Prof. Dr. Richard (Yongqing) Fu

Background

Richard Fu is a Professor at Northumbria University at Newcastle, with PhD, MSc and BSc degrees all in Materials Science and Engineering.  He worked as a Research Fellow in Singapore-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alliance (1998-2024), and a Research Associate in University of Cambridge (2004-2007). He was a lecturer in Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK (2007-2010), and then a Reader in Thin Film Centre in University of West of Scotland, Glasgow, UK (2011-2015), before moving to Newcastle, UK in 2015.

Relevant Experience

He has extensive experience in smart thin films/materials, biomedical microdevices, energy materials, lab-on-chip, micromechanics, MEMS, nanotechnology, sensors and microfluidics. He has established a worldwide reputation from his pioneer research work on shape memory films, piezoelectric thin films, nanostructured composite/films for MEMS, sensors/ actuators, and renewable energy applications. He published over 450 science citation index (SCI) journal papers in these fields. His research has been funded by Engineering and Physics Science Research Council (EPSRC), Royal Society, Royal Academy of Engineering, Carnegie Trust, UK Fluidic Network, Innovate UK/Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP).