Charles Chi-Fong Kwan, PhD, PEng (He/Him)
Research Interests
Physical Metallurgy
Mechanical Metallurgy
Materials Characterization
Fatigue and Failure of Materials
Deformation Mechanisms
Education
2011, Doctorate Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada
2005, Bachelor of Applied Science Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada
Teaching*
- ME 230 - Control of Properties of Materials
- Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- ME 340 - Manufacturing Processes
- Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- ME 531 - Physical Metallurgy Applied to Manufacturing
- Taught in 2022, 2023, 2024
- ME 533 - Non-metallic and Composite Materials
- Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- ME 631 - Mechanical Metallurgy
- Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- ME 732 - Thermodynamics and Phase Transformations
- Taught in 2024
* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.
Selected/Recent Publications
Tilita, G.-A., Chen, W., Ma, R., Kwan, C.C.F., Yuen, M.Effect of ultrasonic excitation on the process of L-PBFAM(2020) 277, art. no. 116436, .DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2019.116436
Felix, L.M., Kwan, C.C.F., Zhou, N.Y.The Effect of Pulse Energy on the Defects and Microstructure of Electro-Spark-Deposited Inconel 718(2019) 50 (9), pp. 4223-4231.DOI: 10.1007/s11661-019-05332-8
Kwan, C.C.F., Wang, L., Xia, K., Wang, Z.Curved nanotwinned structure in Ni induced by dynamic compression(2017) 52 (22), pp. 13261-13270.DOI: 10.1007/s10853-017-1423-9
Tilita, G.A., Chen, W., Kwan, C.C.F., Yuen, M.M.F.57194284215;57194288749;23987187300;7102031967;The effect of ultrasonic excitation on the microstructure of selective laser melted 304 L stainless steel: Die Wirkung von Ultraschallanregung auf die Gefügestruktur von 304 L Edelstahl beim selektiven Laserstrahlschmelzen(2017) 48 (5), pp. 342-348.DOI: 10.1002/mawe.201600763
Kwan, C.C.F., Li, Z., Wang, Z.Progression of Late Stage Abnormal Grain Growth of Electroformed Nanocrystalline Ni Without the Addition of Grain Refiner(2015) 46 (10), pp. 4636-4645.DOI: 10.1007/s11661-015-3049-3
Kwan, C.C.F., Wang, Z.Cyclic deformation of ultra-fine grained commercial purity aluminum processed by accumulative roll-bonding(2013) 6 (8), pp. 3469-3481.DOI: 10.3390/ma6083469
Kwan, C.C.F., Wang, Z.Strain incompatibility and its influence on grain coarsening during cyclic deformation of ARB copper(2013) 93 (9), pp. 1065-1079.DOI: 10.1080/14786435.2012.741729
Kwan, C.C.F., Wang, Z.The cyclic deformation behavior of severe plastic deformation (SPD) metals and the influential factors(2012) 2 (1), pp. 41-55.DOI: 10.3390/met2010041
Wang, Z.R., Kwan, C.Cyclic deformation response of arbed copper with composite-natured ultra-finemicrostructures and its comparison with cyclic deformation response of ecaped copper(2011) pp. 16-23.
Kwan, C.C.F., Wang, Z.23987187300;57202267926;On the cyclic deformation response and microstructural mechanisms of ECAPed and ARBed copper - An overview(2011) 683, pp. 55-68.DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.683.55
Kwan, C.C.F., Wang, Z.A composite nature of cyclic strain accommodation mechanisms of accumulative roll bonding (ARB) processed Cu sheet materials(2011) 528 (4-5), pp. 2042-2048.DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2010.11.018
Kwan, C.C.F., Wang, Z.Cyclic deformation behavior of ultra-fine grained copper processed by accumulative roll-bonding(2010) 2 (1), pp. 101-110.DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2010.03.011
Patents
Method for additively manufacturing a component augmented by ultrasonic excitation and active temperature control, US11534960B2/WO2017097252A1/CN115533119A/en /HK1254858A1 (2016)
Graduate studies
Not currently accepting applications for graduate students.