Alan Lim

Professor Alan Lim

Head, PhD (Engineering) and Master of Engineering Programmes

School of Science and Technology

Tel: +65 6248 9252

Educational Qualifications

  • 2001
    PhD, National University of Singapore

  • 1996
    BEng (Hons), National University of Singapore

Academic and Professional Experience

  • 2013 - Present
    Head of PhD (Engineering) and Master of Engineering Programmes

  • 2007 - Present
    Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor, Singapore University of Social Sciences

  • 2022, 2023
    PhD External Examiner for the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK

  • 2021
    MPhil External Examiner for the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK

  • 2018, 2022
    PhD External Examiner for the Faculty of Science, University of Malta, Malta

  • 2019
    PhD Examiner for National Institute of Technology Calicut, India

  • 2011
    Evaluation Team Member for the Engineering Accreditation Board (EAB)

  • 2007
    Evaluation Team Member for the Engineering Accreditation Board (EAB)

  • 2001 - 2006
    Research Fellow, Professional Officer and Program Manager, National University of Singapore

  • 1999
    Graduate Tutor, National University of Singapore

Books:

Teik-Cheng Lim, “A Partially Auxetic Metamaterial Inspired by the Maltese Cross”, Cambridge University Press, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009246415

Teik-Cheng Lim, “Mechanics of Metamaterials with Negative Parameters”, Springer Nature, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6446-8

Teik-Cheng Lim, “Auxetic Materials and Structures”, Springer Nature, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-275-3

Selected Encyclopedia Chapters:

Teik-Cheng Lim, “Sensing Materials: Composites and Hybrid Materials”, in Encyclopedia of Sensors and Biosensors, Volume 2, 2023, Pages 187-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822548-6.00003-0

Ching, R.C.M., Lim, TC. Mechanical Nanosensors. In: Li, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. Springer, Boston, MA, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27758-0_868-3

Selected Refereed International Journal Papers:

Teik-Cheng Lim, "A metamaterial with adjustable positive to negative Poisson’s ratio based on rotating trapeziums and triangles”, Philosophical Magazine 104 (5), 300-320 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1080/14786435.2023.2293929

Teik-Cheng Lim, “Metamaterials with Poisson’s ratio discontinuity by means of fragmentation-reconstitution rotating units”, Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 479, 20230442 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2023.0442

Teik-Cheng Lim, “An anisotropic negative thermal expansion metamaterial with sign-toggling and sign-programmable Poisson’s ratio”, Oxford Open Materials Science 2 (1), itac007 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfmat/itac007


For more complete lists of publications, please refer to

Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.com.sg/citations?hl=en&user=hEgHJmIAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7440-7722

Scopus
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7401710785
2007 - Present
Member, Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES)

2007 - Present
Member, International Association of Engineers (IAENG)

2003 - 2006
Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
2025
Invited Speaker, Asian Materials and Design Education Symposium (AMDES) 2025. 14th - 16th January 2025, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

2024
Technical Program Committee Chair, 2024 3rd International Conference on Materials Engineering and Applied Mechanics (ICMEAAE 2024) March. 15-17, 2024 in Taiyuan, China.

2024
Program Chair, 2024 The 14th International Conference on Advanced Materials Research (ICAMR 2024) organizing committee, Phuket Island, Thailand, January 25-27, 2024.

2024
Invited Speaker and Program Chair, 2024 the 9th International Conference on Composite Materials and Material Engineering (ICCMME2024), Singapore, January 24-26, 2024.

2022 - 2024
Appointed Reviewer for the SUSS Working paper Series

2023
Enterprise Singapore (ESG) Working Group Member on Technical Reference Maintenance regime for the pump and drainage systemin railway tunnels and stations

2023
Technical Committee Member, 7th International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing and Materials (ICAMM 2023) in Cambridge, United Kingdom during July 11-13, 2023

2023
Technical Committee member, 12th International Conference on Engineering Mathematics and Physics (ICEMP 2023), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 5-7, 2023

2019, 2021-2024
Judge for the Singapore Science and Engineering Festival (SSEF)

2022
Invited Speaker, 7th International Conference on Composite Materials and Material Engineering (online)

2021
Reviewer for European Research Council

2019
Speaker, NUS-MRS Workshop on Functional Materials

2015 - 2017
Judge for the Energy Innovation Challenge competition, organized in conjunction with the National Engineers Day (NED)

2015
Committee member, International Conference on Mechatronics and Mechanical Engineering (ICMME 2015), Singapore

2015

Scientific committee member, 6th International Conference on Auxetics and other materials and models with negative characteristics, Malta

2014
Scientific committee member, 5th International Conference and 10th International Workshop on Auxetics and related systems at Poznan

2012
Scientific committee member, 4th International Conference and 9th International Workshop on Auxetics and Related Systems, Bolton

2011
Scientific committee member, 8th International Workshop on Auxetics and Related Systems, Szczecin

2011
Consultancy team member for evaluating the effectiveness of e-learning in Home Team Academy (HTA)

2009
Scientific committee member, 6th International Workshop on Auxetics and Related Systems, Bolton

2002 - Present
Peer reviewer for international journals

  • Mechanical Metamaterials
  • Auxetic Materials and Structures
  • Solid Mechanics
  • Composites
2010 - 2011
UniSIM CFAR research grant no. RF10SST01. As PI.

2006 - 2009
A*STAR SERC Grant, Grant number 062 120 0017. As Co-PI.

2005 - 2008
NUS Academic Research Fund, WBS no. R-265-000-192-112. As Co-PI.

1996 - 1999
NUS Research Scholarship

1995/96
Faculty of Engineering Annual Book Prize (Applied Mechanics), National University of Singapore
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