Dr. Wentao Yan is an assistant professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NUS, starting from August 2018. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University and also a guest researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in the USA. He received his Ph.D. degree at Tsinghua University, Beijing in 03/2017. From 10/2014 to 03/2017, he was a joint Ph.D. student at Northwestern University. He got his Bachelor degree from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing in 2012.
Qualification
PhD, Tsinghua University, 2017
B.S., Tsinghua University, 2012
Research Interests
Additive Manufacturing
Computational mechanics
Selected Publications
[1] Hui Chen, Qingsong Wei, Yingjie Zhang, Fan Chen, Yusheng Shi, Wentao Yan*, Deposition mechanisms of powder-spreading process of powder bed-based additive manufacturing: experimental test and particulate scale simulations, Acta Materialia. 2019. 179: 158-171
[2] Wentao Yan, et al, Multiscale modeling of electron beam melting of functionally graded materials, Acta Materialia, 2016. 115: 403-412
[3] Wentao Yan, et al, Multi-physics modeling of single/multiple-track defect mechanisms in Electron Beam Selective Melting. Acta Materialia, 2017. 134:324-333
[4] Hui Chen, Wentao Yan*, Spattering and denudation in laser powder bed fusion process: Multiphase flow modelling, Acta Materialia. 2020. 196: 154-167
[5] Wentao Yan, et al, An integrated Process-Structure-Property modeling framework for additive manufacturing. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2018. 339: 184-204
[6] Wentao Yan, et al, Data-driven multi-scale multi-physics models to derive process–structure–property relationships for additive manufacturing. Computational Mechanics, 2018. 61(5): 521-541
[7] Wentao Yan, et al, Modeling and experimental validation of electron beam selective melting process. Engineering, 2017. 3(5): 701-707
[8] S. M. H. Hojjatzadeh, N. D. Parab, Wentao Yan, Qilin Guo, Lianghua Xiong, Cang Zhao, Luis I. Escano, Minglei Qu, Xianghui Xiao, Kamel Fezzaa, Wes Everhart, Tao Sun, Lianyi Chen. Pore elimination mechanisms during 3D printing of metals. Nature Communications. 2019;10(1):3088.
[9] Wentao Yan*, Yan Lu, Kevontrez Jones, Zhuo Yang, Jason Fox, Paul Witherell, Gregory Wagner, Wing Kam Liu*, Data-driven characterization of computational models for powder-bed-fusion additive manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing. 2020. 101503
[10] Hui Chen, Yuxiang Chen, Yin Liu, Qingsong Wei, Yusheng Shi, Wentao Yan*, Packing quality of powder layer during counter-rolling-type powder spreading process in additive manufacturing, International Journal of Machine Tool and Manufacture, 2020. 153: 103553
[11] Min Yang, Lu Wang, Wentao Yan*, Phase-field modeling of grain evolutions in additive manufacturing from nucleation, growth, to coarsening. npj Computational Materials, 2021. 7:56
[12] Shuai Chang, Yu Zhang, Bangmin Zhang, Xun Cao, Lei Zhang, Xiaolei Huang, Wanheng Lu, Chun Yee Aaron Ong, Shuang Yuan, Chaojiang Li, Yizhong Huang, Kaiyang Zeng, Liqun Li, Wentao Yan*, Jun Ding, Conductivity Modulation of 3D-printed Shellular Electrodes through Embedding Nanocrystalline Intermetallics into Amorphous Matrix for Ultrahigh-current Oxygen Evolution, Advanced Energy Materials, 2021. 2100968
[13] Zan Li^, Yinan Cui^, Wentao Yan^, Di Zhang, Yan Fang, Yujie Chen, Qian Yu, Ge Wang, Heng Ouyang, Chen Fan, Qiang Guo, Ding-Bang Xiong, Shenbao Jin, Gang Sha, Nasr Ghoniem, Ze Zhang, Morris Wang, Enhanced strengthening and hardening via self-stabilized dislocation network in additively manufactured metals, Materials Today, 2021
[14] Yefeng Yu, Mohammad Saleh Kenevisi, Wentao Yan*, Feng Lin. Modeling precipitation process of Al-Cu alloy in Electron Beam Selective Melting with a 3D Cellular Automaton model, Additive Manufacturing. 2020. 1001423
[15] Hui Chen, Wei Zhu, Haibin Tang, Wentao Yan*, Oriented structure of short fiber reinforced polymer composites processed by selective laser sintering: the role of powder-spreading process, International Journal of Machine Tool and Manufacture, 2021. 163: 103703