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Fu, Chung C.

Fu, Chung C.

Research Professor
Director, Bridge Engineering Software and Technology Center
Civil and Environmental Engineering
4116 Technology Ventures Building, 5000 College Ave, College Park, MD 20740

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1982

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers
  • Fellow, Structural Engineering Institute, ASCE
  • Outstanding Educator of the Year Award, American Society of Civil Engineers Maryland Chapter, 2005
  • Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering since 1995
  • Achievement Award, Bechtel, 1984, 1985, and 1986
  • Best paper "Study of the Serviceability of the Bridge during the Deck-Replacement Staged Condition," ICTPA 2018
  • Highly Commendable Paper Award, First International Conference on Recent Advances in Concrete Technology, 2007
  • First Price for Paper "Experiment and Numerical Modeling of Prestressed Concrete Curved Slab with Spatial Unbonded Tendons," by Owelle Ptressed Technology Development Foundation, Beijing, China, 2015

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • American Concrete Institute 
  • American Institute of Steel Construction
  • American Society of Civil Engineering 
  • Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute 
  • Society of SIGMA XI
  • Transportation Research Board
  • Professional Engineer, MD, VA, DC

  • ENCE 455: Design of Steel Structures
  • ENCE 466: Design of Civil Engineering System
  • ENCE 616: Plates and Shells
  • ENCE 710: Steel Structure I
  • ENCE 713: Concrete Structure I
  • ENCE 714: Concrete Structure II
  • ENCE 715: Earthquake Engineering
  • ENCE 717: Bridge Structures

UMD - KETEP Research Collaboration Solidified

Memorandum of Understanding signed by both institutes

Scientists Fast-Track Nerve-on-a-Chip Design via Machine Learning Algorithms

Researchers design a modern platform to advance studies of fundamental brain functions and neurodegenerative diseases.

New Tool Predicts Rogue Waves Up to Five Minutes in Advance

Workers on offshore platforms and ship crews could gain valuable time to prepare.

Celebrating Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American Engineers

The impact made by APIDA engineers—at the Clark School, and on our country and world—improves our community and field in numerous and significant ways.

New Microsoft/Maryland Robotics Center partnership to enhance diversity and innovation

Microsoft Robotics and Diversity Initiative will support Ph.D. fellowships, seminars, student diversity groups and more.

JC Zhao Receives Humboldt Research Award

Materials expert will foster collaboration with Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung.

New Research Showcased at TRB

Transportation safety, impact of telecommuting among topics covered by UMD experts.

Five Clark School Students Awarded Summer Research Fellowships

Research fellowships provide support to UMD doctoral students at mid-career (i.e., in the period approximately before, during, or after achievement of candidacy).

UMD Researchers Identify Structure of Blue Whirls

Multi-institutional study published in Science Advances. 

UMD Researchers Identify Structure of Blue Whirls

Phenomenon could lead to improved oil spill remediation and provide a source of clean energy.

CECD Celebrates Twenty Years of Research and Education Excellence

The Center for Engineering Concepts Development celebrated its distinguished history and decades of accomplishments during their 20th Anniversary and Middleton Luncheon.

Mechanical Engineering Clinches 2015 Alumni Cup Title

Student teams conquer light bulb challenge at 4th annual competition.

Clark School Welcomes New Faculty

Ten new faculty members join the Clark School for the 2013-2014 school year.

Skibniewski Elected to Academy of Engineering in Poland

Clark School professor recognized for leadership and contributions to the field of construction engineering.

UMD, GWU, and VT Awarded $3.75M by NSF to Launch Regional I-Corps Node for National Innovation Network

Initiative to Train 300 of the Top Entrepreneurial Research Teams from U.S. Universities, Federal Labs

Clark School Graduates Team from NSF's Innovation-Corps

Startup accelerator program teaches best practices to the top scientists and researchers in the U.S.

Clark School Faculty Team Wins a UMD Invention of the Year Award

Their novel "natural timestamp" improves security and editing of audio, visual recordings.

$2.67M for Bridge Sensing Research

Civil engineering professors to develop smart bridge system with tech transfer opportunities.

Professor Martin Reiser Passes Away at 80

Reiser played a major role in establishing particle beam physics as an academic discipline.

Northrop Grumman Funds Doctoral Fellowships

New program supports electrical, computer engineering Ph.D.s, advances Great Expectations campaign.

Kofinas Team Advances in Global Competition

Trauma Solutions a finalist in corporate-sponsored $250K business plan contest.

O'Malley Announces $250K Seed Capital Fund

Mtech to administer funds for startups that help Chesapeake Bay.

"Nano-Velcro" Wins at Bioscience Day

New biomaterial designed to stop bleeding.

TRX Systems Finalist in Security Challenge

Company founded by Prof. Gilmer Blankenship is one of two American finalists.

MechE Students Dominate TI Contest

Clark School students win/place in Texas Instruments' Vision for Voice Contest.

Engineers Sweep Movie Contest

Clark School students capture all six Sci/Terp awards.

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