A Brief Curriculum Vitae of

Dr Khor Khiam Aik

Professor

School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Nanyang Technological University

50 Nanyang Avenue Singapore 639798

 

 

 

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, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

1998- 2004, Assoc. Professor, School of MPE, 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, University of Cambridge, UK - 2002

Visiting Professor, Japan National Defense Academy, Kanagawa, Japan – Dec. 2001

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, 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, 1998-2005.

Assistant Director of Research, Office of Research, (NTU), 2001 – 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

 

 

Current Research/Development Work

 

Type of Grant/Involvement      

Title of project

A*STAR Project 012 101 0034, Principal Investigator  (2001 – 2004)

Synthesis, Processing and Advanced Sintering Solutions for nano-Bioceramics and Composites

A*STAR-NRC Joint Research Program, Principal Investigator (2002 – 2005)

Ceramic-based Nanostructured Powders and Coatings by Thermal Spray Processing

RG 21/2001 Principal Investigator

(2001 – 2003)

Developing Bioactive Ceramic Composites for Tissue Replacement

RG 78/98/ Principal Investigator

(1999 – 2002)

Pressure assisted plasma sintering (PAPS) of advanced materials & composites

RG 26/01 Collaborator (2002 – 2005)

Novel Bioceramic Composites for Bone Engineering

ARC 1/99/Collaborator,  (2000 – 2003)

Novel processing techniques using integral composite powders/hollow microspheres for HP ceramics

RG 77/98/Collaborator

Powder injection molding of small parts.

 

                                                                   

CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES

 

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

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.

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.

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)

 

 

SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS:

No. of Research Fellows supervised:                    07

No. of Research Associates supervised:               05

No. of PhD students graduated:                           06

No. of M.Eng students graduated:                       12

Currently supervising:     PhD                              04

                                    M.Eng                           01

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

International Journals (refereed) – in Acta Materialia, Scripta Materialia, J. Materials Processing Technol, J. Thermal Spray Technol, Thin Solid Films, Surface & Coatings Technology, Biomaterials, Composite Science & Engineering, Materials Sci. & Technol.  A, Materials Letters, J. Materials Engineering & Performance; Experimental Techniques, Materials & Manufacturing Processes, Advanced Composites Letters and others.

 

215

International Conferences

 

198

Books (Editor/Co-editor)

15