→Jan 2024 — Dr. Chien published Fiery ice: An overview of methane hydrate combustion with colleagues across the Pacific a PECS article. 🌟🌟🌟 High journal Impact Factor (IF 10+) 29.5 (read article) 🌟🌟🌟 edited by Hai Wang
←2023-2032 — “Thriving in Space:…A Decadal Survey for 2023-2032” by National Academies (NAS) for Research in Space, published on Sept 2023. (read report)
2022 — Dr. Chien’s 1st ISS results of microgravity E-FIELD Flames is published in Combustion and Flame with 🌟gold open access🌟(read article)
Dr. Chien’s proposal is selected by NASA PSI for providing new insights of the E-FIELD Flames experiment.
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of California, Irvine
E-mail: chieny@uci.edu
Preferred name format: Yu-Chien (Alice) Chien; Yu-Chien Chien; Y.-C. Chien; Y.-C. (Alice) Chien
Office: E1127 ENGRG GTWY
Phone: 949-824-8330
Postal address:
4200 Engineering Gateway,
Irvine, California 92697-3975 U.S.A
Appointment
2024, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Committee on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space: Combustion and Fluid Physics (site)
2023, Project Scientist, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine
2019, Associate Project Scientist, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine
2015, Assistant Project Scientist, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine
Mentoring: Engineering Senior Design/Individual Study/MS Project/MS Thesis Research/PhD Dissertation Research/Individual Research/UROP (course#: 189/93/199/294/296/297/299)
Course taught: Engineering Design (course#: 151)
You may reach out to create projects directly under supervision of Dr. Chien at or for further understanding of the topics as the school/department have yet to implement/integrate Dr. Chien to the MAE (Thermal and Transport Sciences).
Services
In professional communities:
♦ Board Director, Institute for Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems (IDERS)
♦ Board Member at Large, Western States Section Combustion Institute (WSSCI)
♦ Editor, Combustion Science and Technology (CST), ICDERS Special Issue
♦ Chair, UCI Combustion Institute Summer School 2023 (UCI CI-SS)
♦ Planning Committee, American Society for Gravitational and Space Research Annual Meeting (ASGSR) 2023
♦ Chair, Professional Development Conference at UCI, SWE-OC, May 19, 2024 at UCI
♦ UCI Advisor, Collegiate Counselor, SWE-OC
On UCI campus:
♦ UCI SWE Advisor
♦ UCI Science Technology Education Workgroup, School of Eng & Edu (STEW)
♦ UCI California Alliance for Minority Participation(CAMP) Faculty Partner
2014, Ph.D., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | UC, Irvine | LFA LAB
2007, M.S., Aeronautics and Astronautics | NCKU, Taiwan | Combustion LAB
2005, B.E., Aerospace Engineering | TKU, Taiwan | UAV LAB; Thermal Fluids LAB
Complete CV (Resume)
Student office: ENGRG GTWY E2102B
LABs:
FS/PS, Nd+:YAG laser LAB, E1115
Ｈydrate/Clathrate Science LAB, E1119
949-824-6518 (all LABs)
