Lam Yee Cheong

Biography

Dr. Lam graduated in Mechanical Engineering, Melbourne University in 1979 with first class honours and was awarded the Dixon Scholarship for “Outstanding Academic Achievement”. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1983 from the same University and was awarded the M.H. de Fina Memorial Prize for “The Best Postgraduate Student in the Department”. Dr. Lam is currently a Professor in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU). He had held joint appointment as Principal Scientist with SIMTech, and currently a Co-Director of the SIMTech-NTU Joint Lab (Precision Engineering). He was a Fellow of the Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA) Program. Before joining NTU in 1997, Dr. Lam was a Reader with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton Campus. He was the National President of the Australian Fracture Group; a Director of the Far East Oceanic Fracture Society, Head (Monash Node) of the Co-operative Research Centre of Advanced Composite Structures (CRC-ACS), and was the Program Coordinator for its Tooling and Repair Tasks. He was awarded a plaque by CRC-ACS in 1997 “In Recognition of Service to CRC-ACS”. In 1999, he was invited by the University of Melbourne, Australia to deliver the prestigious Tewksbury Lecture. In 2006, he was invited by Monash University, Australia to deliver the prestigious 2006 Harold Armstrong Memorial Lectures. He was frequently consulted by the industry and had acted as Expert Witness.

Research Interest

Microfluidic Science & Application, Viscoelasticity, Femtosecond Laser, Biofilm, Micro-molding.