Shin-Chin Chen has been named a TAPPI Fellow for 2011. He is currently Corporate Executive Engineer with ABB Inc. in Westerville, Ohio, USA. Fellow is an honorary title bestowed upon a very small percentage of TAPPI’s membership. It is given to individuals who have made extraordinary technical or service contributions to the industry and/or the Association.
“Dr. Chen’s contributions to TAPPI and its Process Control Division have been most noteworthy over the years,” said Larry N. Montague, president and CEO of TAPPI. “He continues to interface on many levels with volunteers and is an innovator in generating ideas for the benefit of the organization.”
A graduate of National Cheng-Kung University in Taiwan with a bachelor of science degree in Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Chen earned his master of science degree in Power Mechanical Engineering from the National Tsing-Hua University in Taiwan. He holds a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from Case Western Reserve University.
He has held various positions at ABB Inc. since joining the company in 1984, currently serving as Corporate Executive Engineer. He holds 10 patents and has published more than 40 technical papers during his career. Dr. Chen has pioneered numerous initiatives to improve control of paper machines, reducing costs and enhancing quality. His recent paper on “VAP and new indices for quantifying sheet quality and trouble shooting” won the 2009 Jasper Mardon Award.
Dr. Chen has served in a number of offices within TAPPI, including PaperCon Steering Committee, PaperCon Track Manager, PCE&I Division Technical Program Chair, PC Division Vice Chair and PC Division Chair. He has developed a plan for the Process Control Division focusing on member involvement, contributions from the Common Interest Groups and networking with local chapters and student sections.
Dr. Chen and the other new TAPPI Fellows will be honored at the TAPPI Fellows Luncheon, Sunday, May 1, 2011, at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center in conjunction with the 2011 PaperCon meeting in Covington, Ky. USA. www.papercon.org