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Fan
SHI
施帆

PhD in Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Area
Energy Generation
Energy Storage & Distribution
Research Interests
Non-destructive devaluation
Material characterisation
Metamaterials
Ultrasonic array imaging and inversion
Modelling of elastic wave propagation
Profile

Prof. Shi obtained his B.S. degree from Nanjing University (Acoustics) in 2010, and M.S. degree from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2012.  In 2015 he obtained PhD degree in the Department of Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London, with an award of Unwin Prize for the best PhD thesis. After graduation, he worked as a postdoc research associate at Imperial College before joining in HKUST in 2019 as an assistant professor.

His current research interests include acoustics, nondestructive evaluation (NDE), ultrasonic material characterisation, advanced ultrasonic imaging, numerical modeling of elastic waves and metamaterials. His industrial partners include nuclear and aerospace companies, such as EDF Energy, Rolls Royce Submarine, China Nuclear Power Corporation, and the Wood Group.