Principal Investigator

Prof. Weizhao Zhang

Lab Director, PhD, Associate Professor

Prof Weizhao Zhang received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2014 and his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University in 2019. He joined CUHK afterwards with research focus on development of advanced manufacturing processes for high-performance composite parts using both experimental and numerical modeling approaches.

Research Staffs

Wanrui Zhang

Postdoctoral Researcher

wanruizhang@cuhk.edu.hk

Before joining the lab in 2021, Wanrui obtained his bachelor's degree in Engineering Mechanics from Zhengzhou University and master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University (Evanston).

Jianchao Zou

Postdoctoral Researcher

zjc3579@126.com

Dr. Jian-Chao Zou obtained his Ph.D. degree in Solid Mechanics from Dalian University of Technology in 2021. Dr. Zou has received well training in the field of composite material mechanics, computational mechanics, and experimental mechanics during his study periods of master and PhD. To be specific, he is experienced with deep learning, numerical modeling and simulation, and structural health monitoring.

Postgraduate Students

Meiyu Liu

Ph.D. student

1155195861@link.cuhk.edu.hk

Meiyu LIU obtained her B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering & Automation from South China University of Technology in 2015 and M.S. degree from The University of Hong Kong in 2016. After completing her studies, she gained six years of experience in Hong Kong's industrial sector before joining the Advanced Manufacturing Composites Lab in September 2021. Meiyu's current research focuses on curing simulation of composite materials and AI-FEA integrated modeling.

Deyong Sun

Ph.D student

1155190114@link.cuhk.edu.hk

Deyong obtained his bachelor’s degree from the China University of Petroleum-Beijing, and master’s degree from the Beijing Institute of Technology. His previous research focused on Isogeometric analysis, Shape optimization, and Viscoelastic analysis for composite materials. He joined the Advanced Manufacturing Composites Lab in the Fall of 2022. His current research focuses on the compaction simulation of composite materials during thermoforming.

Yueying Chen

Ph.D student

yvonnechen@nami.org.hk

Before joining Advanced Manufacturing Composites Lab in 2024 as part-time Ph.D student, Yueying is a senior engineer III in Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited and worked in polymer materials field for over 8 years. She obtained her master degree in material science from City University of Hong Kong (2015)

Yubo Hu

Ph.D student

1155229148@link.cuhk.edu.hk

Yubo received his B.S. degree from China University of Geoscience（Beijing） and M.S. degree from Beihang University. His former research focused on structure health monitoring and resin matrix composite design. He will join AMCL lab. in fall 2024 as a ph. D. student.