Ming-Wei Chang FIMMM FHEA PhD MSc BSc

Dr. Ming-Wei Chang is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering. Prior to this appointment, he was an Associate Professor at Zhejiang University, where he served on the Academic Committee and was a member of the Zhejiang Province Overseas High-Level Talents Program in China. He received his PhD from University College London and subsequently undertook postdoctoral research at the University of Oxford. From 2003 to 2008, he also worked as an R&D Manager and Principal Investigator at the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in Taiwan.

Dr. Chang has supervised a broad and diverse cohort of researchers, including numerous national and international PhD candidates, undergraduate and MSc students, and postdoctoral fellows. His research focuses on the engineering of innovative micro- and nanostructures for biomedical applications and healthcare technologies. He has published more than 125 peer-reviewed articles in leading journals.

He is the inventor of several pioneering technologies, including flexible CMUTs, sonic paper, herbal-based chitosan materials, and a range of advanced biomaterials and biomedical devices. Dr. Chang has been granted over 35 international patents, many of which have been successfully licensed to industrial partners in Taiwan, China, and the United Kingdom. He is also involved in peer review for major research funding agencies and academic publishers.

Currently, Dr. Chang serves as Programmes Director within the School of Engineering. He is recognised as a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) and serves on the editorial boards of several journals, including International Journal of Bioprinting, Bioengineering, Materials Science in Additive Manufacturing, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Materials Highlights, and Biofunctional Materials. In addition, he frequently acts as a guest editor for special issues across a range of academic 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:

- Introduction to Mechanical Engineering (Year 1), 2019-present.
- Mechanical Systems and Analysis 1 (Year 1), 2019-present.
- Mechanical Systems and Analysis 2 (Year 2), 2019-present.
- Mechanical Systems and Analysis 3 (Year 4), 2019-present.
- Intelligent Manufacturing (MSc), 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. Biomaterials and applications:

• Directional Liquid Transport Enabled pH-Responsive Hierarchical Composite for Enhanced Wound Healing:  https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adhm.202505497

• Magnetic Field-Driven Conduit for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration with Wireless Electrical Stimulation: https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adfm.202416548
• 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

2. 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

 3. 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

 4. 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

 5. 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

Selected Patents:

l Electrostatic spinning device for continuously preparing spiral micro-nanofibers and method of electrostatic spinning device, CN20171226A

l Imprint method for manufacturing micro capacitive ultrasonic transducer, US Patent 7,438,823

l Method of fabricating capacitive ultrasonic transducers, US Patent 7,937,834

l Capacitive ultrasonic sensors and display devices using the same, US Patent 7,856,883

l Method of fabricating a polymer-based capacitive ultrasonic transducer, US Patent 7,673,375

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

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