Ming-Wei Chang (BSc, MSc, PhD, FHEA, FIMMM)

Dr. Ming-Wei Chang joined the School of Engineering at the University of Ulster in 2019. Prior to this, he was an Associate Professor at Zhejiang University, where he served as a member of the academic committee and as a member of the Overseas High-level Talents of Zhejiang Province, China. He earned his PhD from University College London and furthered his research as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford. From 2003 to 2008, he worked as an R&D manager and principal investigator at the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in Taiwan.

Thus far, he has supervised numerous PhD students (both national and international), as well as undergraduates, MSc students, and postdoctoral researchers. He has published over 100 scientific articles and has been granted 35 international patents for his work in the development of sensors, natural products, and healthcare devices. Currently, he is focusing on developing novel manufacturing processes for engineering micro/nanostructures for use in biomedical applications and healthcare technologies. He has conducted peer reviews for major academic publishers, including RSC, ACS, Elsevier, and Wiley.

He currently serves on the editorial board of Bioengineering and Materials Science in Additive Manufacturing, and he is also an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Materials Highlights, and Biofunctional Materials. Furthermore, he serves as a guest editor for special issues in other journals

Awards and Honors:

- Outstanding Supervisor Award, Zhejiang Province, China, 2019.
- Outstanding Supervisor Award, National Graduate Education Steering Committee, China, 2018.
- Young Innovative Principal Investigator, ZJU, China, 2017.
- Excellent in Teaching Award, 2017
- Outstanding Achievement Award, ZJU, China, 2017.
- Excellent in Teaching Award, 2016
- Supervisory Excellence Award, ZJU, China, 2015.
- Excellent in Teaching Award, 2015
- The Best Poster Award, China-Europe Symposium on Biomaterials in Regenerative Medicine, 2015.
- Excellent in Teaching Award, 2014
- Supervisory Excellence Award, ZJU, China, 2014.
- Qiushi Outstanding Young Scholar Award, China, 2013.
- Oversea High-level Talents of Zhejiang Province, China, 2013.
- OSA Association Scholarship Award, UCL, UK, 2010.
- Oversea Research Scholarship (ORS) Award, UK, 2009.
- OSA Association Scholarship Award, UCL, UK, 2009.
- Best Invention Awards, ITRI, Taiwan, 2007.
- ITRI Elite Award, ITRI, Taiwan, 2007.
- The Outstanding Research Silver-Award, ITRI, Taiwan, 2007.
- The Best Paper Award, ASME, US, 2007.
- The Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honorary Member, 2002.

Teaching Experience:

- Mechanical Systems and Analysis 1, 2019-present.
- Mechanical Systems and Analysis 2, 2019-present.
- Mechanical Systems and Analysis 3, 2019-present.
- Intelligent Manufacturing, 2021-Present
- Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, 2013-2019.
- Advanced Manufacturing Techniques, 2013-2019.
- Biomaterials, summer program with National Singapore University, 2013-2018.

Selected papers:

1. High Precision Printing:

• Nano-scale bioactive printing: https://www.nature.com/articles/srep43924
• Core-shell printing: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adem.201900699
• Janus printing: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1773224718312176
• Multi-inner cores printing: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0008622319307171
• Hybrid printing process: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894718303620
• Gastrointestinal tract microbial health: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1758-5090/ab782c/meta
• Flexible sensors for physical and underwater monitoring: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsapm.1c01357
• Flexible sensors for respiratory and airflow monitoring: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsanm.3c01541

 2. Multifunctional Particles:

• For burn-related wound healing: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsami.8b22112
• For dual-imaging modality, multi-agent compartments, and trigger release potential: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsami.7b05580
• For chronic lung diseases: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0928098718304378
• For oil encapsulation: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S138589471501311X

 3. Aligned fiber generation:

• For aligned fibers with multi-materials and controlled compartment ratios: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894717313268
• For aligned antibiotic fibers with high production rate: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894716312281
• For aligned composite fibers: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352492818302460
• For dual rotation composite matrices: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13346-018-00594-y

 4. Functional micro/nano fibers:

• For synergistic treatment of melanoma: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0928098719302659
• For phantom material of diffusion magnetic resonance imaging: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/app.47617
• For designer fibers from 2D to 3D: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894717317394
• For twisted fibers: https://pubs.aip.org/aip/apl/article/109/15/151903/32182/Continuous-micron-scaled-rope-engineering-using-a

5. New biomaterials and applications:

• For multifunctional porous structures: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894721038006
• For ultrasound-assisted synthesis of fungal-based chitosan: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894718319016
• For proteoglycan with hyperglycemic, antitumor, and antioxidant functions: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359511319304052
• For herbal chitosan in biomedical applications: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-33088-5
• For new cylindrical capsules: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsami.9b13568
• For flexible oral multidrug forms: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsami.8b08880
• For oral capsules: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0928493119303133

Selected Patents:

l Electrostatic spinning device for continuously preparing spiral micro-nanofibers and method of electrostatic spinning device, MW Chang, CC Zhang, JS Li, CN20171226A

l Imprint method for manufacturing micro capacitive ultrasonic transducer, CHIN-CHUNG NIEN, Hocheng Hong, Ming-Wei Chang, US Patent 7,438,823

l Method of fabricating capacitive ultrasonic transducers, MW Chang, TJ Gwo, TM Deng, ZY Chung, US Patent 7,937,834

l Capacitive ultrasonic sensors and display devices using the same, MW Chang, D Hsu-Cheng, TJ Gwo, US Patent 7,856,883

l Method of fabricating a polymer-based capacitive ultrasonic transducer, MW Chang, DC Pang, CS Tseng, US Patent 7,673,375

Keywords: High precision printing, Nanotechnology, Controlled release, Biomaterials, Sensors

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