Ht Lin

Background

About Ht Lin

I am currently the Distinguished Professor of Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China and the Team Leader of Guangdong Innovation and Entrepreneurial Research Team Project on “Advanced Manufacturing Technology of High-Performance Ceramics” since July 2014. Prof. Lin was formerly a research group leader and distinguished R&D Staff of Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He is Academician of World Academy of Ceramic, Asian Pacific Materials Academy, and Fellow of ASM International and the American Ceramic Society. He also holds many adjunct professorships in the US and China. He also served as Scientific Advisory Board Committee, China Nuclear Power Technology Research Institute, Distinguished Manufacturing Engineering Specialist, Talent Project of City of Weihai, Shandong Province, and Technical Advisory Board, Morgan Advanced Materials plc, United Kingdom HQ, and Chief Scientist of Chaozhou Three-Circle (Group) Co. Ltd. His researches mainly focus on mechanical reliability of advanced ceramic components and electronic devices, high-temperature mechanical performance of ceramics and composites, high-temperature and steam effects on mechanical reliability of ceramics and environmental barrier coating systems, and engineering design of microstructure and properties of ceramics and composites, and coatings for energy and environmental technologies and applications. He has served as a PI on numerous programs sponsored by Department of Energy and National Natural Science Foundation of China. He is the editor and co-editor of 30 peer-reviewed conference proceedings, and author and co-author of more than 240 peer-reviewed publications. He has served in International Advisory Board of more than 50 international conferences/symposia and chaired/co-chaired about 85 prominent international conferences/symposia. He received Martin Marietta Energy Systems Technical Achievement Award for 1991, Outstanding Alumnus Award, Materials Engineering, Auburn University in 2007, Lee Hsun Lecture Award of Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2009, James I. Mueller Memorial Award from the Engineering Ceramics Division, the American Ceramic Society in 2010, and Distinguished Engineering Achievement Award, the Engineers’ Council, USA in 2013, and Aurel Stodola Honor Medal, Slovak Academy of Science in 2013, and The Chinese Ceramic Society Award for significant contributions to the International Conference on High-Performance Ceramics, Nov.