During September, 2005 to August, 2006, as a visiting scholar in American Michigan University, Chen researched on the advanced forming technology under the guidelines of the professor Jun Ni, who is a famous mechanical expert, the winner of the U.S Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award and the. President, Professor Laureate, the director of the National Natural Science Foundation of multi-campus university-industry cooperation Intelligent Maintenance Center.
During July,2004 to September,2009, Chen worked on the Precision forming of sheet metals in the precision engineering Institute of Hong Kong Chinese University.