Dr. Sen Nieh is a Professor Emeritus of Engineering who has worked for 40+ years at the Catholic University of America (CUA), Washington, DC. He is an outstanding scholar, researcher, and educator. His areas of research expertise include Energy Systems, Combustion and Thermal Sciences, Multiphase Mechanics, and Environmental Engineering.
He has authored/co-authored more than 100 scientific journal papers, one college textbook, one computer code, and seven U.S. and Foreign patents of invention. He is the recipient of the Lectureship Award of the United Nations, the Charles Karman Teaching Excellence Award at the School of Engineering at CUA, and the Honorary Professorship of 6 universities in Taiwan and China. He served as the principal investigator of 22 government-funded research projects and three industry-funded R&D and demo projects with a total fund exceeding $4.3 million.
Being a tenured full professor, he has served five terms (14 years) as the Chairman of the Mechanical Engineering Department, three times as CUA Academic Senator, and various Committees of Academic Affairs in the university.
Prof. Nieh has been a keen observer and China expert, particularly in Hunan Rights and Religious Freedom. He has been a dedicated advocate, event organizer, speaker, and leader in community services and Congressional events.
He is Vice President of the Global Service (Tuidang) Center for Quitting the CCP, Asian Outreach Director of the International Committee for Human Rights and Religious Freedom (ICHRRF), and a Fellow of the CUA Center for Human Rights of the Institute for Human Ecology. He is also the Director of SFOH (Stop Forced Organ Harvesting by the CCP) and the organizer of the press events of Mr. Cheng Peiming, a survivor of FOH.