Education
2008-2012 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China, B.E.
2012-2017 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University (China) & Northwestern University (US), Ph.D.

Work Experience

2017-2018 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, U.S., Postdoctoral Fellow
2018-Present Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Assistant Professor

Research Interests
Additive manufacturing/3D printing
Computational mechanics, multi-scale multi-physics modeling
Data-driven modeling, integration of data analytics and physics-based modeling

Honor & Award
2018  Young Investigator Award, 5th International Conference on Additive Manufacturing and Bio-Manufacturing

Representative Publications
[1] Hui Chen, Wentao Yan*, Spattering and denudation in laser powder bed fusion process: Multiphase flow modelling, Acta Materialia. 2020. 196: 154-167 
[2] Hui Chen, Yuxiang Chen, Yin Liu, Qingsong Wei, Yusheng Shi, Wentao Yan*, Packing quality of powder layer during counter-rolling-type powder spreading process in additive manufacturing, International Journal of Machine Tool and Manufacture, 2020. 153: 103553 
[3] Wentao Yan*, Yan Lu, Kevontrez Jones, Zhuo Yang, Jason Fox, Paul Witherell, Gregory Wagner, Wing Kam Liu*, Data-driven characterization of computational models for powder-bed-fusion additive manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing. 2020. 101503
[4] Hui Chen, Qingsong Wei, Yingjie Zhang, Fan Chen, Yusheng Shi, Wentao Yan*, Deposition mechanisms of powder-spreading process of powder bed-based additive manufacturing: experimental test and particulate scale simulations, Acta Materialia. 2019. 179: 158-171
[5] S. M. H. Hojjatzadeh, N. D. Parab, Wentao Yan, Qilin Guo, Lianghua Xiong, Cang Zhao, Luis I. Escano, Minglei Qu, Xianghui Xiao, Kamel Fezzaa, Wes Everhart, Tao Sun, Lianyi Chen. Pore elimination mechanisms during 3D printing of metals. Nature Communications. 2019. 10(1):3088
[6] Wentao Yan, Yanping Lian, Cheng Yu, Orion Kafka, Zeliang Liu, Wing Kam Liu, Gregory Wagner, An integrated Process-Structure-Property modeling framework for additive manufacturing. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2018. 339: 184-204
[7] Wentao Yan, Ya Qian, Wenjun Ge, Stephen Lin, Gregory Wagner, Feng Lin, Wing Kam Liu, Meso-scale modeling of multiple-layer fabrication process in Selective Electron Beam Melting: inter-layer/track voids formation. Materials & Design, 2018. 141: 210-219
[8] Wentao Yan, Ya Qian, Weixin Ma, Bin Zhou, Yongxing Shen, Feng Lin, Modeling and experimental validation of electron beam selective melting process. Engineering, 2017. 3(5): 701-707
[9] Wentao Yan, Wenjun Ge, Ya Qian, Stephen Lin, Gregory Wagner, Feng Lin, Wing Kam Liu, Multi-physics modeling of single/multiple-track defect mechanisms in Electron Beam Selective Melting. Acta Materialia, 2017. 134:324-333 
[10] Wentao Yan, Wenjun Ge, Jacob Smith, Stephen Lin, Orion Kafka, Feng Lin, Wing Kam Liu, Multiscale modeling of electron beam melting of functionally graded materials, Acta Materialia, 2016. 115: 403-412 

NUS Webpage

https://cde.nus.edu.sg/me/staff/yan-wentao/