Charles Chi-Fong Kwan, PhD, PEng (He/Him)

Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
Email: charles.kwan@uwaterloo.ca
Location: E7 3406
Phone: 519-888-4567 x40180
Status: Active
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