Nickel Micro Check Valves for Compact Hydraulic Actuators”, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 15 (2005) 1864-1871.
Bo Li and Quanfang Chen*, Solid Micro Mechanical Valves Fabricated with In Situ UV-LIGA Assembled Nickel, Sensors and Actuators A (Physical),Volume 126, Issue 1, 26 January 2006, 187-193.
Bo Li, Miao Liu and Quanfang Chen, Low-stress Ultra-thick SU-8 UV Photolithography Process for MEMS, Journal of Microlithography, Microfabrication, and Microsystems, Volume 4 (2005), Number 4.
Quanfang Chen, Da-Jeng Yao, C-J Kim, and Greg P. Carman, “Investigation the Influence of Fabrication Process and Crystal Orientation on Shear Strength of Silicon Microcomponents”, Journal of Materials Science, 35 (2000): 5465-5474.
Scientific and Professional Societies:
ASME
SPIE
Honors and Awards:
Professor Award, Italy National Research Council (CNR), 1994
