Professor Alan Lau

Biography

Alan Kin-tak Lau is an Adjunct Professor within the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Product Design. Formerly he held the position of Pro Vice-Chancellor (International and Digital Research). He is responsible for supporting and enhancing Swinburne’s global ranking profile while also strengthening its research performance by linking the University with high quality industrial partners to develop joint research programs and centres.  He is also required to oversee University’s digital research activities and key research initiatives.  

Professor Lau’s expertise is in the areas of aviation, advanced materials and manufacturing, and product design and development. In 2008, he was also appointed as World Class University Chair Professor of Chonbuk National University under the support from the Ministry of Education, Korea. In 2013, he was elected International Vice President of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) for the term of 6 years. In 2014, he was appointed Alex Wong/Gigi Wong Endowed Professor in Product Design Engineering. Currently, He is Fellow of European Academy of Sciences and European Academy of Sciences and Arts.  Professor Lau is an Independent Non-Executive Director of the King’s Flair International (Holdings) Limited, a Director of Oceania Cybersecuirty Centre Company Limited and a Director of Stawell Underground Physics Company.

Professor Lau is a Fellow of Institution of Engineers, Australia, Royal Aeronautical Society, Institution of Materials, Mining and Mineral, Institute of Engineering Designers, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He has chaired over 20 international conferences in the areas of composite materials, natural fibre and product design platform since 2010.

In the past 20 years, Professor Lau has received numerous international and national teaching and research awards. His published articles have been cited frequently, which can be found in the google scholar website shown as below. Some of his research outcomes have been adopted by the industry for the benefit of the mankind. He was named Australian Research Theme Leader in “Composite Materials” in 2019.

Google Scholar citations: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JK_XY6YAAAAJ&hl=en

Wikipedia’s page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kin-Tak_Lau