Smart materials and microsystem technologies

Guest Speaker： Prof. Richard Yongqing Fu，University of Northumbria at Newcastle, UK.

Inviter: Prof. Qing Dai

Date&Time: Monday, 20th Oct. 14:00-16:00

Venue: Yiucheng Lecture Hall (500), Xu Zuayo Building

 Biography:

Yongqing Fu (Richard) is a professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Environment, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, UK. He obtained his PhD degree from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and then worked as a Research Fellow in Singapore-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alliance, and a Research Associate in University of Cambridge. He was a lecturer in Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, and then a Reader/Associate professor in University of West of Scotland, Glasgow, UK, before moving to Newcastle. He has extensive experience in smart thin film/materials, biomedical microdevices, lab-on-chip, micromechanics, MEMS, nanotechnology, sensors and microfluidics. He published over 500 science citation index (SCI) journal papers and 2 books with an H-index of 88 and over 35000 citations. He is associate editors/editorial board members for several international journals, and has co-organized 12 international conferences worldwide.

 Abstract:

This talk will focus on design, fabrication, and applications of micro-engineering and nanostructuring of smart and functional materials for MEMS, smart microsystems, integrated sensors, microactuators, microfluidic and lab-on-chips. The selected examples for these smart materials include superhard and tough material design and processing, shape memory alloy films and microactuators and nanocomposite shape memory polymer which can be used for precision engineering, biosensing, microsurgery and biomedical applications. Another key example is piezoelectric thin film materials which can be explored for microfluidics and lab-on-chips applications (with multiple functions such as biosensing, particle/cell concentrating and sorting, patterning, pumping, mixing, nebulization and jetting). Different acoustofluidic and biosampling functions have been generated with capabilities of performing the complete tasks from bio-sampling, cell/bacteria analysis, drug delivery, disease detection and tissue generation, using portable, wireless, flexible and remotely controlled devices.