Jennifer Wen

{{Short description|Professor of engineering}}

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Jennifer X. Wen is professor in energy resilience at the University of Surrey, England.{{cite web |title=Prof Jennifer X Wen |url=https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/jennifer-x-wen |website=www.surrey.ac.uk |publisher=University of Surrey |access-date=29 March 2023 |language=en}} She was previously professor of engineering at the University of Warwick, England,{{cite web |title=Professor Jennifer Wen - School of Engineering |url=https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/people/jennifer_wen/ |website=warwick.ac.uk |publisher=University of Warwick |access-date=20 November 2022}} where she led "Warwick FIRE", a "multidisciplinary research laboratory for both fundamental and applied research in fire, explosions and other safety related reactive and non-reactive flows".{{cite web |title=Jennifer Wen |url=https://www.aiche.org/chs/community/bio/jennifer-wen |website=www.aiche.org|publisher=American Institute of Chemical Engineers |access-date=20 November 2022 |language=en |date=6 October 2020}}

She is vice-chair of the International Association for Fire Safety Science.{{cite web |title=Managing Committee and Officers |url=https://iafss.org/managing-committee-and-officers/ |website=International Association for Fire Safety Science |access-date=20 November 2022}}

Education

Wen has a B.Eng. (1984) from Shanghai Jiao Tong University; a Ph.D. (1990) in heat transfer from Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London; a Certificate in Management Studies (1993) from Oxford Brookes University; and a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (1994) from London South Bank University.{{cite web |last1=Wen |first1=Jennifer X.|title=CV |url=http://www.hysafe.org/science/ProfJenniferWen/ProfJenniferWen.pdf |access-date=20 November 2022 |date=2009}}

She is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and in 2024 she was elected a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering{{cite web |title=Royal Academy of Engineering welcomes 71 new Fellows |url=https://raeng.org.uk/news/royal-academy-of-engineering-welcomes-71-new-fellows |access-date=18 September 2024}}

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