PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Dr.Chia-Ching Chou

Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University

Dr. Chia-Ching Chou received her B.S. and M.S. degrees from National Taiwan University and her Ph.D. degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She joined the Institute of Applied Mechanics at National Taiwan University (NTU), Taiwan in 2019. Her research interests are associated with the employment of atomistic and multiscale computational modeling to understand the mechanics of materials, including biomaterials and synthetic materials at the nano- and micro- scales, with an aim to integrate nanoscale approaches to engineering problems.  

Education

•      Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA, 2015

•       M.S., Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 2008

•       B.S., Civil Engineering, Mathematics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 2006

Experience

•       Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Mechnanics, National Taiwan University, 2019 - now

•       Postdoctoral Researcher, Center of Innovation and Synergy for Intelligent Home and Living Technology, National Taiwan University, 2018

•       Research Scholar, Laboratory of Computer Science, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2017 - 2018

•       Assistant Manager, Financial Risk Management, KPMG, 2015 - 2017

Research interests

•      Computational Mechanics and Materials, Biomechanics, Mechanobiology, Atomic Scale Modeling, Multi-scale/Multi-physicsModeling, Clinical Decision Support, Bioinformatics.

Honors

•      Shortlisted participant in Asian Deans’ Forum 2018 – The Rising Stars Women in Engineering Workshop (2018)

•      BTH Fellowship for Digital Healthcare Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and Entrepreneur Development Program at MIT Sloan (2017)

•      NSF Fellowship for Cancer Nanotechnology Summer Institute (2011)

•      Schoettler Fellowship, MIT (2010)