Biodata

Prof. Dr. Sammy Lap Ip Chan

School of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Australia.

Professor Sammy Chan is presently a professor at the National Central University (NCU), Taiwan, and an honorary professor at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia. Prof Chan started his career in Materials Engineering in England, where he received an Honours BSc(Eng) degree in Metallurgy from Imperial College, and a PhD from the University of Cambridge. He held professorial positions at different universities, including National Taiwan University in Taiwan and University of New South Wales in Australia. Chan’s expertise lies in the areas of materials design, energy materials, corrosion engineering and materials failure analysis. He publishes extensively in these areas and has authored and co-authored over 150 papers in international journals and conferences, and several book chapters on energy materials. Chan is a Fellow of Institute of Materials (UK), Australian Institute of Energy and Materials Research Society (Taiwan). Chan serves as a Discipline Expert (Materials Science), Engineers Australia. He is also a Chartered Scientist and a Chartered Engineer. Chan has been listed among the top 2% of the Stanford University World’s Ranking of all researchers (2021 and Career). He is a recipient of Outstanding Teaching/Research Staff Award, NCU in both 2021 and 2022.   Chan is a devoted educator and received numerous teaching awards, including the Best Teaching Award, UNSW Faculty of Science; the prestigious UNSW Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence, and Best Teaching Award from NCU. Professor Chan is the co-editor-in-chief of Materials Chemistry and Physics (Journal Impactor Factor = 4.7).

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High Entropy Alloys tailored made for Hydrogen Storage Applications

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