Dr. Ruey-Hung Chen

Professor and Chair

Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250

Phone: (410) 455-3313
Office: ENGR 210B
Email:  chenrh@umbc.edu

Website: http://www.umbc.edu/

 

Education

  • Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, The University of Michigan – Ann Arbor (1988)

Dissertation – Swirl-stabilized flames: Fluid dynamics, mixing and flame stability limits

Advisor – Professor James F. Driscoll

  • MS in Aerospace Engineering, The University of Michigan – Ann Arbor (1984)
  • BS in Aeronautical Engineering (Ranked 2nd among 42 Aeronautical Engineering Graduates), National Cheng-Kung University – Taiwan (1981)

Employment History

2018 Fall – to present  Professor and Chair, Mechanical Engineering, UMBC

2016 – 2018 Robert Myers Professor and Department Head, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New Mexico State University

2012 – 2015 Program Director, Combustion and Fire Systems Program, CBET/NSF

2014 – 2015 Program Director (Acting), Thermal Transport Processes Program, CBET/NSF

2004 – 2015 Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida

1998 – 2004 Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida

1993 – 1998 Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida

1990 – 1992 Research Staff member, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University

1988 – 1990 Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan

Honors and Awards

  • Top Grant Awardee (one of six), College of Engineering, New Mexico State University (2017)
  • Distinguished Alumnus Award, Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan (November 12, 2016)
  • Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, College of Engineering and Computer Science, UCF, 2012
  • First Place, Undergraduate Poster Contest, “Porous Media Burner Coupled with Thermoelectric Modules for Portable Power Generation” at Materials Challenges in Alternative & Renewable Energy, 02/26-03/01, 2012, Clearwater, FL (Manuel Robayo, jointly supervised with Dr. N. Orlovskaya)
  • First Place, Undergraduate Energy Conversion Contest, “Porous Media Burner Coupled with Thermoelectric Modules for Portable Power Generation” at Materials Challenges in Alternative & Renewable Energy, 02/26-03/01, 2012, Clearwater, FL (Jason Haglund and Manuel Robayo, jointly supervised with Dr. N. Orlovskaya)
  • Best Paper Award, ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) Earth and Space 2010 Conference – “Study of Fire Retardant Performance of Composite Coated with Hybrid Carbon Nanofiber Papers”
  • UCF Teaching Incentive Award for academic years 1998 – 2003
  • State University System/UCF/COE Teaching Incentive Award for academic years 1994 – 98
  • MMAE Undergraduate Teaching Award (1996, 1998, 1999, 2009, 2012), UCF
  • MMAE Graduate Teaching Award (1995, 2010), UCF
  • MMAE Advising Award (2005), UCF
  • Achievement Award (twenty five awarded out of approx. 7,000 students), National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, 1980

Research Interest

  • Combustion and Flame Studies (Gaseous, Liquid, and solid fuels)
  • Pollutant Emission of Flames and Combustion Systems
  • Effects of Nano-particles on Fluid Properties and Evaporation
  • Fire Retardation and Thermal Degradation of Structural Composites
  • Supersonic Flows and Fluid Dynamics – Noise Reduction and Mixing
  • Two-phase Flow, Pool Boiling, Spray Cooling, and Thermal Management
  • Interfacial Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Thermofluids Experiments

Classes Taught

at University of Central Florida and New Mexico State University

  • AE 419 Propulsion (New Mexico State University, undergraduate)
  • EAS 4300 Propulsion (MMAE undergraduate)
  • EAS 5937 Rocket Propulsion (MMAE graduate) – introduced at UCF, 1995
  • EAS 4134 High-Speed Aerodynamics (MMAE undergraduate)
  • EML 5131 Combustion Phenomena (MMAE graduate) – introduced at UCF, 1993
  • EML 5402 Turbomachinery (Gas Turbine Theory, MMAE graduate)
  • EML 4142 Heat Transfer (MMAE undergraduate)
  • EML 3701 Fluid Mechanics I (MMAE undergraduate)
  • EML 4703 Fluid Mechanics II (MMAE undergraduate)
  • EGN 3343 Thermodynamics of Mechanical Systems (MMAE undergraduate)
  • EGN 3358 Thermo-Fluids Heat Transfer (nonMMAE undergraduate)
  • EML 3303 Mechanical Engineering Measurements Laboratory – I (MMAE
    undergraduate)
  • EML 4304 Mechanical Engineering Measurements Laboratory – II (MMAE
    undergraduate)
  • EAS 3800 Aerospace Engineering Measurements – I (MMAE undergraduate)
  • EAS 3810 Aerospace Engineering Measurements – II (MMAE undergraduate)
  • EML 5105 Gaskinetics and Statistical Thermodynamics (MMAE graduate) – introduced at UCF, 1995

Selected Publications

Ruey-Hung Chen (2017) Foundations of Gas Dynamics – Cambridge University Press, 418 pp. (ISBN 978-1-107-08270-0)

Wei, F.S. Segura, W. Deng, and Ruey-Hung Chen (2018) Ignition of counter-flow diffusion flames: effect of diluents and diffusive-thermal properties, accepted for publication, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 123, 988-993.

Holguin, K. Kota, S. Wooten, Ruey-Hung Chen, S. Ross (2017) Enhanced boiling heat transfer on binary surfaces, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 114, 1105-1113.

Wei, W. Deng, and Ruey-Hung Chen (2016) Effects of internal circulation and particle mobility during nanofluid droplet evaporation, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 103, 1335-1347.

Wei, W. Deng, and Ruey-Hung Chen (2016) Effects of insoluble nano-particles on nanofluid droplet evaporation, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 97, 725-734.

Robayo, B. Beaman, B Hughes, B. Delose, N. Orlovskaya, and Ruey-Hung Chen (2014) Perovskite catalyst enhanced combustion on porous media, Energy, Vol. 76, 477-486.

Tsoi, J. Zhuge, Ruey-Hung Chen, and J. Gou (2014) Modeling and experimental studies of thermal degradation of glass fiber reinforced polymer composites, Fire and Materials, Vol. 38(2), 247-263.

Mueller, O. Waters, V. Bubnovich, N. Orlovskaya, and Ruey-Hung Chen (2013) Super-adiabatic combustion in Al2O3 and SiC coated porous media for thermoelectric power conversion, Energy, Vol. 56, 108-116.

Tran X. Phuoc and Ruey-Hung Chen (2013) Spontaneous ignition of low-concentration nano-sized Al-water slurry, Applied Energy, Vol. 101, 567-571.

Ruey-Hung Chen, Z. Li, T.X. Phuoc (2012) Propagation and stability characteristics of laminar lifted diffusion flame base, Combustion and Flame, Vol. 159, 1821-2831.

T.X. Phuoc and Ruey-Hung Chen (2012) Effect of particle size on the activation energy and ignition temperature of metallic nanoparticles, Combustion and Flame, Vol. 159, 416-419.

Tang, J. Zhuge, J. Gou, Ruey-Hung Chen, C. Ibeh and Y. Hu (2011) Morphology, thermal stability and flammability of polymer matrix composites coated with hybrid nanopapers, Polymers for Advanced Technologies, Vol. 22, 1403-1413.

T.X. Phuoc, M. Massoudi, Ruey-Hung Chen (2011) Viscosity and thermal conductivity of nanofluids containing multi-walled carbon nanotubes stabilized by chitosan, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Vol. 50, 12-18

Ruey-Hung Chen, P.X. Tran and D. Martello (2011) Surface tension of evaporating liquid droplets containing nanoparticles, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 54, 2459-2466.

Ruey-Hung Chen, P.X. Tran and D. Martello (2010) Effects of nanoparticles on nanofluid droplet evaporation, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 53, 3677-3682.

A.R. Griffin, A. Vijayakumar, Ruey-Hung Chen, K.B. Sundaram and L. C. Chow (2008) Development of a transparent heater to measure surface temperature fluctuations under spray cooling conditions, Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 130, 114501 (4 pages).

Ruey-Hung Chen, M. Chaos, and G. Haddad (2008) Analysis of dilute aerosol flow and noise generation in an acoustic transducer, Journal of Aerosol Science, Vol. 39, 441-449.

Ruey-Hung Chen, M. Chaos, and A. Kothawala (2007) Lewis number effects in diffusion flames, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 31, 1231-1237.

Ruey-Hung Chen, C. Suryanarayana, and M. Chaos (2006) Combustion characteristics of mechanically alloyed ultrafine-grained Mg-Al powders, Advanced Engineering Materials, Vol. 8, No. 6, 563-567.

Ruey-Hung Chen, A. Kothawala, M. Chaos and L. P. Chew (2005) Schmidt number effect in diffusion flame lift-off, Combustion and Flame, Vol. 141, 469-472.

Ruey-Hung Chen, L. C. Chow and J. E. Navedo (2004) Optimal spray characteristics in water spray cooling, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 47, 5095-5099.

Ruey-Hung Chen, Louis C. Chow, and J.E. Navedo (2002) Effects of spray characteristics on critical heat flux in subcooled water spray cooling, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 45, 4033-4043.

Ruey-Hung Chen, S. Saadani, and L.P. Chew (2002) Effect of nozzle size and viscosity on screech tone noise elimination from swirling underexpanded jets, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 252(1), 178-186.

Rini, Ruey-Hung Chen, and Louis C. Chow (2002) Bubble behavior and nucleate heat transfer in saturated FC-72 spray cooling, Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 124, 63-72.

Rini, Ruey-Hung Chen, and Louis C. Chow (2001) Pool boiling characteristics using FC-72, Experimental Heat Transfer, Vol. 14, 27-44.

Gabriel, J. Navedo and Ruey-Hung Chen (2000) Effects of inert dilution and fuel Lewis number on nitric oxide emission of diluted H2 turbulent diffusion flames, Combustion and Flame, Vol. 121, 525-534.

Y.-K. Yu & Ruey-Hung Chen (1998) A study of screech tone noise of supersonic swirling jets, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 205(5), 698-705.

Y.-K. Yu, Ruey-Hung Chen and L. Chew (1998) Screech tone noise and mode switching in supersonic swirling jets, AIAA Journal, Vol. 36 (11), 1968-1974.

Ruey-Hung Chen, J. Navedo and L. Chew (1997) Effects of fuel Lewis number on nitric oxide emission level and its Damkohler number scaling of Burke-Schumann type flames, Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 127, 293-318.

Ruey-Hung Chen (1995) Some characteristics of NOx emission of hydrogen-air flames stabilized by swirl-generated flow recirculation, Combustion Science and Technology 110-111: 143-161.

F. Driscoll, Ruey-Hung Chen and Y. Yoon (1992) Nitric oxide levels of jet diffusion flames: effects of residence time and Damkohler number, Combustion and Flame 88: 37-49.

Ruey-Hung Chen and J. F. Driscoll (1990) Nitric oxide levels of jet diffusion flames: effects of coaxial air and other mixing parameters, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 23, 281-288.

Ruey-Hung Chen and J. F. Driscoll (1989) The role of recirculation in improving fuel-air mixing within swirling flames, Proceedings of The Combustion Institute, Vol. 22, 535-544