Ken P. Chong (Chinese: 張建平) is a Research Professor at The George Washington University and a former associate at the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST).
degree in Civil Engineering with major in Structures at the Taiwan National Cheng Kung University, and M.S.
In the 1970’s Professor Chong pioneered the analysis and development of re-usable, energy and structural efficient sandwich panels with cold-formed steel facings and rigid foamed cores, now widely used in industrial and commercial building systems [Chong, K. P., and Hartsock, J.
], now used around the world, widely cited, is now a standard [ASTM D8044-16 Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Asphalt Mixture Cracking Resistance using the Semi-Circular Bend Test (SCB) at Intermediate Temperatures; ISRM-Suggested Method for Determining the Mode I Static Fracture Toughness Using Semi-Circular Bend Specimen, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering 47(1):267-274 • December 2013].
His seminal experimental research on sweet spots in the 70’s [Chang, B., Chong, K. P., and Melo, A., "Sweet Spot of Tennis Rackets Based on Testing," presented at the Society for Experimental Stress Analysis Spring Meeting, Wichita, KS, May 1978, Paper no.
At the University of Wyoming, he has been the principal investigator of 20 plus federally funded research projects [from NSF, DOD, DOE, DOI, etc], mostly on mechanics of solids.
He has also been working as an expert panelist with the Hong Kong University Grants Committee' and the Innovation and Technology Commission'.