Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering
NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
SINGAPORE
Principal investigator
Dr. Hortense LE FERRAND
Nanyang Assistant Professor (NRF Fellow) - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Primary appointment: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Secondary appointment: School of Materials Science and Engineering
Education:
PhD. Materials Science, ETH Zürich, Switzerland (2017)
MSc. Materials Science, ETH Zürich, Switzerland (2013)
Dipl. Eng. ESPCI Paris, France (2012)
Email: hortense@ntu.edu.sg
Researchers
Dr. Li Zhi GUAN
Research fellow
Education:
PhD. Applied Chemistry, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain (2020)
MSc. in Materials Science, Hang Zhou Normal University, China (2016)
BSc. in Chemistry, East China University of Technology, China (2013)
Email: Lizhi.guan@ntu.edu.sg
Project: Composites with multifunctionality
Dr. Hongying HE
Research fellow
Education:
PhD. Mechanical Engineering, National University Singapore, Singapore (2020)
BSc. Materials Science & Engineering, Sichuan University, China (2016)
Email: hongying.he@ntu.edu.sg
Project: Ceramics and composites for thermal management
Dr. Jia Heng TEOH
Research fellow
Education:
PhD. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NUS, SG (2022)
BEng. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NTU, SG (2017)
Email: jiaheng.teoh@ntu.edu.sg
Project: 3D Printing of mycelium composites
Dr. Weixiang PENG
Research fellow
Education:
PhD. Materials Science & Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China (2021)
MSc. Materials Science, Jiangsu University, China (2017)
BSc. Metal Materials, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, China (2017)
Email: weixiang.peng@ntu.edu.sg
Project: Modelling of bioinspired composites
Dr. Deepak SHARMA
Research fellow
Education:
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras, India (2023)
MTech. Mechanical Engineering, IIT Dhanbad, India (2019)
BTech. Mechanical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, India (2017)
Email: deepak.sharma@ntu.edu.sg
Project: Design and modeling of porous structures
Dr. ZeZhou HE
Research Fellow (co-supervised with Prof Huajian Gao)
Education:
PhD Solid Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (2021)
BEng. Theory and Applied Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (2016)
Email: zezhou.he@e.ntu.edu.sg
Project: Interfaces in bioinspired ceramics and composites
Dr. Rohit Pratyush BEHERA
Research Fellow
Education:
PhD, Mechanical and Aerospace Enginering, NTU, Singapore (2023)
MTech. Mechanical Engineering, IIT Dhanbad, India (2018)
BTech. Mechanical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, India (2015)
Email: rohit.pb@e.ntu.edu.sg
Project: Mechanics of bioinspired microstructured ceramics
Chunze LI
Research associate
Education:
MSc. Electrical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore (2023)
BEng. (Hons) Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia (2022)
Email: chunze.li@ntu.edu.sg
Project: 3D Printing Set-Up & Interface Control
Eugene Wee Keong SOH
Project officer
Education:
BEng. Materials Science & Engineering, NTU, Singapore (2020)
Email: Eugene.soh@ntu.edu.sg
Project: Mycelium-bound composites
Cheryl CHIA
Project officer
Education:
BEng. Materials Science & Engineering, NTU, Singapore (2020)
Email: Cheryl.chia@ntu.edu.sg
Project: Bioinspired ceramics for dentistry
PhD students
Slocha SAPASAKULVANIT
PhD. student, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (Jan 2021)
Education:
MSc. Polymer Science, The Petroleum and Petrochemical College, Bangkok, Thailand (2020)
BSc. Applied Chemistry (1rst Honor), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (2018)
Email: M200190@e.ntu.edu.sg
Project: Organic matrix for reinforced composites
Sourabh KUMAR
PhD. student, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (Jan 2022)
Education:
MTech. Production Engineering, IIT BHU, India (2021)
BEng. Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, India (2018)
Email: SOURABH001@e.ntu.edu.sg
Project: Metal-ceramic composites
Hongyu ZHOU
PhD. student, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (Jan 2023)
Education:
MSc. Composites, Imperial College London, UK (2021)
BSc. (Hon) Fashion Technology, University of Manchester, UK (2020)
BEng. Textile Engineering, Soochow University, China (2018)
Email: hongyu004@e.ntu.edu.sg
Project: 4D printing of materials with embodied intelligence
Zhuoran MA
PhD. student, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (Aug 2023)
Education:
MEng. Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NTU, Singapore (2022)
BEng. Materials Science & Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University & Queen Mary University, Xi'An, China (2021)
Email: zhuoran003@e.ntu.edu.sg
Project: Nacre-like ceramics and composites
Master students
YUAN Hao
MSc. student, Mechanical Engineering
Education:
BEng. Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'An, China (2021)
Email: hyuan003@e.ntu.edu.sg
Project: Modeling of 3D printed reinforced composites with complex microstructures
Deming LI
MSc. student, Smart Manufacturing
Education:
BEng. Engineering, Leichester University, UK (2023)
BEng. Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, China (2023)
Email: lide0006@e.ntu.edu.sg
Project: 4D printing of shapes with complex pattern
Students assistants
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Islam Aminul
MSc. student, Mechanical Engineering, NTU
Email: aminul001@e.ntu.edu.sg
Project: Study of teaching and learning biomimicry in international context
Lin Yiheng
BEng. student, Mechanical Engineering, NTU
Email: ylin041@e.ntu.edu.sg
Project: Market potential of magnetic 3D printing technologies and their products
Undergraduate students
Schooling Ryan Hilary
BEng. student, Mechanical Engineering, NTU
Email: m210111@e.ntu.edu.sg
Project: Fabrication and mechanical testing of bioinspired reinforced composites
Ong Jun Yuan, Jazz
BEng. student, Aerospace Engineering, NTU
Email: jong144@e.ntu.edu.sg
Project: Tensile testing of bioinspired composties
Lim Shi En
BEng. student, Mechanical Engineering, NTU
Email: slim173@e.ntu.edu.sg
Project: 3D printing of morphing composites
Abel Gan
BEng. student, Mechanical Engineering, NTU
Email: agan003@e.ntu.edu.sg
Project: Fabrication and characterization of ceramic-metal composites
Riasa Fadhilla Martono
BEng. student, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, NTU
Email: riasafad001@e.ntu.edu.sg
Project: Fabrication and testing of bioinspired bio-based tiles for the built environment
Ng Kuo Wei
BEng. student, Materials Science and Engineering, NTU
Email: ngku0007@e.ntu.edu.sg
Project: Fabrication of elephant-skin inspired tiles for cooling buildings
Gadil Veronica Yvonne Balane
BEng. student, Materials Science and Engineering, NTU
Email: veronica004@e.ntu.edu.sg
Project: Fabrication and testing of composites with oriented microstructures
Alicia Cheung Kit Ying (URECA)
BEng. student, Aerospace Engineering, NTU
Email: acheung003@e.ntu.edu.sg
Project: Mycelium inspired functional minimal surfaces as an improved and compact fog harvester
Linus Lee Wei Jie
BEng. student, Aerospace Engineering, NTU
Email: linu0005@e.ntu.edu.sg
Project: Apply thermal conductive composites for thermal management in electronic device
Ishita Agrawal (URECA)
BEng. student, Aerospace Engineering, NTU
Email: ishita008@e.ntu.edu.sg
Project: Chat-GPT in mechanical engineering/manufacturing/materials science scientific writing
Gwendolyn, Chang Yu Qian
BEng. student, Materials Science and Engineering, NTU
Email: gchang005@e.ntu.edu.sg
Project: Fabrication of alternating layers of multimaterial ceramics with bioinspired microstructures
Visiting students
Haiyang Yu
Visiting student under the CSC; currently a PhD student in Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Education:
MEng. Material process engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China (2020)
BEng. Material forming and control engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China (2018)
Email: N2308736G@e.ntu.edu.sg
Project: Ceramic coatings
Yiting Sun
Visiting student under the CSC; currently a PhD student in Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), China
Education:
MSc. Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical Universitym China (2021)
BEng. Composite Materials and Engineering, North University of China, China (2018)
LLB. Law, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, North University of China, China (2018)
Email: N2308981E@e.ntu.edu.sg
Project: Magnetic alignment of 2D ceramic nanosheets
