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Teaching duties after joining Heriot-Watt University

 

*         2007-2008: B55GB1: 5th year MEng. Specialist Engineering Technology 2-Microsystem Engineering Technology

*         2007-2008: B55GC: 5th year MEng. Specialist Engineering Technology 3-Projects on engineering Design

*         2007-2008: B55GB2 5th year MEng. Engineering Analysis

*         2008-2009: B51EM1: 4th year undergraduate, Advanced Mechanics of Materials-Micromechanics

*         2008-2009: B30TC1: MSc master of Science post-graduate, Fundamentals of Photonics and Micromechanics

*         2008-Now: Being Department Admission officer for undergraduate students

*         2009-2010: B51EM: 4th year undergraduate, Advanced Mechanics of Materials-Micromechanics

*         2009-2010: B30TC: MSc master of Science post-graduate, Fundamentals of Photonics and Micromechanics

*         2009-2010: B31HN: MSc master of Science post-graduate, Advanced Packaging and Micromechanics

*         2009-2010: B51EN: 4th year undergraduate, Advanced Mechanics of Materials-Biomechanics

*         2009-2010: B51GT: 5th year undergraduate, Specialist Engineering Technology—Finite Element Analysis

 

Mentor

·           Eight First year students

·           Seven Second year students

·           Five Third year students

·           Five Four year students

 

Supervision

·           Final year student projects

·           Ph. D student:  Mr. Bin Xu.  Project : nanocomposite shape memory polymer

·           Ph. D student: Mr. Alghane Mansour. Project: Microfluidic simulation

·           Ph. D student: Mr. Yanzhao Zhang. Project: Smart devices

·           Ph. D student: Mr. Stuart Brodie, Project: Lab-on-chip

 

Previous Teaching experience

 

·       Lecture on 5R11-“Applications in MEMS and Microengineering” for MSc. and Ph.D. students, Cambridge, UK

·       Supervising undergraduate IA Natural Sciences course "Engineering Materials: Microstructure and Selection” "" at Sydney Sussex College, Cambridge from 2004 to 2007.

·       Supervising undergraduate IB Natural Sciences course "Engineering Materials: Processing and Design "" at Sydney Sussex College, Cambridge from 2004 to 2007.

·       Teaching assistant for Singapore- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alliance (SMA) with Class of “Materials for MEMS and Nanosystems” for two years (2002 to 2003)

 

 

Professional Experience

 

Editorial Board for

 

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters (USA); 

The Open Surface Science Journal;

The Open Ceramic Science Journal.

 

 

Being Journal reviewers or Referees : Reviewed 116 Journal papers

 

1999 (Reviewed 2 papers)

              Surf. Coat. Technol. ( 1 paper)

              Wear (1 paper)

 

2000 (Reviewed 1 paper)

              Surf. Coat. Technol. ( 1 paper)

 

2001 (Reviewed 1 paper)

              Surf. Coat. Technol. ( 1 paper)

 

2002 (Reviewed 3 papers)

              J. Mater. Res. (2 papers); Surf. Coat. Technol. ( 1 paper)

 

2003 (Reviewed 10 papers)

              J. Mater. Res. (2 papers); Thin Solid Films (1 paper); J. Mater. Sci. Mater Electron. (2 papers); J. Mater. Proc. Technol. (1 paper); J. Mater. Sci. (1 paper); Surf. Coat. Technol. ( 2 papers); Mater. Sci. Engng. A (1 paper)

 

2004 (Reviewed 16 papers)

              Surf. Coat. Technol. (3 papers); Thin Solid Films (2 papers); Physica B (1 paper); Philosophy Magazine A (1 paper); Philosophy Magazine Lett. (1 paper); Mater. Sci. Engng. A (1 paper); J. Mater. Sci. (3 papers); J. Mater. Res. (4 papers);

 

2005 (Reviewed 23 papers)

              Thin Solid Films (3 papers); ThermoChima Acta (2 papers); Philosophy Magazine A (1 paper); Mater. Phys. Chem. (1 paper); J. Mater. Res. (3 papers); Surf. Coat. Technol. (2 papers); Smart Mater. Struct (2 papers); J. Engineering Manufacturing (1 paper); Plasma Mater. Polymer (1 paper);  Appl. Surf. Sci. (1 paper); ThermoChim. Acta (1 paper); J. Biomed. Mater. Res. A (1 paper); J. Cry. Growth (1 paper); J. Alloy. Compounds (1 paper); E-MRS (1 paper); Physica B (1 paper);

 

2006 (Reviewed 16 papers)

              Appl. Phys. Lett., (1 paper); Appl. Surf. Sci. (1 paper); J. Appl. Phys. (1 paper); Thin Solid Films (1 paper); Philosophy Magazine A (1 paper); Nanotechnology (2 papers); Nanotrends (1 paper); J. Mater. Res. (2 papers); J. Mater. Proc. Technol. (1 paper); J. Alloys and Compounds (1 paper); European J. Phys. (1 paper); Nanotechnology (1 paper); J. Microeng. Micromech., (1 paper). J. Microeng. Micromech., (1 paper).

 

2007 (Reviewed 34 papers)

              Thin Solid Films (5 papers); Surf. Coat. Technol. (6 papers); Appl. Surf. Sci. (1 paper); Appl. Phys. A (1 paper); J. Alloys and Compounds (2 papers); J. Phys. Chem. Solid (1 paper); J. Electrochemical Society (1 paper); J. Mater. Proc. Technol. (4 papers); J. Mater. Res. (7 papers); J. Mater. Sci. Mater. Microelectro. (1 paper); Philosophy Magazine A (1 paper); Nanotechnology (4 papers);

 

2008 (Reviewed 18 papers)

              Acta Mater. (1 paper); Appl. Phys. Lett. (1 paper); Appl. Surf. Sci. (1 Paper); IEEE Trans on Industry Electronics (1 paper); Journal of Materials Research (3 papers); Nanotechnology (2 papers); J. Microeng. Micromech., (1 paper); Mater. Chemistry Phys. (1 paper); Smart Mater. Struct (2 papers); Physica E (1 Paper). Surface and Coating Technology (1 paper); J. Alloy. Comp. (1 paper); Mater. Sci. Engng. C (1 paper); Thin Solid Films (1 paper); 

 

2009 (Reviewed 29 papers)

 

Surf. Coat. Technol. (2 papers); J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. (1 paper), Appl. Phys. Lett., (3 papers), Smart Mater. Struct (3 papers); J. Alloy. Comp. (1 paper); Thin Solid Films (1 paper);  J. Alloys and Compounds (1 paper); Open Surf. Sci. J. (2 papers); Functional Mater Lett., (1 paper), Electrochim. Acta (1 paper), IEEE sensors (1 paper), IEEE Trans. Indus. Electro. (1 paper), J. Mater Proc. Technol, (1 paper), J Phys. D (1 paper), J. Microeng. Micromech, ( 1 paper), J, Appl. Phys (1 paper), J, Mater Res ( 2 papers), J. Vac. Sci Technol, (1 paper), MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS (1 paper), Phys. E (1 paper), Poly. Adv. Technol. (1 paper), Recent Patent on Nanotech (1 paper).

 

2009 (Reviewed 10 papers so far)

 

Surf. Coat. Technol. (1 paper); Appl. Phys. Lett., (1 paper), Smart Mater. Struct (3 papers); Thin Solid Films (2 papers);  Adv. Funct. Mater (1 paper), IEEE Sensor (1 paper), Sens. Actuat (1 paper).

 

Conference Paper referees:

 

Conference paper referee of ICMAT, Singapore, 2001

Conference paper referee of 1st MP3 conference, Singapore, 2003

Conference paper referee of SPIE 5275, Australia, Perth, 2003

Conference paper referee of 2nd Thin film 2004, Singapore, 2004

Conference paper referee of E-MRS, Strasbourg, France, 2005

Conference paper referee of E-Sensors, Gotenburg, Sweden, 2006

Conference paper referee of 3nd Thin film 2006, Singapore, 2006

Conference paper referee of 4nd Thin film 2008, Singapore, 2008

 

Conference Committee Member:

·       Committee Member in 2nd International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering, 8-11 July 2009, Weihai, P. R. China.

·       Session chair for 1st International Conference on Nanomanufacturing, Singapore, 2008, July 13th to 17th.

·       Committee Member in International Conference on Thin Films 2006, Singapore.

·       Committee Member in International Conference on Thin Films 2008, Singapore.

·       Session chair in International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2001), 1-6 July 2001, Singapore.

 

External Ph.D. Examiner

               University of Cambridge

               Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

 

Project Supervision

Extensive experience for supervision or co-supervision of under-graduate and post-graduate projects

 

Certificate on

Kratus-XPS/AES system (UK)

JEOL TEM/SEM

St. Johns Ambulance first Aid certificate

 

HF Safety officer (from 2004 to 2007) in clean room in EDM group in Univ. Cambridge

 

Safety officer (from 1998 to 2002) in clean room and training courses in MEMS laboratory in NTU, Singapore.

 

Awards and Fellowships, Memberships

·       Outstanding graduate of the Ministry of Mechanical Industry, P. R. China, 1991

·       Research Fellowships in Singapore-MIT Alliance, 2002-2004

·       New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS), 1999

·       Materials Research Society (MRS), 2000-now

·       3rd prize in Engineering Photo competition 2006 (Engineering Department, Cambridge University)

·       Membership of IEEE, USA, 2007, 2008

·       To be included in prestigious “2009 Edition of Marquis Who's Who in the World”.

·       Carnegie Trust Awards, Scotland

·       International Collaboration Award from Royal Society of Edinburgh

·       First prize in IIS Proposal Competition with Dr. Yifan Li from Univ. Edinburgh

 


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