Information
Membership Number: FCA1152
Membership Type: Fellow
Division: Engineering and Applied Sciences & Natural Sciences
Corresponding Email: shuchien@ucsd.edu
Homepage(s): https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/faculty/profile?id=11
Dr. Shu Chien has made tremendous contributions to bioengineering, especially in cellular, molecular, and cardiovascular bioengineering and related fields. His contributions in fundamental and applied bioengineering sciences are epochal and long-lasting.
Present and Previous Positions
Founding Director of the Institute of Engineering in Medicine, UCSD
Current, President of the Biomedical Engineering Society
2008–2009, President of the Internal Society of Biorheology
2006–2008, President-Elect of the BMES Publications Board of Directors
2001–2002, President of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
1992–1993, President of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
1990–1991, President of the American Physiological Society (APS)
1980–1981, President, The Microcirculatory Society
Chairman of the steering committee of the North American Society of Biorheology
President of the American Society of Chinese Medicine
Shu Chien joined UCSD in 1988 and became the founding chair of the Department of Bioengineering in 1994. In 2008, Chien became the founding Director of UC San Diego's new Institute of Engineering in Medicine to foster collaborations among the faculty of UCSD and with research institutes and biomedical companies in San Diego. As principal investigator on the Whitaker Foundation Development Award (1993) and Leadership Award (1998), Chien played a major role in establishing UCSD' bioengineering program as one of the top programs in the country. As founding Director of the UC Systemwide Bioengineering Institute in California, he has contributed to collaborations in research and education among the ten UC campuses. In September 2006, Chien was named the inaugural holder of the Y.C. Fung Endowed Chair in Bioengineering at the Jacobs School.
Fields of Scholarship and Research Interests
Research on how the forces of blood flow impact the cardiovascular system. His studies are leading to a new understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms of atherosclerosis and hypertension and to the development of therapeutical approaches for cardiovascular disease.
Professor Chien's research on how blood flow regulates the interaction between the bloodstream, blood cells and artery walls also leads to new information relevant to other types of cells, e.g., stem cells and cancer cells. At the molecular level, he is discovering how mechanical forces signal gene expression to cause cell growth, migration and cell death. Chien takes a multidisciplinary, integrative approach that combines engineering and biomedical sciences. He employs an array of technologies including nanotechnology, DNA microarray, bioinformatics, cell biophysics and biomechanics in his research on the cardiovascular system.
Honors, Awards and Other Membership
2016 – Benjamin Franklin Medal in Mechanical Engineering
2012 – Columbia University Honorary Degree
2011 – National Medal Of Science, The White House
2006 – Founders' Award, National Academy of Sciences
2006 – Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Science
2006 – Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2005 – Member, National Academy of Sciences
2004 – Pierre Galletti Award, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering
1999 – National Health Medal, Department of Health, ROC
1998 – Lifetime Achievement Award, Chinese-American Engineers & Scientists Association of Southern California
1997 – Member, National Academy of Engineering
1996 – Melville Medal ASME
1994 – Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences
1992 – Founding Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Eng.
1991 – Zweifach Award, Fifth World Congress for Microcirculation
1990 – Melville Medal ASME
1983 – Landis Award, Microcirculatory Society
1981 – The First Fahraeus Medal in Clinical Haemorheology
1980 – Nanci Medal for Research in Blood Rheology
1976 – Academician, Academia Sinica
Other Information
https://www.nae.edu/55557/Dr-Shu-Chien
https://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/5190.html