Dr. Chen has over 40 years of civil and environmental engineering experience.  His experience includes urban infrastructure renewal, water and wastewater treatment facilities design and construction management, facilities planning, environmental studies, utilities master planning, and rate and financial studies.  He was principal-in-charge for the Central Broward County and Broadview Park Neighborhood Improvement Projects for Broward County and project director for City Center and South Pointe Right of Way Infrastructure Improvement Projects for Miami Beach. He also served as assistant program manager of a design and construction program management team for Broward County North Regional WWTP expansion ($82 million) and the world’s largest Detroit Wastewater Treatment Plant with a five-year construction program budget of $1.0 billion.  He designed many water and wastewater treatment plants in Florida, Virginia, Maryland and Hawaii. He is the author or co-author of many technical papers which have appeared in several major journals.