Andy Chan

Aerospace Engineering Graduate

Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

About

A motivated and passionate student with the intention of being an Aerospace engineer or battery engineer in the future. Dream of inventing all-electric commercial aircraft by developing new types of batteries or designing drag-reduced surfaces to reduce the effects of carbon emissions by conventional aircraft. Hardworking and driven, with goals of flourishing in the Aerospace Engineering Program.

Experience

  • Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Ltd. (Hong Kong SAR)
    • Engineer
      Aug 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

      - Collaborated with team members to develop next-generation lithium-ion batteries for low-temperature operations - Collaborated with team members to develop next-generation high-energy-density lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles - Conducted electrode formulation optimization and mixing parameters investigation for advanced anode materials with battery testing in different configurations - Experiment data collection and result analysis; follow-up improvements for report preparation - Characterized different materials with instrumental and mechanical methods e.g. SEM-EDX, TEM, XRD, Raman spectroscopy - Assisted in prototype fabrication and battery fabrication for characterization and testing - Report preparation for external meetings - Assisted in laboratory management, ie. lab safety and waste disposal

    • Research Assistant
      Aug 2022 - Jul 2024 · 2 yrs

      - Collaborated with team members to develop next-generation lithium-ion batteries for wide-temperature operations - Experiment data collection and result analysis; follow-up improvements for report preparation - Assisted in prototype fabrication and battery fabrication for characterization and testing

    • Co-op placement
      Feb 2022 - Jul 2022 · 6 mos

      - Studied various literature reviews on current best available lithium-ion batteries and do further in-depth study - Performed further training on fabrication of lithium-ion batteries - Studied the electrode morphologies by different characterization techniques ie. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Optical Microscope (OM) - Handled the battery testing systems provided by the company to perform different tests on batteries - Participated in weekly meeting to present the analyzed data and work done

  • Summer Internship at Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Ltd.
    Jul 2021 - Aug 2021 · 2 mos

    - Studied various literature reviews on current best available lithium-ion batteries - Performed experiments and training on the fabrication of lithium-ion batteries, i.e., Pouch cells via stacking and winding - Performed training on the fabrication of coin cells - Handled the battery testing systems provided by the company