Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

The University of Hong Kong (香港大学)

Working Experience:

Professor HKU, HK. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Dec 2022-present

Professor CityU, HK. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering July 2021-Dec 2022

Associate Professor CityU, HK. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering July 2018-Jun 2021

Associate Professor CityU, HK. Dept. of Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering July 2017-Jun 2018

Assistant Professor CityU, HK. Dept. of Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering Oct 2012-June 2017

Postdoc MIT, USA. Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering (Advisors: Subra Suresh & Ming Dao) Feb 2011-Nov 2012

Education:

PhD Rice University, USA. Materials Science (Advisor: Jun Lou) Aug 2006-Jan 2011

MS New Mexico Tech, USA. Materials Engineering (Advisor: Bhaskar S. Majumdar) Aug 2004-Aug 2006

BS Nanjing University, China. Physics (Advisor: Yi Shi) Sept 2000-Jul 2004

Selected Awards:

2019 Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau) 優秀青年科學基金 (港澳), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

2019 Outstanding Research Awards for Junior Faculty, City University of Hong Kong

2018 The President’s Awards 2017, City University of Hong Kong

2016 Best Poster Paper Award, The 9th International Workshop on Advanced Materials (IWAM9) – in honor of CT Liu's life-time contributions to the material advancements

2013 UGC (Hong Kong) Early Career Award 2013/2014

2012 Fellowship for NSF Summer Institute on "Materiomics"

2010 Franz R. and Frances Brotzen Fellowship award, Rice University

2009 NSF Research Fellow for NSF-Sandia National Institute of Nano Engineering (NINE)

2005 Best Poster Presentation Award, the 7th LANSCE (Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center) User Group Meeting, Los Alamos National Lab

Professional Services:

Journal Editor:

Materials Today (Elsevier), Associate Editor

Science China: Technological Sciences (中国科学杂志社 & Springer), Young Associate Editor

Professional Membership:

Chinese Society of Micro-Nano Technology 中国微米纳米技术学会 2016~present

Society of Experimental Mechanics (SEM) 2014~present

Hong Kong Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (HKSTAM) 2013~present

Materials Research Society (MRS) 2008~present

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2007~present

The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) 2005~present

The Neutron Scattering Society of America (NSSA) 2005~present