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Dr Hay Wong MEng(Hons), MA (Cantab), PhD

Lecturer (Assistant Professor) Materials, Design and Manufacturing Eng

About

Personal Statement

Hay Wong (HW) read Mechanical Engineering and obtained both B.A and M.Eng degrees from the University of Cambridge (2008-12). Following graduation, he worked as a Research Engineer at Stryker Orthopaedics - a Fortune 500 US medical devices manufacturer (2012-14). HW then pursued his industry-sponsored Ph.D at the University of Liverpool under Prof. Chris Sutcliffe, Dr. Peter Fox and Dr. Eric Jones (2014-19). After working briefly as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Liverpool under Prof. Paul Chalker and Prof. Kate Black, he took up the role of Lecturer (Assistant Professor) from 2020-2023 at the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 2023, HW returned to Liverpool as a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) and joined the Department of Materials, Design and Manufacturing Engineering.

Prizes or Honours

  • Med-Tech Innovation Awards: 3D Printing Finalist (INTERNATIONAL) (Rapid News Group, 2020)
  • Innovation Awards: Young Innovator (INTERNATIONAL) (Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2019)
  • Innovation Awards: Manufacturing Technology (INTERNATIONAL) (Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2019)