Professional Specialty：

• Polymer Processing
• Membrane Extruded Extension
• Injection Molding
• Plastics Mold
• Smart Molding Technologies

Research Fields：

1. Dynamic Mold Temperature Control Technology
2. Microcellular Injection Molding
3. Gas-Assisted / Thin-Wall / Multi-Component Injection Molding
4. Injection-Compression Molding
5. Micro Injection Molding and Hot Embossing Micro Molding
6. Computer-Aided Engineering
7. Intelligent Molding and Manufacturing System

Potential Applications of Research：

• Plastics Components of 3C Products
• Preparation of the Polymer Base Biochip
• Preparation of the Bipolar Plate for Fuel Cell
• Intelligent Manufacturing Process and System Optimization

Honors：

• Distinguished Research Awards, CYCU (3 times)
• Supervision Award in Best PhD Thesis Corporation with Industry, Ministry of Education (2005)
• National Invention Silver Award, Ministry of Economic Affairs (2006)
• National Award of University Research Contributed to Industrial Economics (2008)
• Outstanding Research Award, National Science Council (2009；2012)
• Fellow of Society of Plastics Engineers (2009)
• Outstanding Engineering Professor, Chinese Institute of Engineers (2010)
• Award of Excellent Polymer Applications, The Polymer Society (2012)
• National Invention Silver Award, Ministry of Economic Affairs (2012)
• National Innovation Industry Award for Outstanding Innovation in Academia, Ministry of Economic Affairs (2012)
• Life Achievement of Outstanding Research Award by CYCU (2014)
• The 21^st TECO Award by TECO Technology Foundation (2014)
• Life Achievement Award by Society of Advanced Molding Technology (2018)
• Contract Research Fellow, Ministry of Science and Technology (2018)
• Life Achievement of Industry-Academia Cooperation Award, CYCU (2021)
• Baiyue Award, CYCU (2022)

Selected Publications：

1. S. C. Chen, Y. X. Liang, C. J. Ding, and Y. H. Ting, “Experimental Study on the Modified P–V–T Model to Improve Shrinkage Prediction for Injection-Molded Semi-Crystalline Polymer”, Polymers, 2026.
2. S. C. Chen, C. Y. Gan, Y. J. Liu, and C. T. Feng, “Investigation of the Foaming Morphology of Polypropylene Molded via Microcellular Injection Assisted by Water Vapor and Gas Counter Pressure”, Polymers, 2025.
3. Y. H. Agustion, S. C. Chen, C. T. Feng, and B. P. Iskandar, “High-Quality Foaming and Weight Reduction in Microcellular-Injection-Molded Polycarbonate Using Supercritical Fluid Carbon Dioxide under Gas Counter Pressure”, Polymers, 2024.
4. S. C. Chen, B. L. Tsai, C. C. Hsieh, N. T. Cheng, E. N. Shen, and C. T. Feng, “Prediction of Part Shrinkage for Injection Molded Crystalline Polymer via Cavity Pressure and Melt Temperature Monitoring”, Applied Science, 2023.
5. Z. W. Zhou, W. R. Jong, Y. H. Ting, and S. C. Chen, and M. C. Chiu, “Retrieval of Injection Molding Industrial Knowledge Graph Based on Transformer and BERT”, Applied Science, Vol. 13, 2023.
6. Z. W. Zhou, Y. H. Ting, W. R. Jong, S. C. Chen, and M. C. Chiu, “Development and Application of Knowledge Graphs for the Injection Molding Process”, 2023, Machines, vol.11, p.271-286.
7. Y. H. Chang, S. C. Chen, Y. H. Ting, C. T. Feng, and C. C. Hsu, “The Investigation of Novel Dynamic Packing Technology for Injection Molded Part Quality Control and Its Production Stability by Using Real-Time PVT Control Method”, Polymers, 2022.
8. C. Chen, M. Y. Jien, C. C. Hsu, S. S. Hwang, and C. T. Feng, “Processing Effects on the Through-Plane Electrical Conductivities and Tensile Strengths of Microcellular-Injection-Molded Polypropylene Composites with Carbon Fibers”, Polymers, 2022.
9. S. C. Chen, K. H. Lee, C. W. Chang, T. J. Hsu, and C. T. Feng, “Using Gas Counter Pressure and Combined Technologies for Microcellular Injection Molding of Thermoplastic Polyurethane to Achieve High Foaming Qualities and Weight Reduction”, Polymers, Vol. 14, 2022.
10. S. C. Chen, H. Su, J. J. Mathew, H. Gunawan, C. W. Huang, and C. T. Feng, “An Investigation to Reduce the Effect of Moisture on Injection-Molded Parts through Optimization of Plasticization Parameters”, Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, 2022.
11. S. C. Chen, H. Su, J. J. Mathew, H. Gunawan, C. W. Huang, and C. T. Feng, “An Investigation to Reduce the Effect of Moisture on Injection-Molded Parts through Optimization of Plasticization Parameters”, Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, 2022.
12. C. T. Huang, T. W. Lin, W. R. Jong, and S. C. Chen, “A Methodology to Predict and Optimize Ease of Assembly for Injected Parts in a Family-Mold System”, Polymers, 2021.
13. Y. M. Huang, W. R. Jong, S. C. Chen, “Research on Transfer Learning Applied to Characteristic Prediction of Injection Molded Products”, Accepted by Polymers.
14. S. C. Chen, J. J. Mathew, and H. Gunawan, “An Investigation into the Effect of Moisture on the Plasticization Stage in an Injection Molding Process”, Applied Science 2022.
15. C. W. Chang, S. C. Chen, P. L. Tsai, M. C. Chiu, and S. Y. Liu, “Using the External Magnetic Field of Composites to Control Fiber Orientation and Enhancement of Electrical Conductivity”, Polymer Engineering & Science, Vol. 61, 2021.
16. C. Y. Chung, S. S. Hwang, S. C. Chen, and M. C. Lai, “Effects of Injection Molding Process Parameters on the Chemical Foaming Behavior of Polypropylene and Polystyrene”, Polymers, 2021.
17. Y. H. Chang, T. H. Wei, S. C. Chen, Y. F. Lou, “The investigation on PVT control method establishment for scientific injection molding parameter setting and its quality control”, Polymer Engineering and Science, 2020.
18. Y. H. Chang, M. C. Chiu, S. C. Chen, C. W. Chang, C. Y. Tseng, “Establishing a rapid cooling complex mold design for the quality improvement of microcellular injection molding”, Polymer Engineering and Science, 2020.
19. W. R. Jong, Huang, Y. M. Huang, Lin, Y. Z. Lin, S. C. Chen, Y. W. Chen, “Integrating Taguchi method and artificial neural network to explore machine learning of computer aided engineering”, Journal of the Chinese Institute of engineers, 2020.