Dr. Peter C. Chen

Dr. Peter Chen (Ph.D. UMD Aerospace Engineering '96), Vice President at Techno-Sciences, Inc. stated that "It is our company's privilege and pleasure to establish this named professorship in recognition of Prof. Wereley's outstanding contributions to the field of smart structures and also to recognize his technical, scientific, and entrepreneurial contributions to TSi since 2003."

According to project Principal Investigator, Dr. Peter Chen, TSi will produce a flapping wing fluid-structure interaction (FWFSI) analysis method to develop an aeroelastic stability augmentation (AESA) system and response prediction for morphing aircraft.

According to Principal Investigator, Dr. Peter Chen, TSi will work closely with Bell to utilize existing, production elastomeric dampers and re-configure (retro-fit) them with low-cost, fully controllable magnetorheological functionality.

Dr Peter Chen is the Vice President of Aerospace Engineering at TSi.Dr Chen, who joined TSi three years ago, received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland at College Park and continues a close working relationship with his alma mater.

Dr. Peter C. Chen, TSi Vice President of Aerospace Engineering at Techno-Sciences, Inc., received his Ph.D. degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland at College Park . Over the past 14 years, Dr. Chen's responsibilities have included technology development, establishing strategic alliances, marketing, business development, and product commercialization with strategic partners.He has directed myriad Department of Defense, commercial and industrial technology programs.Dr. Chen's areas of expertise include aerospace structures, adaptive materials, smart systems, unmanned aerial vehicles, structural health monitoring, optical fiber sensors, and systems integration.Dr. Chen holds five United States and International patents on advanced technologies developed for active vibration control, weapons stabilization, optical sensor systems, and health monitoring applications.

Peter Chen Named Director of Technical Programs

Pete Chen testing a smart rotor in hover at the University of Maryland Gessow Rotorcraft Center

Press Release - Peter Chen Named Director of Technical Programs

Dr. Peter Chen has joined TSi as Director of Technical Development.Pete received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland at College Park in 1990, 1993, and 1996.
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Dr. Chen's research on smart rotors with integral twist was judged an "Outstanding Contribution to the Engineering Profession," by the Society of Mechanical Engineering in 1996.For the past 13 years, Dr. Chen has formulated analyses and experimentally verified structural models of smart material systems, with adaptive materials such as piezoelectrics, MR fluids, electrostrictives, magnetostrictives, shape memory alloys, and optical sensors for vibration, noise and damping control.

During the past six years, Dr. Chen has served as Principal Investigator and Principal Specialist for 12 Phase I SBIR projects, 4 Phase II projects, and 2 Phase III projects.He holds four patents based on defense technology programs.

Pete's initial assignments at TSi include technical direction of the OFREV project, a US Army project for accurate determination of round muzzle velocity, and management of TSi's Trident Maritime program for ship monitoring.

Pete is a skilled RC helicopter pilot and a scratch golfer.

According to project Principal Investigator, Dr. Peter Chen, this system will be suitable for integration with electronics and advanced sensors for data acquisition and wireless transmission from a local level to a central processing means.The energy harvester will be mounted to a substructure and use ambient vibrations for energy generation.

According to project Principal Investigator, Dr. Peter Chen, this program will develop an innovative damage detection technology that examines a structure using a suite of distributed, in-situ sensors coupled with an Acousto-Ultrasonic damage detection methodology.Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) components are used for data acquisition and wireless data transmission.

The idea is to augment federal funds to implement the technology within the two-year time period of the contract, said Peter Chen, the company's director of advanced technologies.

Most of the people in the company were faculty or students from the University of Maryland, Chen said.Partnerships such as the university program have allowed Techno-Sciences to maintain alliances with the university community and have access to the latest research.

The partnerships also allow the company to recruit promising graduates.Chen received a doctorate in aerospace engineering from the university in 1997 and established the business unit at Systems Planning and Analysis before coming to Techno-Sciences.