Shape Memory Materials and Applications
Time
3:00 PM, January 29, 2026 (Beijing Time, CST)3:00 PM, January 29, 2026 (Singapore Time, SGT)
Contact Us
Email: smdjournal@sciexplor.comSpeaker
Prof. Wei Min Huang
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
With over 30 years of experience in shape memory materials - including alloys, polymers, composites, and hybrid systems, Prof. Wei Min Huang has published more than 250 journal papers. He has served as a reviewer for manuscripts from over 300 international journals and for book proposals such as Springer, Elsevier, and CRC Press. He is the author of two books, Thin Film Shape Memory Alloys: Fundamentals and Device Applications and Polyurethane Shape Memory Polymers, and holds more than 50 granted patents in China, the USA, Singapore, and Europe.
Host
Prof. Ling-Ying Shi
College of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymer Materials, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Prof. Ling-Ying Shi is a scholar and academic facilitator specializing in polymer science. She holds a PhD from Peking University and further enriched her expertise as a visiting scholar at MIT. Her research focuses on functional polymer materials including liquid crystalline systems, block copolymer self-assembly, and shape memory polymers. She has authored over 60 SCIE-indexed papers in leading journals such as Adv. Mater., ACS Nano, and Macromolecules. and has contributed to 7 book chapters for publishers such as Springer Nature, Elsevier, and CRC Press.
Introduction
Over the past 25 years, we have developed advanced shape memory materials and technologies with strong potential for industrial adoption. These materials, including alloys, polymers, composites, and hybrid systems, are capable of recovering their original shapes in response to external stimuli, thereby enabling adaptive and multifunctional products. Our advanced shape memory technology extends shape memory effects to conventional engineering materials while integrating design, fabrication, and recycling considerations across the entire product life cycle.
Applications demonstrated in this talk span multiple sectors, including medical devices (e.g., water-driven vascular embolization systems, self-tightening bandages, and heat-activated surgical staplers), consumer products (e.g., comfort-fitting ear tips and wearable devices), and smart manufacturing solutions that enable comfort fitting and one-size-fits-all designs, another way of smart manufacturing. In addition, our solid-state UV cross-linking platform enables rapid additive manufacturing anytime and anywhere. Collectively, these innovations highlight practical pathways for industry collaboration toward smarter, more sustainable, and next-generation solutions.
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