Education

• Ph.D., Lehigh University, October 1988
• M.S.C.E., Lehigh University, October 1984
• B.S.C.E., Lehigh University, May 1979

Research Interests

• Full-scale In-Situ Behavior
• Computational Abstractions Suitable for Performance Evaluation and Design

Professional Memberships

• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• Association for Bridge Construction and Design (ABCD)
• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
• National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)

Awards and Honors

• NSPE Engineering Educator of the Year, 1997 (Erie-Niagara Chapter, NYSSPE)
• NSF Presidential Young Investigator, 1990

Publications

• Mander, J. B., Kim, J. H., and Chen, S. S., "The Experimental Performance and Modeling Study of a 30 Year Old Bridge with Steel Bearings", Transportation Research Record No. 1393, August 1993, pp. 65-74.
• Mander, J. B., Chen, S. S., and Pekcan, G., "Low-Cycle Fatigue Behavior of Semi-Rigid Top-and-Seat Angle Connections", AISC Engineering Journal, 3rd Quarter 1994, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 111 - 124.
• Chen, S. S., Mander, J. B., Wendichansky, D. A., Kim, D. K., and Dreyer, P. G., "In-Situ Efficacy of Aseismic Bearing Retrofits", the 11th Annual International Bridge Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, paper #94-61, June 1994.
• Schwartz, D. I., and Chen, S. S., "A Constraint Based Approach for Qualitative Matrix Structural Analysis", Artificial Intelligence for Engineering, Design, Analysis and Manufacturing (AI EDAM), Vol. 9, 1995, pp. 23 - 36.
• Mander, J. B., Kim, D. K., and Chen, S. S., "Seismic Performance and Retrofitting of Steel Bearings", Proceedings of the Fourth World Congress on Joint Sealing and Bearing Systems, Sacramento, CA, B. Atkinson, ed., ACI Special Publication No. SP-164, paper no. SP 164-19, Vol. 1, September 1996, pp. 323-336.
• Chen, S. S., and Lamanna, M. F., "Informatics for Instrumented Structures", Proceedings of the IABSE International Seminar on New Technologies for Bridge Management, Seoul, Korea, December 6, 1996.
• Ballard, C. M., and Chen, S. S., "An Internet Structural Monitoring System", in F. Ansari, ed., Intelligent Civil Engineering Materials and Structures, Special Publication of ASCE, 1997, pp. 228 - 241.
• Chen, S. S., "Diaphragms in the Load path," Proceedings of the 1998 World Steel Bridge Symposium, National Steel Bridge Alliance, September 1998, pp. 6-1 to 6-31.
• Wendichansky, D. A., Chen, S. S., and Mander, J. B., "Experimental Investigation of the Dynamic Response of Two Bridges Before and After Retrofitting with Elastomeric Bearings", Technical Report NCEER-98-0012, December 1998.
• Pekcan, G., Mander, J. B., and Chen, S. S., "Fundamental Considerations for the Design on Nonlinear Viscous Dampers," Earthquake Engrg. Struct. Dyn., 28(11), 1405-1425, Nov. 1999.