Dr. Gang Chen

Professor of Mining Engineering, Emeritus

WHEREAS Dr. Gang Chen has served the University of É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ Fairbanks with distinction in teaching, research and service from 1993 to 2020; and

WHEREAS Dr. Chen is an excellent teacher whose students named him the departmentÉ«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ™s outstanding professor seven times, and he served as chair or co-chair of the thesis committees for twenty graduate students and on the committees of another thirty-two; and

WHEREAS Dr. Chen is an internationally recognized authority in rock mechanics; and he has conducted extensive research that has greatly benefited the mining industry; and he has produced more than one hundred published research papers and conference reports, many with his students; and research projects in which he has participated have received funding of more than $7.5 million; and

WHEREAS Dr. Chen has served as editor in chief and associate chief editor of two international journals, and has been a reviewer for the national science foundations of the U.S. and China; and

WHEREAS Dr. Chen has been recognized for his teaching on numerous occasions by the Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration; and he has been honored with chair positions at Fuzhou and Hebei universities in China, and he was named a Fulbright Scholar;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the University of É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ Fairbanks expresses its deep appreciation to Dr. Gang Chen for his extensive contributions to the State of É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ and to the University; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the University of É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ Fairbanks, in further recognition of the invaluable services rendered by Dr. Chen and as evidence of the UniversityÉ«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ™s desire that his identification with the University be maintained, hereby confers upon Dr. Gang Chen the title of Professor of Mining Engineering, Emeritus; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be appropriately engrossed and signed by the Chancellor as further evidence of the University of É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ FairbanksÉ«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ™ esteem and respect for Dr. Gang Chen, and conveyed to Dr. Chen on this twenty-third day of May, 2020.