Dr. Ming Chyu
Contact Information
Dr. Ming-Chien Chyu
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409-1021
Tel: (806)742-3563 ext. 230
Fax: (806)742-3540
email: m.chyu@ttu.edu
Education
- B.S., Tsinghua (Taiwan), 1977
- M.S., Iowa State, 1979
- Ph.D., Iowa State, 1984
Experience
- Professor, 1994 - present. Associate Professor, 1989 - 1994. Assistant Professor, 1987 - 1989. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University.
- Founding Coordinator and Advisor, Graduate Healthcare Engineering, College of Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 2008-present.
- Founding Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Healthcare Engineering. 2009 - present.
- Adjunct Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 2004 - present.
Specialty Areas
- Healthcare engineering
- Thermal fluid sciences
- Energy Systems
Sponsored Research
Principal investigator and co-investigator of more than 30 research projects funded by federal government, society, state, industry and university, with a total budget over US $4.5 million.
Awards
14 awards from federal government, international/national societies, industry, and university, including:
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- Best Technical Paper Award, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).
- Outstanding Researcher Award, Texas Tech University.
- Certificate of Recognition for Research Contributions, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
- Best Paper Award, Advanced Energy Systems Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
- Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).
- National Science Foundation Engineering Research Initiation Award.
Recent Publications
(Selected from 150 refereed technical publications including 100+ in archival journals)
- Ming Chyu (ed). Advances in Critical Care Engineering, Multi-Science Publishing Company (UK), 2011 (Book).
- Ming-Chien Chyu, C. Roger James, Steven F. Sawyer, Jean-Michel Brismée, Ke T. Xu, Glen Poklikuha, Dale M. Dunn, Chwan-Li Shen. Effects of tai chi exercise on posturography, gait, physical function and quality of life in postmenopausal women with osteopaenia: a randomized clinical study. Clinical Rehabilitation 2010; 24: 1080–1090.
- T.S. Khan, M.S. Khan, Ming-C. Chyu , Z.H. Ayub. Experimental investigation of single phase convective heat transfer coefficient in a corrugated plate heat exchanger for multiple plate configurations. Applied Thermal Engineering, 30 (2010) 1058-1065.
- Shen, C-L; Yeh, James; Chyu, M; Cao, Jay; Samathanam, Christina; Stoecker, Barbara; Dagda, Raul; Dunn, Dale; Wang, Jia-Sheng. Green tea polyphenols attenuate deterioration of bone microarchitecture in female rats with systemic chronic inflammation. Osteoporosis International, DOI 10.1007/s00198-010-1209-2, 2010.
- Chwan-Li Shen, Ming-Chien Chyu, Barbara C Pence, James K Yeh, Yan Zhang, Carol K Felton, Susan Doctolero and Jia-Sheng Wang. Green tea polyphenols supplementation and Tai Chi exercise for postmenopausal osteopenic women: safety and quality of life report. Paper accepted by BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2010.
- M.-C. Chyu, J. Zheng, and Z. Ayub, Bundle effect of ammonia/lubricant mixture boiling on a horizontal bundle with enhanced tubing and inlet quality. International Journal of Refrigeration, Vol. 32, Issue 8, p1876-1885, 2009.
- Chwan-Li Shen, Ming-Chien Chyu, James K Yeh, Carol K Felton, Ke T Xu, Barbara C Pence and Jia-Sheng Wang. Green tea polyphenols and Tai Chi for bone health: Designing a placebo-controlled randomized trial. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 4;10(1):110, August 2009.
- Cheng Ji, Yanzhang Ma, Ming-Chien Chyu, Knudson Russell, and Hongyang Zhu. X-ray diffraction study of aluminum carbide powder to 50 GPa. Journal of Applied Physics, 106, 083511, 2009.
- T. S. Khan, M. S. Khan, M.-C. Chyu, Z. H. Ayub, J. A. Chattha, “Review of Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Correlations for Evaporation of Fluid Flow in Plate Heat Exchangers”, International Journal of Heating, Ventilating, Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Research (HVAC&R), Vol. 15, No. 2, 169-188, 2009.
- Chwan-Li Shen, James K. Yeh, Barbara J. Stoecker, Ming-Chien Chyu, Jia-Sheng Wang, “Green tea polyphenols mitigate deterioration of bone microarchitecture in middle-aged female rats”, Bone, 44(4):684-90, 2009.