Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering
NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
SINGAPORE
Principal investigator
Dr. Hortense LE FERRAND
Associate Professor - 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. 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@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
Sakshi
PhD. student, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (Aug 2024)
Education:
MSc. Chemistry, IIT Gandhinagar, India (2024)
BSc. Chemistry, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, Delhi University, India (2022)
Email: sakshi009@e.ntu.edu.sg
Project: Functional composites for robotic applications
Zhang Yanchen
PhD. student, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (Aug 2024)
Education:
MSc. Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, UK (2023)
BEng. Materials Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (2022)
Email: yanchen003@e.ntu.edu.sg
Project: Bioinspired ceramic composites processing
Master students
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
Ma Hedi
BEng. student, Mechanical Engineering, NTU
Email: m230148@e.ntu.edu.sg
Project: Magnetic 3D printer control
Jade Sun
BS. student, Business & Computer Science, NTU
Email: jsun027@e.ntu.edu.sg
Project: Business model 3D printer
Himani Srivastava
MSc. student, Mechanical Engineering, NTU
Email: himani003@e.ntu.edu.sg
Project: Public perception of mycelium tiles
Undergraduate students
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Wong Wei Xian
BEng. student, Materials Science and Engineering, NTU
Project: 3D printing of ecologically active porous soil structures
Kartick Sishir
BEng. student, Materials Science and Engineering, NTU
Project: Structure-property correlations for bioinspired ceramic-metal structures
Tan Yew Wei
BEng. student, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NTU
Project: 3D printing of ecologically active porous soil structures
Tan Wei Ling
BEng. student, Materials Science and Engineering, NTU
Project: Microstructure design and optimization in microplatelet-reinforced composites
Yeo Min Charmaine
BEng. student, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NTU
Project: 3D printing of wood particle loaded hydrogels for the fabrication of cm-scale mycelium-bound composites
Jia Ding
BEng. student, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NTU
Project: 4D printed ceramic composite structures
Jabez Tan Jie Ren
BEng. student, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NTU
Project: Comparison of the sustainability of PLA-wood vs PCL-wood mycelium composites for construction applications
Norman Choo Guan Yu
BEng. student, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NTU
Project: Fabrication and mechanical properties of textured alumina-HEO composites
Ashlyn Samuel Abey
BEng. student, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NTU
Project: Structure-property correlations for bioinspired ceramic-metal structures
Ramakrishnan Rishanthi
BEng. student, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NTU
Project: Microstructure design and optimization in microplatelet-reinforced composites
Yoanes Suriani
BEng. student, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NTU
Project: Life-cycle assessment of mycelium composite
Yee Yong De
BEng. student, Materials Science & Engineering, NTU
Project: 4D printing of composites
Visiting students
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
