Zhong Chen

Dr. Chen obtained his PhD in 1997 from the University of Reading, under sponsorship of the Overseas Research Scholarship (ORS) by the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals (CVCP) and a European Union research grant. Upon obtaining the degree, he went to Singapore in April 1997 joining the newly founded Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), a national research institute funded by the Singapore government. In March 2000, he moved to Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore as an Assistant Professor, and has since been promoted to Associate Professor and Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering. Prof. Chen's research interest includes 1) coatings & engineered nanostructures for clean energy, environmental, microelectronic, and other functional surface applications; 2) mechanical & long-term behavior of materials, encompassing mechanics & fracture mechanics of bulk, composite and thin film materials, materials joining, experimental and computational mechanics of materials, materials degradation and failure analysis.