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Researchers
Professor David Taplin (PULAC Chairman) (7904951 mdtaplin@ntu.edu.sg)
A/P Teoh Lean Lee (7905591 mllteoh@ntu.edu.sg)
Dr. Zhou Wei (7904700 mwzhou@ntu.edu.sg)
Dr. Tan Ming Jen (7905582 mmjtan@ntu.edu.sg)
Dr. Trevor Spedding (7905589 mtspedding@ntu.edu.sg)
Collaboration
PULAC is a programme led by MAE, NTU and in
collaboration with Gintic Institute of Manufacturing
Technology (Gintic), Dynacast Pte Ltd. (Dynacast),
Co-operative Research Centre for Alloy
Solidification Technology (CAST) (Australia), MIT, Ford, MagTech and Brunel University.
Objectives
The objective is to develop research activities and achieve research deliverables in the
processing of new ultra-light alloy and composite components for a range of industries
including consumer electronics, aerospace and automotive - focusing initially on magnesium
die casting for the electronic and telecommunication sectors and on magnesium die castings
for automotive components.
Advantages
The present concern is on magnesium die casting alloys, because of its many advantages:
recyclability and end-of-life properties, light weight, availability, low-toxicity, easily
castability, electro-magnetic radiation shielding, dematerialization and demanufacturing.
Magnesium is an important material for the 21st century.
Scopes
The research scope covers issues related to parameter and process optimization, alloy
improvement, material properties and environmental issues, such as recycling.
Manpower
3 PDF (Dr. Cai Ye, Dr. Asim Bag...)
3 Graduate students
4 FYP students
Current Work
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