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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
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BSc(Eng), First Class
Honours and Williamson Prizeman, Hong Kong University, 1969
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PhD, Hong Kong University,
1972
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DSc, University of Hong Kong,
1999
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DEng, University of Sydney,
1999
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ACADEMY MEMBERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS
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Fellow, Royal Society (Elected 2008)
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Fellow, Australian Academy of Science
(Elected 2001)
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Member, European Academy of Science
(Elected 2008)
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Fellow, Hong Kong Academy of
Engineering Sciences (Elected 2003)
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Fellow, Australian Academy of
Technological Sciences and Engineering (Elected 1992)
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Fellow, World Innovation Foundation
(Elected 2003)
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Fellow, American Society of Mechanical
Engineers (Elected 1999)
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Fellow, Hong Kong Institution of
Engineers (since 1994)
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Fellow, Institution of Engineers,
Australia (since 1984)
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PRESENT POSITIONS
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Professor (Personal Chair) of
Mechanical Engineering since 1987
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Director, Centre for Advanced
Materials Technology since 1988
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University Chair, 2004-
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Visiting Chair Professor in Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2008-2013)
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CAREER SUMMARY
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Management
& Technology Trainer, Hong Kong
Productivity Centre (1973)
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Michigan
(1973-75) and Imperial College (1976)
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Lecturer
(December 1976-78), Senior Lecturer (1979-82), Associate Professor
(1983-September 1987), Personal Chair (October 1987-present), University
Chair (May 2004 - present), Sydney University
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Associate
Dean (Research & Development) of Engineering (1990-93, 1995-98),
Pro-Dean of Engineering (1998-2004) University of Sydney
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Professor, Hong Kong University
of Science and Technology (1993-1995)
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Director,
Graduate School
of Engineering
(1995-98), University
of Sydney
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Chair Professor in Materials Engineering, City
University of Hong Kong, China (2000-2002)
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Australian Research Council Federation
Fellow (2002-2007)
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MAJOR AWARDS AND HONOURS
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Fellow, Royal Society (Elected 2008)
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Member, European Academy of Science
(Elected 2008)
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Fellow, Hong
Kong Academy
of Engineering Sciences (Elected 2003)
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Fellow, World Innovation Foundation (Elected 2003)
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Fellow, Australian
Academy of Science
(Elected 2001)
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Fellow, Australian
Academy of
Technological Sciences and Engineering (Elected 1992)
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Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
(Elected 1999)
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Centenary Medal (Awarded
in 2003) for service to Australian society and science in materials
engineering
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Honorary Fellow, International Congress on
Fracture (Elected 2001). Awarded for distinguished contributions to
fracture research
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Honorary Member, Gruppo Italiano Fracttura
(Elected 2002) for lasting contributions to fracture research
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Australian Research Council Federation Fellowship
(2002-2007)
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Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Hong Kong (2003-2004)
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President, International Congress on Fracture
(2002-2005)
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Executive Council Member, International Committee
on Composite Materials (1997-)
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Founding President, the Asian-Australasian
Association for Composite Materials (1997-1998)
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AFG Achievement Award,
Australian Fracture Group, Inc. (2000) awarded for outstanding
contributions to fracture research
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Highly Cited Researcher in
Materials Science, honored by ISI's isihighlycited.com as a
highly cited, influential researcher with an
h-index of 42 @14/02/2009
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UK
Science Research Council Senior Visiting Fellowship to Imperial College
(1980)
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RILEM Award and Robert
L'Hermite Medal, International Union of Testing and Research
Laboratories for Materials and Structures (1981) awarded for distinguished
research on the fracture-mechanical behavior of engineering structures for
a scientist under the age of 40
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Fulbright Senior Scholar (1988)
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Australian Academy of Science/Japan Society for
Promotion of Science Exchange Fellowship (1989,1996)
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Chan Kai Ming Prize, Hong Kong University (1968) awarded for best academic record in Year 2 Engineering
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Williamson Prize, Hong Kong University (1969) awarded for best academic record in
Engineering as an undergraduate
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Hong
Kong Government Scholarship (1969)
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Hong
Kong Productivity Council PhD Research Scholarship
(1969‑1972)
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Honorary, Adjunct and Guest Professors at:
Tsinghua, Peking, Xi'an Jiaotong, Tongji, Zhongshan, Hunan, Tianjin and Hong Kong universities; HKUST
and CityU of Hong Kong, Harbin Institute of Technology, Huazhong University
of Science and Technology, South China University of Science and
Technology, and the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, CAS.
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EDITORIAL BOARDS
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Editor:
Key Engineering Materials; Materials Forum; Asian and Australasian Editor:
Composites Science & Technology; Associate Editor: IMechE Journal of
Aerospace Engineering; Associate Editor, Wiley Encyclopedia of
Composites, 2nd edition
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Member: Engineering Fracture Mechanics; International
Journal of Damage Mechanics; Advanced Composite Materials (Japan
Society of Composite Materials); ACTA Mechanica Solida; Strength, Fracture
and Complexity; Journal of Materials Science and Journal of Materials
Science Letters, Plastics, Rubber and Composites; International Journal for
Multiscale Computational Engineering; International Journal of
Multidisplinary Modelling in Materials and Structures; International
Journal of Mechanics and Solids; Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
Transactions and Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites.
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RESEARCH GRANTS (1995-)
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1995-1997
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ARC Large Grant on "Toughening Mechanisms and
Mechanics of Rigid-Rigid Polymer Blends" ($216,000)
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1996-1998
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ARC Collaborative Grant on "Pultruded
Full-Scale Composite Bridges with High Strength and High Toughness"
with L Ye ($225,000)
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1996-1998
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ARC Institutional Grant on "Immiscible
Polymer Blends and Related Studies" ($55,000)
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1996-
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DSTO Airframes and Engines Division Centre of
Expertise in Damage Mechanics ($130,000-$150,000 per year)
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1997-1999
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ARC Large Grant on "Some Outstanding
Interface Characterisation Problems in Advanced Fibre Composites"
($264,000)
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1997-1999
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ARC Large Grant on "Fracture Mechanics and
Residual Stresses of Thin Film" ($179,000)
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1999-2001
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ARC Large Grant on "Toughening Recycled
Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) with Functionalised Rubber"
($186,000)
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1999
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ARC Small Grant on "On the Impact Essential
Fracture Work of Ductile Polymers" ($22,000)
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2000-2002
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ARC Large Grant on "Modelling of
Microstructural Influences on Short Crack Growth and Damage
Accumulation" with XP Zhang ($232,143)
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2000-2002
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ARC Large Grant on "Towards a Fundamental
Understanding of the Failure Mechanisms and Microstructures of a New Class
of SFRP Blends" (187,005)
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2000-2002
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ARC Large Grant on "Thermo-Electro-Mechanical
Analysis of Advanced Microelectronic Packages" with QH Qin ($192,836)
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2000-2002
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ARC SPIRT Grant on "Development of Models to
Simulate Pultrusion Process for Large Scale Aerospace Sections" with L
Ye ($195,000)
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2000
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ARC RIEF Grant on "High Performance Data
Acquisition an Control Platform for Smart Materials and Structures"
with L Ye ($300,000)
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2000
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ARC Institutional Grant on "Development of
Functionally Gradient Fibre-Polymer Composites for Application as Spinal
disk Prosthesis" ($29,500)
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2000
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ARC RIEF grant on "Excimer Laser Facility
(ELF)," with D M Kane, D J Brown, J A Piper, Macquarie University;
R N Lamb, UNSW; L Ye, University
of Sydney ($135,000)
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2001-2003
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ARC Large Grant on "Fibre bridging stresses
in mode I fracture of active fibre composites," with Hong-Yuan Liu
($139,000)
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2001-2003
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ARC SPIRT grant on "Mechanics models for
designing stitched composite laminated structures," with Liyong Tong, University of Sydney; G Clayton and A Duarte, ASTA
Components ($233,736)
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2001
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ARC RIEF grant on "A manufacturing facility
for thermoplastic composites and eco-composites," with L Ye, University of Sydney; T Langrish, A Crossky, UNSW;
G L Heness, P Thomas, UTS ($135,000)
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2002-2004
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ARC Linkage Grant on Thermoforming mechanisms for
cost-effective manufacturing of advanced composite structures (L Ye and Y-W
Mai, $177,000)
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2002-2007
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ARC Federation Fellowship on
Deformation and fracture studies on polymer nanocomposites (Y-W Mai, $1.50
M)
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2003
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Sydney
University Sesqui R&D Grant:"On the Essential Work of Fracture
Approach for Tearing Measurement of Ductile Polymer Thin Films" (Y-W
Mai, $45 K)
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2003-2005
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ARC Discovery Grant on Studies on
nanocomposites coatings: processing, characterisation and properties (Y-W
Mai and YG Shen, $296,000)
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2004
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Australian Research Council
Linkage - Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Grant on
"Multi-dimensional Polymer Characterization Facility" (RG
Gilbert, AK Whittaker, Y-W Mai, I Toth, $256.8 K)
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2004
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Australian Research Council
Linkage - Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Grant on
"Integrated Precision Machining of Complex Profiles" (L Zhang,
Y-W Mai, P Mathew, KA Tieu, N Zhang, L Ye, AJ Ruys, I Zarudi, JA
Arsecularatne, ZY Jiang, $336.7 K)
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2003-2005
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ARC Discovery - Studies on nanocomposite
coatings: processing, characterisation and properties (Y-W Mai, $286K)
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2006
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Australian
Research Council Linkage International Fellowship on "CNTs-modified Polymer Composites for
Tribological Applications"
(Y-W Mai and K Friedrich, $155K)
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2006-2009
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ARC Discovery - Some Outstanding Mechanics
Problems in Layered Ferroelectro-magnetic Composites with Enhanced
Magnetoelectric Effect (BL Wang and Y-W Mai, $490K)
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2007
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Australian
Research Council Linkage - Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Grant on "Physical Property Measurement System for
Materials Characterisation", (CJ Kepert, T Maschmeyer, BJ Kennedy, CD Ling,
SA Schmid, Y-W Mai, NJ Ekins-Daukes, R Robinson and JA Stride, $280K)
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2007
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Australian
Research Council Linkage - Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Grant on "A Multiscale System for Characterizing Surface
and Subsurface Properties of Advanced Materials" (L Zhang, J Wang, HK Liu, X Wang, Y-W Mai, L Ye, Q Guo, and I Zarudi,
$380K)
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2007-2011
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Australian
Research Council Linkage Project on "Fracture-Resistant
Highly Insulating Vacuum Glazing"
(M Bilek, D McKenzie and Y-W Mai,
$1.255M)
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2008-2011
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ARC Discovery - "Nanostructure Design and Toughening
Mechanisms of Novel Thermosets",
(Y-W Mai and QP Guo, $630K)
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ARC & U2000 RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS TENABLE AT THE CAMT (1992-)
(This list excludes two National
Research Fellowships awarded to me under a different scheme before the
current scheme was established).
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ARC Postdoctoral Fellowships (Dr Jang-Kyo Kim,
1992-93; Dr Jingshen Wu, 1995-96; Dr Hong-Yuan Liu, 1998-2000; Dr Cheng
Yan, 1998-2000; Dr Josh SC Wong, 1999-offered but declined; Dr Bin Gu,
2005-2007; Dr Zhongzhen Yu, 2004-2006; Dr Jun Ma, 2006-2008; Dr Xusheng Du, 2007-2009)
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ARC Research Fellowships (Dr Shang-Xian Wu,
1991-95; Dr Limin Zhou, 1997-offered but declined; Dr Hong-Yuan Liu,
2003-2007; Dr Cheng Yan, 2003-2007; Dr Bao-Lin Wang, 2003-2007 )
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ARC QE2 Fellowships (Dr Qing-Hua Qin, 1997-2001;
Dr Andrew Ruys, 2001-2005)
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ARC Professorial Fellowship (Dr Qing-Hua Qin,
2002-2006)
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ARC Inaugural Federation Fellowship (Professor Yiu-Wing Mai, 2002-2007)
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ARC International Fellowship (Professor Young S
Chai, 1997, $64,922; Professor Klaus Friedrich, 2006, $155,000)
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U2000 Fellowships (Dr Akbar
Afaghi-Khatibi, 2000-2002; Dr Hong-Yuan Liu, 2001-2003; Dr Ninh Nguyen,
2000-2002)
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Sesqui Postdoctoral Fellowships (Dr Cheng Yan,
2001-2003; Dr Zhong-Zhen Yu, 2003-2005)
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University Postdoctoral Fellowship (Dr Maosong Mo,
2006-2008))
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PUBLICATIONS
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Five books: (1) A G Atkins and
Y-W Mai, Elastic and Plastic Fracture: metals, polymers, ceramics,
composites and biological materials, Chichester, UK: Ellis Horwood/John
Wiley, 1985, 817 pp. Paperback edition, 1988; (2) B Cotterell and Y-W Mai, Fracture
Mechanics of Cementitious Materials, Glasgow, UK: Chapman & Hall,
294 pp, 1996; (3) J-K Kim and Y-W Mai, Engineered Interfaces in Fibre
Reinforced Composites, Oxford, UK: Elsevier Science, 401 pp, 1998; (4) Y-W Mai and ZZ Yu (eds), Polymer Nanocomposites, Cambridge, UK: Woodhead Publishing Ltd,
608 pp, 2006; (5) SY Fu, B Lauke and Y-W Mai, Science and Engineering of Short Fibre Reinforced Polymer
Composites, Cambridge, UK: Woodhead Publishing Ltd, 300 pp, 2009 (in
press)
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Edited over 12 conference
and workshop proceedings
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Over 25 book
chapters
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Over 600
refereed journal papers and 250 refereed conference proceedings papers
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SUPERVISION OF POSTGRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
Since 1978 I have successfully supervised 13 MER (by research) and 41
PhD students at Sydney; co-supervised 1 PhD student at the University of
Cairo; and 1 PhD student at the HKUST, 1 PhD and 1 MPhil students at the City
University of Hong Kong. The number of postdoctoral research associates and
fellows I have supervised exceeds 50.
EXTERNAL PROFILE
AND SERVICES TO THE TECHNICAL PROFESSION
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President, International Congress of Fracture
(2002-2005)
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Director, DSTO-AED Centre of Expertise in Damage
Mechanics (1997-2003)
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Alternate Director and TAC Member, CRC for
Advanced Composite Structures (1993-)
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Member and Vice-Chairman-Elect, IEAust National
Committee on Applied Mechanics (1995-2000)
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Member, Advisory Committee, Institute for New
Materials Technology and Manufacturing, University of Wollongong (1995-2000)
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Honorary Consultant, Hong
Kong Plastics Technology Centre, Hong Kong (1995-2002)
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Vice-President, International Congress of Fracture
(1997-2001)
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Executive Council Member, International Committee
on Composite Materials (1997-)
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Chair and Member of Organising Committees of many
international and national conferences and workshops since 1992
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Founding President, the Asian-Australasian
Association for Composite Materials (1997-98)
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Australian Research Council Engineering, Earth and
Applied Sciences Discipline, Engineering II Panel (Member 1994 and 1995,
Chair 1996)
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External Examiner for Nanyang Technological
University MSc Course in "Mechanics and Processing of Materials"
(1994/95 and 1995/96; 1996/97 and 1997/98)
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External Examiner for Hong Kong Polytechnic
University MSc/PgD Courses in Mechanical Engineering (1995/96; 1996/97 and
1997/98
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Member, Enabling Research & Development
Advisory Group to the Chief Defence Scientist, Department of Defence (1996)
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President, the Australian Fracture Group (1997)
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External Panel Member, Reviews of Department of
Applied Physics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 1998 and
2004; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic
University, Hong Kong, 2005
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President, Australia-Chinese Academics Association
of NSW (1991-1993)
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Academic Advisor, Department of Mechanical
Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2002-2008)
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External Member,
Departmental Advisory Committee, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hong
Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong (2002-)
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Member, Foundation
Industries Projects Vetting Committee, Innovation and Technology Council,
HKSAR Government (2000-2002)
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Member,
Professional Validation Council of Hong Kong Industries (PVCHK) Selection
Committee and Chair of its Metals Group (2000-2002)
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External Examiner, School of
Materials and Resources Engineering, University Science Malaysia, Malaysia
(2009-)
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Australian Academy of Science,
Sectional Committee 5 (Member 2004-2006, Chair 2007-2008)
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SERVICES TO
UNIVERSITY, FACULTY AND DEPARTMENT
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Member, University Research Forum
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Member, College of Science
and Technology Research Advisory Committee
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Member, Advisory Committee of the School of Physics
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Chair, Faculty Research Management and
Policies Committee
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Core and Member of various Faculty
Promotions Committees
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Member, Dean's Advisory Committee
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UG Thesis Allocation and Assessment
Coordinator
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TEACHING AND
RESEARCH AREAS
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Materials Engineering and Science:
processing-structure-property relationship; manufacturing and development
of new materials covering polymers, composites, biological materials,
ceramics, metals, cementitious materials, nanomaterials, thin films and
coatings
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Fracture and fatigue mechanics of
materials and structures
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Multi-disciplinary studies: biomedical
and dental materials; smart materials and biomimetic; eco-materials
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Engineering tribology and forensic
engineering
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Nanomaterials and nano-engineering
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INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
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Development of asbestos-free cement products
(James Hardie & Coy Pty Ltd)
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Safe design of uPVC water pipes (ICI Operations
Pty Ltd and Vinidex Pty Ltd)
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Standardisation of toughness measurement technique
for paper products (Canadian Pulp and Paper Research Institute) and ductile
polymeric films (ESIS Test Protocol on Essential Work of Fracture
Measurement)
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Contributions to ASTM Standard Test Method
on CTOD Fracture Toughness Measurement (E-1290-93)
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Fatigue studies of ceramic matrix composites (GE
Aircraft Engines Company, USA)
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Development of toughened zirconia ceramics (ICI
Advanced Ceramics)
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Development of natural fibre- and eco-composites
(CSR Formica Ltd and two Chinese institutions)
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Machining and polishing of contact lenses (Eycon
Lens Laboratories Pty Ltd and SOLA)
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Consultant, One Australia Challenge, America's
Cup
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Contributing Partner of CRC-Aerospace Structures
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Research and development of superhard
nanocomposites coatings (General Motors R&D, USA)
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