EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Materials Engineering, 1989, Monash University, Australia
B. Sc. (Hon) - 1st Class Honours, 1984, Monash University, Australia

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
2004 – present, Professor, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
1998- 2004, Assoc. Professor, School of MPE/MAE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
June 1989 - 1998: Senior Lecturer, School of MPE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
1988 - 1989: Experimental Scientist, CSIRO, Australia.
1983: Research Assistant, Materials Engineering Department, Monash University, Australia.

AWARDS & HONOURS
Tan Chin Tuan Fellowship, Gordon Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK - 2002
Visiting Professor, Japan National Defense Academy, Kanagawa, Japan – Dec. 2001 (1st Asian to be invited to the Department of Materials Science & Engineering))
Japan Science and Technology Agency (STA) Fellowship – 1995
Visiting Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, MITI, Japan, 1994, 1998
Award of Excellence for paper presented at National Thermal Spray Conference (NTSC '93), Anaheim, CA, USA, ASM International, 1993
JSPS - Singapore Exchange Scientist, Japan - 1991
Monash Graduate Scholarship (MGS), Australia 1985 - 1988

OFFICE HELD & COMMITTEE WORK
Director of Research, Office of Research, NTU, Singapore 2005 - 2007
President, Institute of Materials (E.Asia), 1996-97, 97 - 98, 1998-2006.
Deputy Director, Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA) Singapore Office 2005 – 2008
Judge, National Science Award Committee – 2005
Judge, Singapore National Academy of Science (SNAS) Young Scientist Awards Committee – 2005
Chairman, Industrial Liaison Committee, SMA - 2005
Represented NTU in the Asean University Network (AUN) SEED-Net 9th Steering
Committee Meeting and 2005 annual Meeting, July 04-05, 2005, Bangkok Thailand.
Deputy Chairman, Intelligent Systems Center, NTU, 2005
Assistant Director of Research, Office of Research, (NTU), 2001 – 2004.
NTU Representative at SMA-2 Intellectual Property Right (IPR) Agreement, 2005
NTU Representative at SMA-2 Programme Selection & Review Committee (PSRC)
Member, Working Committee, Nanyang Awards, 2005
NTU Representative at Singapore-MIT-Alliance (SMA) - 2 Implementing Agreement (IA), Sept 2004
Deputy Director of Advanced Materials Research Center (AMRC), 2000 - 2004.
Director, MSc (Mechanics & Processing of Materials), NTU, 1997-99
Director, Strategic Research Programme on Advanced Materials Modeling & Processes, MPE, NTU, 1997-2003.
Member of National Working Group on Standards for Surgical Implants (Invited), TC ISO 150, SISIR, 1995
Hon. Secretary, Institute of Materials (E. Asia), 1991 - 1995
Research Interest Group Leader for Advanced Materials in School of MPE, NTU – 1996-97
Member of Steering Committee, Adv. Mat.  Res.Center, NTU, 1994-98
Research Group Leader, for Surface Technology, Adv. Mat. Res.Center, NTU, 1994-present

CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES & RECOGNITIONS
Invited as Member, International Scientific Committee, The Fifth Asian-Australasian Conference on Composite Materials (ACCM-5), Special Symposium on “Composites in Medicine”, Hong Kong, Nov 2006.
Invited Speaker : UK – Singapore Partnership in Science, Workshop on Materials,Biomaterials Session, Sept 12, 13, 2005
Invited Plenary Speaker and as International Advisory Board Member, 1st  Asian Thermal Spray Conference, organized by Japan High Temperature Society, Nagoya, Japan, Nov 27– 29, 2005
Invited Paper: “Nanostructures and osteoblast behaviour of thermal sprayed calcium   phosphate splats “ 3rd Workshop on Regional Network Formation for Enhancing Research and Education on Materials Engineering and Green Energy, 8 – 9 Aug, 2005.
Invited Speaker, 3rd International Workshop for Advanced Ceramics, sponsored by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 124th Committee, Nagoya, Japan, May 19, 2005
Distinguished Speaker, "Internationalisation of Education:  Snapshots of Singapore's Experience in Globalised Educational and Research Programmes" 5th   Melaka Twin Cities International Convention, Melaka, Malaysia, 4-5 May 2005.
Visiting Foreign Expert, Xi’an Jiaotong University, PR China – 2004.
Symposium Chair, 4th International Symposium on Spark Plasma Synthesis and Processing (ISSPSP-4), AUSTCERAM 2004, Nov 29 – Dec 01, 2004, Melbourne, Australia.
Invited paper, 18th Surface Modification Technologies (SMT-XVIII)) Conference, Dijon, France; Nov 15-17, 2004
Invited paper: 9th International Conference on Ceramics, Cells and Tissues (CCT), Faenza, Italy, Sept 28 – Oct 01, 2004
Judge, Best Paper Award for Young Asian Researchers, International Thermal Spray
Conference (ITSC) 2004, Japan.
Organising Chair, Thermal Spray in Singapore 2004 (TSS 04), a workshop on recent advances in thermal spray technology, organized by Institute of Materials (East Asia), May 14, 2004, Singapore.
Invited paper, The International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF) 2003, Apr 28 – May 02, 2003, San Diego, California, USA “Process-Properties Relationship in Thermal Sprayed Hydroxyapatite-Based Coatings: Novel Developments and In-Vitro Evaluations”
Invited paper, Nanomaterials Crossroads, Oct 15-16, 2003 National Research Council, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Invited Paper, Advanced Surface Technology, Research & Applications (ASTRA), Nov 3-6, 2003 Hyderabad, India.
Invited paper, 2nd International Conference on Materials Processing for Properties and Performance (2nd MP3), Symposium D-8, IUMRS-ICAM 2003, Yokohama, Oct 11-13, Japan.
Panel member, Best Paper Award, International Thermal Spray Conference (ITSC) 2003,
Orlando, FL, USA, organized by ASM International.
Invited Paper, Nano- and Microtechnology: Materials, Processes, Packaging, and Systems, 16-18 December 2002, Melbourne, Australia “Nanobioceramics: Synthesis, characterization and applications”
Keynote speaker, Manufacturing Technology Asia (MTA) 2003, Singapore “Biomaterials: Recent Advances and Future Applications”
Organising Chairman, 11th Annual Institute of Materials (East Asia) Conference on “Advanced Materials for Life in 21st Century”, Singapore, September 2003.
Organising Chairman, 1st Intl Conference on Materials Processing for Properties and Performance (MP3) and 2nd International Symposium on Spark Plasma Sintering (ISSPS-2), Singapore, Aug 2002.
Invited speaker, European Workshop on Spark Plasma Sintering, Stockholm, Sweden Oct 03-04, 2002  “Rapid Consolidation Of Hydroxyapatite  (HA) By Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) Technology”
International Advisory Committee.  International Symposium on Metastable, Mechanically Alloyed and Nanocrystalline Materials (ISMANAM) 2002, Seoul, Korea.
Member, International Liason, & Technical Session Chairman, International Thermal spray Conference (ITSC), 2002, Essen, Germany.
Visiting Professor, Japan National Defense Academy, Kanagawa, Japan – Dec. 2001.
Chairman, 1st International Symposium on Spark Plasma Sintering (ISSPS-1), Sept. 06-08, 2001,Singapore.
Invited speaker, Asian Bioceramics Symposium 2001, Tokyo, Ceramic Society of Japan, September 26-28, 2001, JAPAN.  “Thermal spray of hydroxyapatite (HA): innovative development in powder processing and evaluation”
Co-Organiser, India-ASEAN Workshop on Surface Engineering, June 01, 2001, Singapore.
Plenary Talk, International Thermal Spray Conference (ITSC), 2001, Singapore, May 28-30, 2001.  ASM International & DVS (German Welding Society).
Technical Program Co-chairman, International Thermal Spray Conference 2001 (ITSC 2001), 28 May – 1 June 2001, Singapore.
International Co-chairman of 14th International Conference on Surface Modification Technologies (SMT), Sept. 11-13, Paris, France, 2000.
Invited Paper, 14th International Conference on Surface Modification Technologies (SMT), Sept. 11-13, Paris, France, 2000. ” Development of bioceramics composites: Processing solutions and in-vitro evaluations”
Co-chairman, 9th International Conference on Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials (PFAM IX), Oct. 09-12, 2000, St. Louis, Mo, USA.
Invited paper, Asian Conference on X-ray Technology (ACXRI-2000), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nov. 20-22, 2000.  “X-rays characterisation of thermal sprayed bioceramics and composites”
Organising Chairman of 8th International Conference on Processing & Fabrication of Advanced Materials & 13th International Conference on Surface Modification Technologies, 08 – 10 September 1999, Singapore. (~160 participants from 26 countries).
Organising committee – Bioceramics Workshop, Oct. 13, 14, 1999, Singapore.
Member, International Organising Committee, Powder Injection Molding (PIM) 2000, March 20-22, 2000, Penn State Univ., PA, USA.
Co-Chairman of 14th International Conference on Surface Modification Technologies, 11-13 Oct. 2000, Paris, France.
Best poster award, 7th Institute of Materials (E.Asia) Conference, Mandarin Hotel, Orchard Rd, Singapore (1999).
Organising Committee, Thermo-Physical Properties of Materials (TPPM) conference, 15 – 17 November 1999, Orchard Hotel, Singapore (1999).
Invited to be member of International Advisory Committee of Sintering 1999, Penn State University, PA, USA.
Invited to be member of International Advisory Committee, United Thermal Spray Conference UTSC 99, Dusseldorf, Germany, 17 – 19 March 1999
Co-Chairman of 7th International Conference on Processing & Fabrication of Advanced Materials, 12 – 16 Oct. 1998, Rosemont, Illinois, USA.
Co-Chairman of 12th International Conference on Surface Modification Technologies,, 12 – 16 Oct. 1998, Rosemont, Illinois, USA.
Organising Chairman of 6th International Conference on Processing & Fabrication of Advanced Materials, 24 – 26 November 1997, Singapore [~196 participants from 22 countries]
Organising Chairman of 10th International Conference on Surface Modification Technologies, 02-04 September 1996, Singapore.
Invited Keynote Lecture – Asian Conference on Heat Treatment of Materials, Beijing, PR China, 13-15 May 1998.
Invited to be International Advisory Committee of 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Materials & Mineral Resources (RAMM’99), Penang, Malaysia, 3-5 May 1999.
Invited to be a member of International Organizing Committee of PIM-98, Pen State Univ., PA, USA, April 27-29, 1998.
Invited to be member of International Advisory Committee, “Surface Engineering” in 9th CIMTEC (World Ceramic Congress), Florence, Italy, June 1998.
Invited to be member of International Scientific Committee of 15th International Conference on Thermal Spray  (ITSC ’98), Nice, France, 25 – 29 May 1998.
International Co-Chairman, 11th International Conference on Surface Modification Technologies, 08-10 September 1997, Paris, France.
Invited paper: Pac Rim2 Conference, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 1996  -  "Critical issues in plasma spraying of hydroxyapatite coatings"
Session chairman, 9th Surface Modification Technology Conference in Cleveland OH, in conjunction with Materials Week '95
Invited paper: Processing & Fabrication of Advanced Materials IV, Cleveland OH, USA, 1995 - "Processing of submicron SiC reinforced Al-Li composites by mechanical alloying,"
Session chair man, 14th Int'l Thermal Spray Conference, Kobe, Japan, May, 1995
Conference chairman for "Recent Advances in Materials" series, Singapore 1993 - 1996
Technical Session chairman, 8th Surface Modification Technologies Conference, Nice, France, 1994

EDITORIAL SERVICES
Editorial Board Member:  Materials Science & Technology (Institute of Materials, UK) 2003 – 2006
Editorial Board Member: British Ceramics Transactions (Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining), UK, 2004 – 2007
Editorial Board Member: Surface Engineering, Maney Publishing House, UK, 1998- present
Guest Editor, Special Issue on East Asia, Materials Science & Technology, Institute of Materials, UK (2003).
Panel Member, Best paper Award,  International Thermal Spray Conference (ITSC) 2003, Orlando, Florida, USA, ASM International.
Panel Member, Best poster Award, ,  International Thermal Spray Conference (ITSC) 2004, Osaka, Japan, DVS & ASM International.
Member, Review Board, International Thermal Spray Conference (ITSC) 2003 Proceedings ASM International, USA.
Co-Editor, Thermal Spray 2001: New Surfaces for a New Millennium [Proceedings of the International Thermal Spray Conference], ASM International, 2001.
Editor, 1st Materials Processing for Properties & Performance (MP3 – 1), IOM East Asia, 2003.
Editor, Materials Processing for Properties and Performance (MP3-II) Vol. 2, IOM East Asia, 2004.
Editor, PFAM-VIII [Processing & Fabrication of Advanced Materials -8], World Scientific, Singapore, 2000
Co-editor, PFAM-IX [Processing & Fabrication of Advanced Materials -9], ASM International, USA, 2000
Co-Editor, SMT-XIII [Surface Modification Technologies-13], Institute of Materials (UK)/ASM International, 2000.
Co-Editor, SMT-XII [Surface Modification Technologies-12], Institute of Materials (UK)/ASM International, 1999.
Editor, PFAM-VI [Processing & Fabrication of Advanced Materials -6], Institute of Materials (UK), Vol. 1 & Vol. 2; 1998
Co-Editor, PFAM-VII  [Processing & Fabrication of Advanced Materials -7], TMS, Warrendale, 1998.
Co-Editor, SMT-XI [Surface Modification Technologies-11], Institute of Materials (UK), 1998.
Co-Editor, SMT-X [Surface Modification Technologies-10], Institute of Materials (UK), 1997.
Guest Editor, Special issue on 'Powder Injection Moulding' - J. Materials & Manufacturing Processes, Marcel Dekker, USA. (1996)
Reviewed articles for:  Materials Science & Enginering A, Thin Solid Films, J Thermal Spray Technol, Biomaterials, J. Materials Research, Surface & Coatings Technology, J. Materials Science, Materials & Manufacturing Processes, J. Mat. Eng. & Performance
Member of Board of Reviewer: J. Materials & Manufacturing Processes, Marcel Dekker, USA, 1996 - 2000
Member of Board of Reviewer: J. Mat. Eng. & Performance, ASM Int., USA 1997 - 2003
Member of Editorial Board: J. Institute of Materials (E. Asia)

INVENTIONS
Co-Inventor: Spherical Nano-composite powders: Methods and Materials: Retained by NTU, 24 June 2002, Provisional Patent Application: 60/399,938 (Filing date: 30 July 2002), Full filing in progress.
Co-Inventor: Method of synthesizing aluminium nitride (AlN) powders using an integral composite powder (ICP) approach (Intellectual property, IP, taken up and retained by NTU) – August 2002.
Co-Inventor: Biocomposite structures for tissue regeneration (Intellectual property, IP, taken up and retained by NTU) – August 2002.
Co-inventor: Methods and materials for direct manufacturing of 3-D printable custom designed biomaterials - Retained by NTU, 18 July 2003.

PUBLICATIONS(Top citations)
Cheang P, Khor KA “Addressing processing problems associated with plasma spraying of hydroxyapatite coatings” BIOMATERIALS 17 (5) : 537-544 MAR 1996 CITED: 47 times
Chan SH, Khor KA, Xia ZT “A complete polarization model of a solid oxide fuel cell and its sensitivity to the change of cell component thickness” JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES 93 (1-2) : 130-140 FEB 1 2001 CITED: 46 times
Kwek, S.W.K., KA Khor and P. Cheang, “Production and characterization of hydroxyapatite (HA) powders” Journal of Materials Processing Technology 89-90, 373-377 CITED: 32 times.
Khor KA, Gu YW “Effects of residual stress on the performance of plasma sprayed functionally graded ZrO2/NiCoCrAlY coatings” MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A (STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING) 277 (1-2):64-76 JAN 31 2000 CITED: 36 times
Khor KA, Gu YW “Thermal properties of plasma-sprayed functionally graded thermal barrier coatings” THIN SOLID FI LMS 372 (1-2): 104-113 AUG 22 2000 CITED: 30 times
Khor K A and P. Cheang, ‘Characterization of thermal sprayed hydroxyapatite powders and coatings’ Journal of Thermal Spray Technology 3 (1) , pp. 45-50 1994, CITED: 22 times.
Khor KA, Cheang P, Wang Y “The thermal spray processing of HA powders and coatings” JOM-JOURNAL OF THE MINERALS METALS & MATERIALS SOCIETY 49 (2) : 51-57 FEB 1997 CITED: 21 times.
Gu YW, Khor KA, Fu YQ, Wang Y “Functionally graded ZrO2-NiCrAlY, coatings prepared by plasma spraying using pre-mixed, spheroidized powders” SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY 96 (2-3) : 305-312 NOV 25 1997 CITED: 20 times.