Academic Staff

Brief Biosketch

Prof. L.C. Chan graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic in 1979. After several years of experience in industry, he went to U.K. and got his MSc. in Mechanical Engineering. Then, he came back to Hong Kong and had been worked in Manufacturing Engineering Division of the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) for more than 10 year as Consultant and later promoted to Senior Consultant. He got his PhD from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) in 1997 and was then employed in the Department of Manufacturing Engineering (currently known as Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering) as Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and later promoted to Professor. During his service period in HKPC and PolyU, he was mainly responsible for the research and development of solid and sheet metal processing as well as relevant forming technologies. Metal forming, process simulation, fine-blanking, tool design and manufacture as well as rapid prototyping together with advanced manufacturing technologies are main areas in his recent research work and career development.

Teaching and Research Specialties

For Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering:

• Level 2: Fundamentals of Manufacturing Processes; Manufacturing Technology;
• Level 3: Tool Design; Design for Manufacture; Manufacturing Systems and Technology; Materials and Processes Selection; Integrated Design for Manufacture
• Level 4: Advanced Mould and Die Design; Task Consultation of Design for Manufacture;
• Level 5:  Precision Tooling Technology.

For Management and Executive Development Centre of the Institute for Enterprise - MEDC (under Institute for Enterprise)

• Sheet Metal Processing and Solid Metal Forming Technology;
• Tool Design in Practice;
• Process Design Technology;
• 高級先進製造技術課程:精密模具加工工藝設計及檢測
• 精密模具加工工藝設計及檢測 for Leeport (Holdings) Limited.

Fields of Interest and Expertise

• Advanced Sheet-metal Processing; 
• Design and Manufacture of Precision Tooling Systems;
• Fine-Blanking Technology;
• Bulk Deformation and Sheet Metal Forming and their Process Simulations;
• Advanced Manufacturing Systems;
• Rapid Prototyping Techniques.
• Hydroforming Technology
• Biomaterials

Honours and Awards (Partially)

• Industrial and Engineering Service Grant Achievement Awards, Faculty of Engineering, PolyU
• ISE Distinguished Alumni Award (2017)
• Best Individual Application Project Award – MIE Division, The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (1997)
• Commercial Research and Development, Hong Kong Productivity Council (1997)

External Committees (Partially)

• Visiting Professor, Chongqing University
• Panel member of Appeal Tribunal Panel under Buildings Ordinance (Planning and Lands Branch, Development Bureau, Government Secretariat, HKSAR)
• Senior Vice-Chairman, PolyU MILES Alumni Association Limited
• Expert Committee, Guangdong Die & Mould Industry Association (GDMA)
• Mentor, Institute of Mechanical Engineer, Hong Kong Chapter
• Departmental Liaison Officer, Hong Kong Diecasting Association
• Chairman, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Alumni Association (MILESAA) of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Committee member of Judging Panel for Hong Kong Mould & Die Council Awards (Student)
• Executive Committee Member of Federation of Hong Kong Higher Education Staff Associations (FHKHESA)
• External Assessor for the Applied Research and Development Schemes of the Applied Research Council
• External Examiner of the course in Higher Diploma in Automotive Engineering of Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education
• Founder Member of the Hong Kong Metals Manufacturers Association (HKMMA)
• External Examiner of the Course in Mechanical Engineering of the Vocational Training Council.
  

RGC Grants and other Externally Funded Projects (Partially)

General Research Funded Project

• Multiscale Damage-based Failure Prediction in Warm Forging Biocompatible Alloys for Medical Devices and Implants (PolyU 5115/11E)
• Multiscale Damage Analysis on Multistage Hydroforming of Magnesium Alloy Sheets (PolyU 5119/09E)
• Damage-based Failure Analysis of Thermal-hydroforming Lightweight Laser-welded Tubular Blanks (PolyU 5114/07E)
• Failure Prediction of Laser Tailor-welded Blanks under Multi-Stage Forming (PolyU5255/04E)
• Failure Prediction of Laser Tailor-welded Blanks under Multi-Stage Forming Process (PolyU5261/03E)
• A Study of the Formability of Tailor-welded Blanks using Non-linear Heterogeneous Analysis (PolyU5178/01E)

Innovation Technology Funded Project (Partially)

• Technological Platform Development of Thermal-Forming Titanium-alloy Hollow Blades/vanes
• Energy-efficient Trial-equipment Development for Warm Hydrostatic-forming Large-scale Tubular Vehicle Frames and Structures
• Optimal Design and Fabrication of Hydroformed Bike Frames for Cycling Athletes
• Process Development of Components Manufacturing for Vehicle Frame Structures and Bumper Systems
• Revolutionary Development of an Intelligent Platform for Bra-Cup Manufacturing and Inspection
• Multi-axis Motion Platform Development for Exergames
• Integrated System Development for Trial Producing Disposable Foil Food Containers
• System Development for Leather Quality Inspection and Nesting.
• Development of Magnesium-based Metal Sponge

Notable achievements in public, governmental and professional services

• Development of a next generation Zero-emission Electric Car-inter-departmental collaboration research and development project

• Mid-life assessment of Overhead line Components
• Prototyping of an Bio-tech domestic waste appliance
• Feasibility Study of Warm and Cold Forming Technology for Production of Stainless-Steel Components
• Development of Fine-blanking Tooling Systems for Progressive Production of Intricate Mini Gears
• Expert Report on a Lifting Accident Case
• Preparation and Experimental Investigation of a Specified Food Container
• Provision of Non-destructive Inspection Service using X-ray CT system
• Preliminary Study and Trial for Bra-cup Cutting 

Publications (Partially)

Book Chapters: (2)

1. TC Lee, CY Tang and LC Chan, “Fine-Edge Blanking”, Chapter in Blanking and Piercing, Volume 14B, Metalworking: Sheet Forming, ASM Handbook, 2006, p177-190.
2. CP Lai, LC Chan and TC Lee, “Thermal Formability of Titanium Tailor-welded Blanks”, chapter in Titanium Alloys: Preparation, Properties and Applications, Edited by Pedro N. Sanchez, Nova Science, 2010, pages 423-439, ISBN: 978-61122-323-1

Selected journals and conference papers within recent 5 years: (Over 130 publications since 1995)

1. LC Chan, Significance of Bike-Frame Geometric Factors for Cycling Efficiency and Muscle Activation. International Journal of Sport and Health Sciences, Vol. 14 (5) (2020), Pages 118-124
2. XZ Lu, CP Lai and LC Chan. Novel design of a coral-like open-cell porous degradable magnesium implant for orthopaedic application. Materials & Design. Vol. 188 (2020), 108474
3. XZ Lu, LC Chan. X-ray CT assisted damage identification in warm forging. Procedia Manufacturing, Vol. 15 (2018), Pages 535-541
4. TF Kong, XZ Lu, LC Chan. Analysis and reduction of wrinkling defects for tube hydroforming magnesium alloy components at elevated temperatures. Materials & Design. Vol. 173 (2019), 107761
5. Chan, LC, Lu, XZ, Lai, CP, Chow, LWP, Compressive Behaviours of Raw and Cased Porous Magnesium-alloys determined by X-ray CT, Procedia Engineering, Vol. 207 (2017), Pages 1427-1432
6. KM Yu, YM Tang and LC Chan, Property estimate for inkjet based direct digital manufacturing, Computer-Aided Design and Applications, Vol. 15, Issue 2 (2018), Pages 188-192
7. X.Z. Lu, L.C. Chan. Micro-voids Quantification for Damage Prediction in Warm Forging of Biocompatible Alloys using 3D X-ray CT and RVE Approach. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol 258 (2018), Pages 116-127
8. Xianzheng Lu and LC Chan, "Numerical Simulation for Thermal and RT Forming Light Sheet Materials Using a New Combined Model of M-K Theory and Shear Localization Criterion". The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 83, No. 1 (2016), pages 357-363
9. XZ Lu and LC Chan, Micromechanics-based damage model for failure prediction in cold forming, Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 690 (2017), pages 120-131
10. LC Chan, Non-destructive testing for microstructure assessment in applied research and development, in YXLON CT user conference 2016, Hamburg, Germany, 26-27 Oct 2016, YXLON International GmBH (Oct 2016)
11. LC Chan and XZ Lu, "Multiscale Analysis of Deformation in Metal Damage Prediction", The 23rd International Conference on Plasticity, Damage, and Fracture, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 3-9 Jan 2017, NEAT PRESS, Maryland, USA, pages 61-63 (Jan 2017) ISBN 978-0-9911654-6-9(print)
12. LC Chan, XZ Lu, KM Yu, Multiscale Approach with RSM for Stress–strain Behaviour Prediction of Micro-void-considered Metal Alloy, Materials & Design, Vol. 83 (2015), Pages 129-137
13. TF Kong, LC Chan, Prediction of Multi-preform Shapes in Warm Forming with Experimental Verification, JOM, 2015, 67(2): 436-449
14. SS Wong, LC Chan, CP Lai, WY Ip, LH Chau, In-vitro and In-vivo Degradation Evaluation of Mg-based Alloys for Biomedical Applications, Journal of Material Science and Technology Research, Vol. 1, no. 2 (2015), Pages 1 – 9
15. CP Lai, LC Chan, Finite-element Modelling of Thermal Forming of Ti-TWBs with Experimental Verification, Key Engineering Materials, Vol. 626 (2015), Pages 518-523
16. XZ Lu and LC Chan, “X-ray CT assisted damage identification in warm forging”, Metal Forming, 17th International Conference on Metal Forming, Toyohashi, Japan (Sept 2018)
17. LC Chan and XZ Lu, "Multiscale Analysis of Deformation in Metal Damage Prediction", The 23rd International Conference on Plasticity, Damage, and Fracture, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 3-9 Jan 2017, NEAT PRESS, Maryland, USA, pages 61-63 (Jan 2017)
18. LC Chan and XZ Lu, "Non-destructive quality inspection of forged components using X-ray CT", 2017 第十一届泛珠三角塑性工程年会暨第七届西南锻压学术论坛, Chongqing, China, 25-28 May 2017, 重慶市鍛壓行業協會, Chongqing, China, pages 143-147 (May 2017)
19. LC Chan, CP Lai, LH Chau, WY Ip, Biocompatibility Study of Magnesium-based Metal Sponge, Proceeding of the 9th International Conference on Porous Metals and Metallic Foams (Metfoam 2015), page 218, 31 Aug-2 Sept 2015, Barcelona, Spain
20. SS Wong, WY Ip, LC Chan, CP Lai, In vivo Study on the Biodegradation Behaviours of Mg-Based Alloys for Orthopaedic Application, Proceeding of the 27th European Conference on Biomaterials (ESB2015), 30 Aug-3 Sept 2015, Krakow, Poland
21. XZ Lu, LC Chan, Construction of Representative Volume Element for FE Simulation of Bulk Deformation of Stainless Steel Using X-Ray Computed Tomography Approach, TMS2015 Supplemental Proceedings, Pages 485-490, 15-19 Mar 2015, Orlando, USA
22. LC Chan, Net Shape Forming Technologies for Gear Profile Rolling and High-Strength Tube Hydroforming, Proceeding of the BIT 4th Annual World Congress of Advanced Materials (WCAM2015), Page 301, 27-29 May 2015, Chongqing, China
23. XZ Lu, LC Chan, Data Acquisition in 3D Tomography for Multiscale Microstructure Model Construction under Uniaxial Compression, MS&T2015 Supplemental Proceedings, Pages 561-566, 4-8 Oct 2015, Ohio, USA
24. TF Kong, LC Chan, Bulk-Forming Simulation of Bimetallic Watchcase Components, JOM, Vol. 66, no. 10 (2014), Pages 2145-2155
25. LC Chan, XZ Lu, Material Sensitivity and Formability Prediction of Warm Forming Magnesium Alloy Sheets with Experimental Verification, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 71, no. 1-4 (2014), Pages 253-262
26. LC Chan, CP Lai, SS Wong, WY Ip, Corrosion and Hydrogen Evolution Improvement of Biodegradable Mg-based Alloy for Orthopedic and Implant Applications, 2nd International Conference on BioTribology (ICoBT 2014), 11-14 May 2014, Toronto, Canada (Electronic version)
27. SS Wong, CP Lai, WY Ip, LC Chan, Zin’s role in Mg-Zn-Mn Alloys for Orthopedic Applications, 2014 Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials, 16-19 Apr 2014, Denver, CO (Electronic version)
28. LC Chan, XZ Lu, Numerical Simulation on Forming Behavior of Magnesium Alloy at Elevated Temperatures with Experimental Verification. Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 677 (2013), Pages 179-182
29. LC Chan, TF Kong, Numerical Simulation and Experimental Study on Profile-rolling Process for Micro-teeth Components, Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 677 (2013), Pages 252-255
30. CP Lai, LC Chan, Microstructural Analysis of Stress Relieving on the Thermal Deformation Behaviors of Titanium Tailor-welded Blanks, Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 677 (2013), Pages 169-172
31. LC Chan, Numerical Determination of Sheet Metal Forming Limit Based on a New Combined Model of M-K Theory and Shear Localization Criterion, Advanced Materials Research, Vol 330 (2013), Pages 821-825
32. WKR Kot, LC Chan, Determination of Loading Paths in Warm Hydroforming Reinforced Quadrilateral Tubular Components, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Vol. 29, no. 1 (2013), Pages 32-36
33. WKR Kot, LC Chan, In-Process Visualisation for Deformation Monitoring and Analysis of Sheet Metal Forming Processes, Advanced Materials Research, Vol 677 (2013), Pages 384-387
34. LC Chan, KM Au, KM Yu, FEM-CT Integrated Design for Multiscale Damage Analysis of Hydroformed Magnesium-based Alloy Tubular Product, NDT & E International, Vol. 56 (2013), Pages 38-47
35. CP Tsui, CY Tang, HY Wang, LC Chan, Damage Prediction of a Graded Porous Biocomposite Implant Using the Finite Element Method, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Damage Mechanics, Pages 293-296, 25-27 Jun 2012, Belgrade, Sebrian

Patents: (7)

1. CY Tang, TC Lee, LC Chan and NY Ng, “Isothermal System for Production of Sheet Metal Parts”, U.S. Patent Application No. 12/153,539
2. TC Lee, LC Chan, CY Tang and GQ Tu, “Affordable Fine Blanking Tooling Attachment to Implement Fine Blanking Capability on Conventional Press”, under preparation for submission. (pending)
3. 邱鑫，孟健，尹飞，陈联洲，吕恒林，牛晓东，黎智萍，孙伟，赵贵荣，江廷辉，「一种含稀土元素的耐蚀变形镁合金及其制备方法」中國國家知識產權局, CN105624494 A
4. Liu Tin Loi & Chan Luen Chow, “Metal Foil Container", HK Short-term Patent (HK1252600)
5. Liu Tin Loi & Chan Luen Chow, “Manufacturing Method Metal Foil Container", HK Short-term Patent (HK1257789)
6. Luen Chow CHAN; Pengfei ZHENG; Ting Fai KONG; Shui Yuk TONG & Tin Loi LUI, "Apparatus and Method for Forming Shape of Metal Foil Products With Wrinkleless Surface", PCT Patent (PCT/CN2020/133770)
7. Liu Tin Loi & Chan Luen Chow (To be revised for adding a 2nd Inventor), “Metal Foil Container", (PCT/IB2019/059330), Filed on 31 Oct 2019