Dr. Wei ZHOU,
Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Prof Wei Zhou of Nanyang Technological University obtained BEng in Welding from Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University in 1985 and PhD in Materials Science and Metallurgy from Cambridge University in 1991. He was a Guest Scientist in Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials, Freiburg, Germany between 1991 and 1992, Visiting Scholar in Harvard University in 2002 and Visiting By-Fellow at Churchill College, Cambridge University in 2014. Trained both as a mechanical engineer and as a materials scientist, he has carried out researches on a wide range of manufacturing processes, including welding, casting, additive manufacturing, and nanofabrication using focused ion beam and laser. He was granted United States Patent 7888663 for invention of a nano-lens and elected Fellow of Singapore Welding Society in 2015. He is Chairman of Welding Technology Committee of Singapore Welding Society and Chairman of National Mirror Committee to ISO/TC 44 “Welding and Allied Processes” and recipient of Merit Award from Singapore standardization body SPRING in recognition of his “invaluable contributions towards quality and standards in Singapore”.