School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 

Chuan Li 
Associate Professor

Tel: (65) 6790-5955
Fax: (65) 6794-2035
Email: mcli@ntu.edu.sg

"For those of us who belives in physics,
this separation between past, present and future is only an illusion, however tenacious."
Albert Einstein

 

Education

1991-1998 THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics.

MS. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics.

 

1983-1987 NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY, Tainan, Taiwan

BS. in Hydraulics and Ocean Engineering.

Experience

Nov. 2000 – Present NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, SINGAPORE

  • School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 

Assistant Professor

Associate Professor

Mar. 1999 – Sept. 2000 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION, Detroit, MI, USA

  • Jeep/Truck Engineering - Powertrain CAE/Simulation 

CAE Project Engineer: FEM analysis for Manufacturing processes.

Feb. 1998 – Feb. 1999 FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Dearborn, MI, USA

  • Visteon -Alternative Power Systems

Product Development Engineer: Power Electronics Packaging Design.

1996 - 1997 THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Teaching Assistant: MSE250: Principles of Materials Science.

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics

Teaching Assistant: ME240: Introduction to Dynamics.

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics

Teaching Assistant: ME211: Introduction to Mechanics of Materials.

1993 - 1996 THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics

Research Assistant: Stability analysis of thermal contact problems and residual stress analysis of casting process.

1989 - 1991 NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY, Taipei, Taiwan

  • Research Assistant: "Optimization of Suitable Parameters of Demand Forecasting and Water Network Simulation Model in Taipei".

Specialty and Research Interests

  • Stability analysis of dynamical systems. 
  • Thermal - mechanical coupled stability analysis. 
  • Heat transfer. 
  • Residual stress analysis for casting process.  
  • Power electronics packaging design. 

Current Research Works

  • Thermoelastic Contact Stability Analysis.
  • Stability Analysis of Reactive Sputtering.
  • Interactions of Bio-mimetic Vesicle and Fluid.

Publication List

  • "Stability of Thermoelastic Contact of Two Layers of Dissimilar Materials," C. Li, J. R. Barber, Journal of Thermal Stresses, 20, pp. 169-184, 1997.
  • "Thermoelastic Stability of Duplex Heat Exchanger Tubes," C. Li, J. R. Barber, International Journal of Mechanical Science, 40(6), pp. 575-588, 1998.
  • "Characterization of (TixCr0.6-x)N0.4 Coatings and Their Tribological Behaviors Sliding Against Epoxy Molding Compound," J. H. Hsieh, W. H. Zhang, C. Li, C. Q. Sun, Surface and Coatings Technology, 146-147, pp. 331-337, 2001.
  • "Effects of Reheat Treatment Conditions on Two-way Shape Memory," W. M. Huang, H. B. Goh, C. Li, Journal of Material Science Letters, 21, pp. 991-993, 2002.
  • "Deposition and Characterization of Ti(C,N,O) Coatings by Unbalanced Magnetron Sputtering," J. H. Hsieh ,W. Wu, C. Li, C. H. Yu, and B. H. Tan, Surface and Coatings Technology, 163-164, pp. 233-237, 2003.
  • "Effects of Energetic Particle Bombardment on Residual Stress, Microstrain and Grain Size of Plasm-assisted PVD Cr Thin Films," J. H. Hsieh, C. Li, R. F. Hochman, Thin Solid Films, 424, pp. 103-106, 2003.
  • "Calculation of Sputtering Rate during a Plasma-Assisted Process," J. H. Hsieh, C. Li, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 42 (8), pp. 5295-5298, 2003.
  • "Parameters and Stability Analysis of Reactive Sputtering," C. Li, J. H. Hsieh, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 42(10), pp. 6653-6657, 2003.
  • "Calculation of Sputtering Rate by A Monte Carlo Method," J. H. Hsieh, C. Li, Journal of Material Science Letters, 22 (16), pp. 1125-1126, 2003.