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Beyond Intelligence: Professor Chen Leads Charge to Enhance Resilience in Engineering Education
Mechanical engineering Professor John Chen discovered a powerful truth about himself as an undergraduate student at the University of Virginia – a realization that would years later shape his approach to engineering