Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Design and Engineering
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Email: mpezwei@nus.edu.sg
Office: E1-05-27, Engineering Drive 1, Singapore, 117574
Brief Biography
Dr. Zhai Wei joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NUS as an assistant professor in Nov, 2019. Before joining NUS, she worked as a research scientist at Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, A*STAR, Singapore. She received her PhD degree from University of Cambridge, UK in 2015. She got her bachelor’s from University of Science and Technology, Beijing, China in 2011. Dr. Zhai also serves as an Editor for Materials and Design and Section Editor of Porous Materials for Materials Today Communications.
Research Fellows
PhD – South China University of Technology, China
B.Eng – South China University of Technology, China
Research Interest – Carbon Aerogels, Supramolecular Assembly, Biopolymer Science,
Email – Hzhuo@nus.edu.sg
PhD – South China University of Technology, China
M.S – Beijing Forestry University, China
B.Eng – Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, China
Research Interest – Biomass Materials, Ionic Soft Polymers, Green Chemistry, Flexible Electronics
Email – chaodang@nus.edu.sg
PhD – Harbin Institute of Technology, China
B.Eng – Taiyuan University of Technology, China
Research Interest – Mechanical Metamaterials, Soft Robots, Stimuli-Responsive Lattices, Multiphysics Intelligent Control, Bi-stability and Multi-stability
Email – hangyang@nus.edu.sg
PhD – Harbin Institute of Technology, China
M.S – Shandong University of Science and Technology, China
B.Eng – University of Jinan, China
Research Interest – Soft Materials, Wearable Electronics, Sustainability
Email – guoxingkui@nus.edu.sg
PhD – Donghua University, China
B.Eng – Zhongyuan University of Technology, China
Research Interest – Soft robotics, Printed electronics, Smart textiles, Energy harvesting
Email – lx.zhan@nus.edu.sg
Dr. Miao Shuangshuang
PhD School of Energy and Environment，Southeast University, Nanjing, China
BS Chien-Shiung Wu College，Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Research Interest– freeze-casting technology, ice chemistry, the interactions between ice crystals and non-aqueous substances
Email- mpev582@nus.edu.sg
Dr. Wang Kai
PhD – Southwest Jiaotong University, China
M.S – Southwest Jiaotong University, China
B.Eng – Chongqing Jiaotong University, China
Ph.D. National University of Singapore
M.S– National University of Singapore, Singapore
B.Eng. – Soochow University, China
Research Interest – Multi-functional Porous Materials, Hydrogels, Freeze Casting
Email – xy.dong@nus.edu.sg
Ph.D. National University of Singapore
B.Eng. – National University of Singapore, Singapore
Research Interest – 3D Printing, Porous Materials, Hierarchical Structures, Ceramics, Hydrogels
Email – qy.liu@nus.edu.sg
Dr. Li Guanjin
M.S – Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
B.Eng – Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Research Interest – Freeze Casting, Ceramics, Hierarchical Structure
Email – guanjin_li@u.nus.edu
M.S – Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
B.Eng – China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, China
Research Interest – Aerogel materials, Graphene composites, Electromagnetic wave attenuation, Noise absorption, Compressive sensor
Email – e0846823@u.nus.edu
PhD Students
Ph.D. National University of Singapore (2022- present)
M.S – Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
B.Eng – Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China
Research Interest – 3D Printing, Flexible Electronics, Soft Matters, Hydrogels
Email – qhaobo@u.nus.edu
M.S – National University of Singapore, Singapore
B.Eng – Hunan University, China
Research Interest – 3d Printing, Freeze Casting, Porous Materials, Ceramics, Soft Materials,
Email – e0816387@u.nus.edu
M.S – Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
B.Eng – Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
Research Interest – 3d Printing, Graphene Aerogel, Soft Matters, Freeze Casting, Porous Materials
Email – nasir.ahmad@u.nus.edu
M.S – Chongqing University, China
B.Eng – West Anhui University, China
Research Interest – Structural Bio-inspired Materials, Wettable Bio-inspired Materials, Hydrogel, Freshwater Harvesting , Hydro-voltaic Technology
Email – weiz@u.nus.edu
M.S – National University of Singapore, Singapore
B.Eng – Wuhan University, China
Research Interest – Freeze casting, Porous materials, 3d Printing
Email – e1010643@u.nus.edu
B.Eng- Harbin Institute of Technology
M.S- Shanghai Jiaotong University
Email- lizhenkun@u.nus.edu
Visiting PhD Students
Zheng Hongzhi
M.S – South China University of Technology, China
B.Eng – South China University of Technology, China
Email- e1509473@u.nus.edu
Yang Yilong
2017.09-2021.06 Tongji University, Bachelor of Mechanics
2021.09-2022.12 Tongji University, Master of Mechanics
2023.03-Present Tongji University, PhD student
Email- e1514242@u.nus.edu
Bai Chenhui
M.S 2019-2022 Taiyuan University of Technology
Ph.D. 2022-current Taiyuan University of Technology
Email-e1514816@u.nus.edu
Research Interest – E-skin, self-powered sensing, thermogalvanic hydrogels
Li Zhenyu
PhD Student – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
M.S – Harbin Engineering University, China
Research Interest – Mechanical Metamaterials, Continuous Fiber-reinforced Composite Structures, Auxetic, Multifunctional Metamaterials
Email – e1515938@u.nus.edu
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zhen-Yu-Li-4/research
https://scholar.google.com.hk/citations?user=7TOGaj0AAAAJ&hl=zh-CN