ALONZO G. DECKER JR. CHAIR IN ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE
Established in 1975 by Alonzo G. Decker Jr.
ALONZO G. DECKER JR. was a University trustee for more than 30 years and served as national chairman for the Hopkins Hundreds Campaign in the 1970s, during which he gave generously, including the endowment for professorships in science and engineering. As chief executive officer of Black & Decker, Alonzo Decker Jr. helped lead the manufacturing company to international prominence, devising some of its most successful products including the electric hammer. He also was instrumental in the development of the cordless drill and the portable electric drill for home use. With his wife, VIRGINIA DECKER, Mr. Decker actively supported educational institutions throughout Maryland. He died in 2002.
SHIYI CHEN, the Alonzo G. Decker Jr. Professor of Engineering and Science, is a professor and former chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and holds a joint appointment in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics. For 20 years, Dr. Chen's work has focused on understanding the fundamental physics of fluid turbulence through direct numerical simulation and theory. One of the pioneers in the development of the lattice Boltzmann method, his research has had several engineering applications including in automobile design and modeling oil recovery. In collaboration with colleagues at the University, Dr. Chen recently developed a multi-scale numerical method to simulate fluid flows in micro- and nano-scales and applied the method to nanotribology, thermal flows, and electrokinetic flows. With his work recognized in Research and Development Magazine's 100 Most Significant New Technical Products of the Year in 1988 and 1994, Dr. Chen received the Fellow Prize from Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1998, among other awards.
ALONZO G. DECKER JR. was a University trustee for more than 30 years and served as national chairman for the Hopkins Hundreds Campaign in the 1970s, during which he gave generously, including the endowment for professorships in science and engineering. As chief executive officer of Black & Decker, Alonzo Decker Jr. helped lead the manufacturing company to international prominence, devising some of its most successful products including the electric hammer. He also was instrumental in the development of the cordless drill and the portable electric drill for home use. With his wife, VIRGINIA DECKER, Mr. Decker actively supported educational institutions throughout Maryland. He died in 2002. 
SHIYI CHEN, the Alonzo G. Decker Jr. Professor of Engineering and Science, is a professor and former chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and holds a joint appointment in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics. For 20 years, Dr. Chen's work has focused on understanding the fundamental physics of fluid turbulence through direct numerical simulation and theory. One of the pioneers in the development of the lattice Boltzmann method, his research has had several engineering applications including in automobile design and modeling oil recovery. In collaboration with colleagues at the University, Dr. Chen recently developed a multi-scale numerical method to simulate fluid flows in micro- and nano-scales and applied the method to nanotribology, thermal flows, and electrokinetic flows. With his work recognized in Research and Development Magazine's 100 Most Significant New Technical Products of the Year in 1988 and 1994, Dr. Chen received the Fellow Prize from Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1998, among other awards.