Chen, Lei
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Biography
Dr. Lei Chen is currently an Associate professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan- Dearborn. Chen’s research interests are battery manufacturing and battery safety. The research in Chen’s group is supported by NSF, DOE, ORAU, ARL, ONR-SBIR, MIDAS and automobile industries. Chen has published over 100 authored and co-authored papers in top international journals, with > 7200 citations to date, such as, Nature, Nature Communications, npj Computational Materials, Advanced Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, Acta Materialia, International Journal of Plasticity, ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Additive Manufacturing, etc. Chen is in close collaboration with automobile industries in Detroit. He has received several awards from universities and organizations. Recent awards include the prestigious the ASME BOSS Award for organizing the symposium on E-Mobility Manufacturing (2024), ASEE Southeastern Section New Researcher Award (2018), ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award (2017), and Chinese Excellent Self-Financed Student Abroad Award (2012).