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Education
- Northwestern University, Illinois, Ph.D. 2010 (Mechanical Engineering)
- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Ph.D. 2006 (Automation and Computer-Aided Engineering)
Professional Experience
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stony Brook University, 2013-Present
- Department of Finite Element Solvers and Optimization Technology, Altair Engineering Inc., OptiStruct Core Development, 2010-2013
Research Interests and History
Shikui Chen joined the Mechanical Engineering Faculty at Stony Brook in the Fall of 2013. His research interests are in the area of topology optimization of customized medical devices for vascular disease treatment (NIH), topology optimization and advanced additive manufacturing of electric machines (NSF, DOE, and GE), topology optimization of soft robots, PDE-constrained optimization, and simulation-based design under uncertainty. Shikui Chen is a member of ASME and AIAA. He was the recipient of the ASME Compliant Mechanisms Theory Award in the ASME 31st Mechanisms and Robotics Conference in 2007.