Academic Profile : Faculty
Asst Prof Lai Changquan
Nanyang Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Assistant Professor, School of Materials Science & Engineering
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Dr. Lai received his B. Eng in Mechanical Engineering (NUS) in 2009, M.Eng in Materials Science and Engineering (MIT) in 2010 and Ph.D. in Advanced Materials for Micro- and Nano- Systems (SMA-NUS) in 2014. He then embarked on postdoctoral studies in Biomedical Engineering (NUS, 2015), Biosystems and Micromechanics (SMART, 2016) and Mechanical Metamaterials (ETH Zurich, 2016; Caltech, 2016 - 2017). He was a Temasek Research Fellow (2016-2019) and has been the Principal Investigator for Advanced Materials Design and Synthesis Lab since November 2017. He joined the School of MAE and MSE in NTU in 2021 and received the Nanyang Assistant Professorship in 2022. Throughout his career, Dr. Lai has utilized a highly integrative, cross-disciplinary approach involving design, materials and manufacturing innovation to engineer novel structures and surfaces. His latest research is focused on functional structural materials, as well as waste valorization for a circular economy.
Additive and Advanced Manufacturing; Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology; Satellite Research; Structural Engineering; Circular Economy: Renewable Energy and Sustainability
- Design & Synthesis of Architected Structural Batteries
- Development of an onboard, mobile vision-based SASS
- Development of Scalable Processes for Versatile Fabrication of Microstructural Functional Materials
- Laser Patterning and Incorporation of Sheets (LAPIS)
- NF3: Development of Novel Optics in Augmented Reality Displays (IAF-ICP) - 01/05/2024 to 30/04/2028
- Project ACOA- 3D Printing of Advanced Ceramics with High Thermal Conductivity and Light-weighting Design for Telescope Application
- Project Anaconda – Development of Tensile Dynamics Characterization of Material Capability
- Pyrolysis of Biomass Waste using a Novel Energy Efficient Scanning Pulsed Laser System for Improved Waste Valorization
Courses Taught
MA4845 - Additive Manufacturing in Industry 4.0
MS4642 - Additive Manufacturing of Materials
RIE1013 - Materials and Manufacturing
MS4642 - Additive Manufacturing of Materials
RIE1013 - Materials and Manufacturing