→2024 Dr. Chien published (peer-reviewed) journal articles. (click covers to read more)
←“A New Era in Space” by National Academies for Research in Space, popular edition published in 2024. doi: 10.17226/27792 (click image to read report)
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, Faculty Fellow, NASA Glenn Research Center Faculty Fellowship Program (NGFFP, OSTEM)
2024, Member, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Committee on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space
2023, Project Scientist (full), 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
♦ Member, Combustion Institute Summer School Committee 2025
♦ Chair, UCI Combustion Institute Summer School 2023 (UCI CI-SS official site)
♦ Planning Member, American Society for Gravitational and Space Research Annual Meeting (ASGSR) 2023/2024
♦ Board Member at Large 2024/2025, AIAA-OC
♦ Chair, Professional Development Conference at UCI, SWE-OC, 2024. (PDC official site)
♦ UCI Advisor/Collegiate Counselor since 2022, Nominating Chair FY25, SWE-OC
On UCI campus:
♦ UCI SWE Advisor
♦ 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
LAB:
Combustion Science LAB + Light Scatting LAB + Hydrate/Clathrate Science LAB, E1119
949-824-6518 (LAB)
