Research Expertise

•	Heat transfer
•	Materials processing
•	Boundary element method
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Education

•	Ph.D.	:	Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1986
•	M.S.	:	Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1980
•	B.S.	:	Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1979
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Courses Taught  (since 2000)

•	AME 230	:	Thermodynamics
•	AME 302	:	Numerical Methods
•	AME 323	:	Gasdynamics
•	AME 413a/b	:	Mechanical Engineering Design Lab [supervised projects]
•	AME 432	:	Heat Transfer
•	AME 495s	:	Senior Colloquium
•	AME 530	:	Advanced Thermodynamics
•	AME 532	:	Convective Transport Phenomena
•	AME 533	:	Conduction Heat Transfer
•	AME 603	:	Boundary Element Method
•	ENGR 102	:	Introduction to Engineering
•	ENGR 498b	:	Cross-Disciplinary Design [supervised project]
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Employment

•	1987-date	:	Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Arizona: Assistant Professor 1987-93; Associate Professor 1993-04; Professor 2004-date; Associate Head for Graduate Studies and Research 8/07-date
•	5/02-7/01	:	Air Force Research Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico (sabbatical): NRC/AFRL Summer Faculty Fellow
•	1/01-3/01	:	NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California (sabbatical): Visiting Researcher
•	1/94-7/94	:	General Electric Corporate Research and Development, Schenectady, New York (sabbatical): Consultant
•	1986-87	:	Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Visiting Research Associate
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Honors and Awards

•	Citation, “Faculty Members Who Have Contributed the Most to Your Educational Growth, Etc.,” chosen by students and presented at Precommencement, Spring 2006
•	Senior Member, Laser Institute of America, 2002
•	Faculty Award, Asian American Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Association, 2000
•	Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Distinguished Leadership Award, 1999
•	Mortar Board National Honor Society, 4th Annual Faculty Recognition Tea, 1999
•	Research Initiation Award, National Science Foundation, 1989-1991
•	Engineering Research Initiation Grant, Engineering Foundation, 1988
•	Graduated with high honors from the University of Hawaii, 1979
•	Pi Tau Sigma
•	Phi Kappa Phi
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Professional Societies

•	ASME	:	The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
•	AAAS	:	The American Association for the Advancement of Science
•	---	:	Metallurgical Society
•	LIA	:	Laser Institute of America
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Publications  (since 2001)

•	Yu, Y., Chan, C. L., and Chen, C. F., The Effect of Gravity Modulation on the Stability of a Horizontal Double-Diffusive Layer, J. Fluid Mech. (in press).
•	Li, P., Chan, C. L., and Chen, C. F., Buoyancy-driven Circulation Flow of an Electrical Conductive Liquid in a Rectangular Annulus, ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering and Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 8-12, 2007.
•	Squires, M. and Chan, C. L., Ultrashort Laser Ablation Rate into Vacuum Using Boundary Immobilization, International Congress on Applications in Lasers and Electro-Optics, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2006.
•	Tao, G., Sridhar, K. R., and Chan, C. L., Study of Carbon Dioxide Electrolysis/Electrolyte Interface, Part II: Pt-YSZ Cermet Interface, Solid State Ionics 175:621-624.
•	Tao, G., Sridhar, K. R., and Chan, C. L., Study of Carbon Dioxide Electrolysis at Electrode/Electrolyte Interface, Part I: Pt/YSZ Interface, Solid State Ionics 175:615-619.
•	Viegas, R. B. and Chan, C. L., Effect of Recombination on Ultrashort Pulse Laser Material Removed by Coulomb Explosion, International Congress on Applications in Lasers and Electro-Optics, Miami, 2005.
•	Chan, C. L., Yu, Y., and Chen, C. F., Instability of Convection of an Ethanol-Water Solution in a Vertical Tank, J. Fluid Mech. 510:243-265, 2004.
•	Chen, C. F. and Chan, C. L., Salt-Finger Instability Generated by Surface-Tension and Buoyancy-Driven Convection in a Stratified Fluid Layer, Interfacial Fluid Dynamics and Transport Process (R. Narayanan and D. Schwabe, eds.), Springer-Verlag, pp. 46-59, 2003.
•	Tao, G., Sridhar, K. R., and Chan, C. L., Numerical Simulation of CO2 Solid Oxide Electrolysis Mechanisms, 204th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Orlando, Florida, 2003.
•	Chan, C. L., Boundary Element Methods for Biological Systems, Computational Methods in Biophysics, Biomaterials, Biotechnology, and Biomedical Systems, Vol. 3, Mathematical Analysis Methods (C. T. Leondes, ed.), Kluwer Academic, pp. 295-319, 2003 [invited].
•	Guven, I., Madenci, E., and Chan, C. L., Transient Two-Dimensional Heat Conduction Analysis of Electronic Packages by Coupled Boundary and Finite Element Methods, IEEE Trans. Compon. Packag. Manuf. Technol. 25:684-694, 2002.
•	Chan, C. L., Chen, W.-Y. , and Chen, C. F., Secondary Motion in Convection Layers Generated by Lateral Heating of a Solute Gradient, J. Fluid Mech. 455:1-19, 2002.
•	Chan, C. L., Boundary Element Method, Sensitivity Analysis, and Conjugate Problems, Chapter 4, Coupled Field Problems (A. Kassab and M. H. Aliabadi, eds.), WIT Press, pp. 105-136, 2001 [invited].
•	Chan, C. L., Latham, W. P., and Chen, J.-K., Review of Ultrashort Pulse Laser Materials Interaction, International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics, Jacksonville, Florida, 2001.
•	De Silva, S. and Chan, C. L., Coupled Boundary Element Method and Finite Difference Method for Laser Drilling, International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics, Jacksonville, Florida, 2001.
•	Chan, C. L., Campbell, D. W., and Paul, A. E., Laser Drilling: Energy Partitioning, International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics, Jacksonville, Florida, 2001.
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Research Grants  (since 2000)

•	Power Generation Using Megnetohydrodynamic Generator with a Circulation Flow Driven by Solar-Heat-Induced Natural Convection, EPA (P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity, and the Planet), 8/31/07-7/31/08 (with P. Li).
•	Construction of Ni Electrodes and Performance Considerations, Paragon Space Development. Corp., 2/2/07-2/19/09 (with P. Li).
•	Thermal Analysis of the Thirty Meter Telescope Using Finite Element Method, NOAO, 9/11/06-12/31/06.
•	Performance Studies of Ni Electrode in Solid Oxide Electrolysis for Oxygen Production, Paragon Space Development Corp., 1/20/06-7/19/06.
•	Web Delivery of the Master’s Level Thermal Sciences Core Courses, COEM and AME, 5/00-5/02.
•	Resonance Effects in Single- and Double-Diffusive Systems Under Gravity Modulation, NASA, 2/15/00-11/31/05 (with C. F. Chen).
•	Laser/Material Interaction, Raytheon Missile Systems Company, 5/98-5/02.
•	Modeling of Transport Processes in a Solid Oxide Electrolyzer Generating Oxygen on Mars, NASA Lewis (Glenn), 12/1/98-1/31/03 (with K. R. Sridhar).
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Consulting

•	Rincon Research Corp.
•	Evergreen Innovation Partners
•	Materials & Electrochemical Research
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