F. Theodore Harrington Professor Emeritus and Research Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
Dr. Benjamin T.F. Chung earned his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering at Kansas State Univ. He joined The Univ. of Akron as an Assistant Professor in 1969, served as Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department from 1984 to 1999 and was awarded the endowed Chair of the F. Theodore Harrington Professor of Mechanical Engineering in 1993. He has chaired the Tire Mechanics symposium over the past 20 years. Dr. Chung is a five-time recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Board of Trustees, a recipient of the Louis Hill Award from the College of Engineering, and the Outstanding Research Awards from both the College of Engineering and the University Alumni Association. His honors outside the campus include the Norbert Wiener Award from MCB University Press in London, Life Fellow from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Outstanding Alumni Award from the National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, Outstanding Reviewer for the Journal of Heat Transfer, NASA Contribution and Board Space Act Award, Lifetime Achievement Award from Tire Technology International, etc. Being an author and co-author of two book chapters, and 190 technical papers, Dr. Chung has directed 32 M.S. theses, 18 Ph.D. dissertations, and three post-doctoral fellows. He served as Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Heat Transfer and Editorial Advisory Board member for John Wiley & Sons Inc. Currently, he is F. Theodore Harrington Professor Emeritus, an Editorial Board Member of The Open Thermodynamics Journal, The International Journal of Applied Engineering Research and The Open Conference Proceedings Journal.
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About Dr. Benjamin T.F. Chung
Dr. Benjamin T.F. Chung earned his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering at Kansas State Univ. He joined The Univ. of Akron as an Assistant Professor in 1969, served as Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department from 1984 to 1999 and was awarded the endowed Chair of the F. Theodore Harrington Professor of Mechanical Engineering in 1993. He has chaired the Tire Mechanics symposium over the past 20 years. Dr. Chung is a five-time recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Board of Trustees, a recipient of the Louis Hill Award from the College of Engineering, and the Outstanding Research Awards from both the College of Engineering and the University Alumni Association. His honors outside the campus include the Norbert Wiener Award from MCB University Press in London, Life Fellow from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Outstanding Alumni Award from the National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, Outstanding Reviewer for the Journal of Heat Transfer, NASA Contribution and Board Space Act Award, Lifetime Achievement Award from Tire Technology International, etc. Being an author and co-author of two book chapters, and 190 technical papers, Dr. Chung has directed 32 M.S. theses, 18 Ph.D. dissertations, and three post-doctoral fellows. He served as Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Heat Transfer and Editorial Advisory Board member for John Wiley & Sons Inc. Currently, he is F. Theodore Harrington Professor Emeritus, an Editorial Board Member of The Open Thermodynamics Journal, The International Journal of Applied Engineering Research and The Open Conference Proceedings Journal.
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