Nanyang Technology University

Academic Profile
Asst Prof Zhang Yilei

Assistant Professor 
Division of Manufacturing Engineering 
School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering 
College of Engineering 



Email: YLZHANG@ntu.edu.sg
Phone: (+65)6790 5952 
Office: N3.1-B2c-08 
Education
  • PhD Iowa State University 2007
  • MSc Nanyang Technological University 2002
  • ME Huazhong University of Science & Technol 2001
  • BE Shenyang Institute of Aeronautical Eng 1998
Biography
Prof Zhang joined the Division of Manufacturing Engineering on 3 January 2012 as an Assistant Professor.

Before joining NTU, he was a senior research engineer in the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and obtained his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University in 2007. Before that, he studied for his MS degree in NTU (SMA-IMST) and worked in HP-Singapore between 2001 and 2002.
Research Interests
His main research interests are in bioinspired engineering, including bio-tribology, neural sensors, etc..
Research Grant
  • A*STAR Science and Engineering Research Council (2012-) [by A*STAR Science & Engineering Research Council (SERC)]
  • Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) (2012-) [by Nanyang Technological University]
  • Start Up Grant (2012-) [by Nanyang Technological University]
Current Projects
  • Development of microcalorimeter array for biofilm reactor
  • High Temperature and High Quality Extrusion of Silica Preforms
  • Multiscale Characterization of Skin-Surface Interactions
Selected Publications
  • Yilei Zhang and Sriram Sundararajan. (2008). Superhydrophobic engineering surfaces with tunable air-trapping ability. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 18(3), 035024.
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