Long-Qing Chen inducted into the National Academy of Engineering 
Long-Qing Chen, Donald W. Hamer Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, was among the 128 new U.S. members and 22 international members inducted into the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Class of 2025 during the NAE annual meeting in October. Election to the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, or National Academy of Medicine is considered one of the highest professional honors among scientists, engineers, and health professionals. Each year, new members are elected by current members based on outstanding achievement and commitment to service. There are now 2,487 U.S. members and 336 international members of the NAE.
NAE membership recognizes significant contributions to engineering practice, research, or education, to the pioneering of new and developing technological fields, to major advancement in traditional fields of engineering, to the development and implementation of innovative approaches to engineering education and leadership. Founded in 1964, the NAE provides independent analysis and advice to the nation.
Chen was elected “for making the phase-field method the most powerful tool for predicting the mesoscopic microstructure and properties of engineering materials.”
Chen, who joined the Penn State faculty in 1992, earned his bachelor's degree from Zhejiang University, China; his master's degree from Stony Brook University; and his doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, all in materials science and engineering. He is a fellow of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), the Materials Research Society (MRS), the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Ceramic Society (ACerS), and ASM International. He was elected as a foreign member of the Academia Europaea. He received MRS Materials Theory Award, Guggenheim Fellowship, Humboldt Research Award, TMS John Bardeen Award, TMS Hume-Rothery Award, ACerS Ross Coffin Purdy Award, TMS Cyril Stanley Smith Award, and IEEE-UFFC Distinguished Lecturer Award. Chen is also a professor of engineering science and mechanics and professor of mathematics.
Chen is the third MatSE faculty members to join the NAE—John Mauro, Dorothy Pate Enright Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and department head, and Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Evan Pugh Professor and Steward S. Flashchen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and professor of electrical engineering.