Chen Min-jen

Not to be confused with Chen Ming-jen.

Chen Min-jen (Chinese: 陳明真) is a Taiwanese engineer, academic, and politician who served as a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2008.

Chen Min-jen
陳明真
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office 1 February 2005 – 31 January 2008
Constituency	Overseas Chinese
Personal details
Political party	Democratic Progressive
Scientific career
Education	National Tsing Hua University (BS) Iowa State University (PhD)
Fields	Nuclear engineering
Institutions	Argonne National Laboratory General Electric Macromicro Technology
Thesis	Simulation of Plenum Thermo-Hydraulics in a Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor Under a Buoyancy-Affected Condition

Education

Chen studied nuclear engineering at National Tsing Hua University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in the subject, and earned a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from Iowa State University in 1983.^[1][2] His dissertation was titled, Simulation of Plenum Thermo-Hydraulics in a Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor Under a Buoyancy-Affected Condition.^[2]

Career

Chen worked for Argonne National Laboratory and General Electric before serving as president and chief executive officer of Macromicro Technology.^[1]

He served on the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan between 2005 and 2008, as a representative of overseas Chinese affiliated with the Democratic Progressive Party.^[1] As a legislator, he commented on infrastructure projects led by the National Science Council.^[3]