Tan Research Group @NUS

Department of Mechanical Engineering

2024.09.24

My undergraduate FYP student Nicoletta published her first research paper on microstructure and wear properties of LPBF 3D-printed NiTiCu alloy in Advanced Engineering Materials. This work is published by invitation. 

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adem.202401335

2024.04.11

Our paper on AM microstructure control by leveraging powder size distribution published in Nature Communications

Powder-size driven facile microstructure control in powder-fusion metal additive manufacturing processes

2024.03.05

Our research is featured on NUS CDE News “Nature-inspired 3D-printed alloy redefines material strength“

https://cde.nus.edu.sg/news-detail/nature-inspired-3d-printed-alloy-redefines-material-strength/

2024.01.29

Our paper on strong & fracture-resistant 3D-printed multiphase high entropy alloy published in Nature Communications

A strong fracture-resistant high-entropy alloy with nano-bridged honeycomb microstructure intrinsically toughened by 3D-printing

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-45178-2

2024.01.16

Our paper on multiscale microstructure in 3D-printed Al-5Cu alloy published in Acta Materialia

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1359645424000351

2022.12.24

Our paper on texture control in 3D-printed 316L published in Scripta Materialia

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1359646222007497

 

2022.10.25 

Our paper on deep learning applications in metal 3D printing published in JMPT

Unraveling process-microstructure-property correlations in powder-bed fusion additive manufacturing through information-rich surface features with deep learning

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0924013622003156

Invited talks

  1. High-performance laminated steels with superior strength-ductility synergy via additive manufacturing. TMS2024. Orlando, US, Mar 2024
  2. Nano-scratch behavior of a 3D-printed multiphase high-entropy alloy. TMS2024. Orlando, US, Mar 2024
  3. Microstructural engineering in metal 3D printing using experimental and computational methods. IIT Bombay-NUS Materials Technology Workshop. Mumbai, India, Feb 2024 (Invited)
  4. Microstructural engineering for high-performance metal 3D printing. Nagoya-NUS MSE Workshop. Singapore, Jan 2024 (Invited)
  5. Nano-scratch behavior of a 3D-printed multiphase high-entropy alloy. Seventh International Indentation Workshop (IIW7), Hyderabad, India, Dec 2023 (Invited)
  6. Mechanical and magnetic properties of an additively manufactured soft-magnetic high-entropy Al0.5CrFeCoNi alloy. International Conference on Processing & Manufacturing of Advanced Materials (THERMEC2023). Vienna, Austria, July 2023 (Invited)
  7. Unravelling Nanoscale Precipitation Behavior in 3D-printed Engineering Alloys by Atom Probe Tomography. IUMRS-ICAM & ICMAT 2023. Singapore, June 2023 (Invited)
  8. Mechanical and magnetic properties of an additively manufactured soft-magnetic high-entropy Al0.5CrFeCoNi alloy. MRS2023. San Francisco, US, Apr 2023
  9. Multiscale hierarchical laminated steel structures with superior strength-ductility synergy via additive manufacturing. TMS2023. San Diego, US, Mar 2023
  10. Functionally graded Ni-based superalloys with in-situ Ni alloying using laser additive manufacturing. Advances in Structural Alloys and Their Manufacturing (ASATM). Singapore, Jan 2023 (Invited)
  11. Understanding microstructural evolution for metallic additive manufacturing: role of atom probe tomography. SF2M South-East day. France, May 2022 (Invited)
  12. Enhancing mechanical performance of additively manufactured alloys by microstructural engineering. International Conference on Advanced Materials and Mechanical Characterization (ICAMMC-2021). Chennai, India, Dec 2021 (Invited)
  13. Nanometer-Scale Precipitations in an Additively Manufactured Nickel-Based Superalloy. International Workshop on Materials Behavior at Micro- and Nano-scale (CAMPNANO2021). Xi’an, China, June 2021 (Invited)
  14. The role of atom probe tomography in additive manufacturing of engineering alloys by electron beam melting. 3rd International Conference on Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (EBAM2020). Erlangen, Germany, Oct 2020 (Keynote)
  15. Anisotropy and heterogeneity in additive manufacturing of engineering alloys by electron beam melting. GE Additive Arcam EBM User Group Meeting, Gothenburg, Sweden, Sept 2019 (Invited)