Awards

• Fellow of the Society of Engineering Sciences (2026);
• Brillouin Medal, International Phononics Society (2025);
• NUSS Distinguished Visiting Professorship, National University of Singapore (2023);
• Fellow of the Optical Society of America (2021);
• Best Editor Award, the International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing (2024);
• SPIE PRISM Award (2021);
• Top 10 Emerging breakthrough technologies of the year (2015);
• The ASME Chao and Trigger Young Manufacturing Engineer Award (2013)
• The International Commission of Optics (ICO) Prize (2011);
• The NSF CAREER Award (2009);
• The Society of Manufacturing Engineering Outstanding Young Investigator Award (2009); Technology Review Magazine’s 35 Young Innovators Award (2008), and
• The ASME Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal Award (2006).

Bio

Professor Nicholas X. Fang joined the University of Hong Kong as Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Professor Fang earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Physics from Nanjing University, China; and Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles. He was on the faculty of Mechanical Engineering at M.I.T. from 2011 to 2022, and as assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 2004 to 2010. Professor Fang teaches and conducts research in the area of micro/nanotechnology. Professor Fang’s research programs have focused on the scalable manufacturing processes for wave functional materials. While the main efforts focus on new insights of design for advanced manufacturing of wave functional material and devices, his group also actively pursue the applications in the areas of energy conversion, communication, and biomedical imaging. His research also leads to over 16 patent applications on nano- and micro-fabrication, additive manufacturing, and imaging technologies with successful technology transfer to industry (e.g. Osram, BASF, Nissan) and startups.