Tak-Sing Wong
FounderFounder at spotLESS Materials
State College, Pennsylvania, United States
FoundedspotLESS Materials · YC
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About
Tak-Sing Wong is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, with research spanning surface wetting phenomena, micro/nanomanufacturing, and bio-inspired technologies applied to materials science, water, environmental sustainability, energy, and biomedical devices. He earned a B.Eng. in robotics and manufacturing technologies from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2003 and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2009, and held a Croucher Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard University's Wyss Institute from 2010 to 2012. He is a cofounder, CTO, and director of spotLESS Materials Inc., which develops liquid-repellent and anti-fouling coatings, and is an elected Fellow of ASME,
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Experience
- Penn State UniversityProfessor of Mechanical Engineeringcurrent2022 — presentUniversity Park, Pennsylvania, United States
- Penn State UniversityAssociate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering2019 — 2022University Park, PA
- Penn State UniversityAssistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering2013 — 2019State College-DuBois Area
- spotLESS Materialscofounder and CTOcurrent2018 — presentState College, Pennsylvania, United States
- Harvard UniversityWyss Institute Postdoctoral Fellow2010 — 2012
- UCLAPost Doctoral Researcher2009 — 2010Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- UCLAGraduate Student Researcher2003 — 2009Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- The Chinese University of Hong KongUndergraduate Student Researcher2001 — 2003
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Languages Cantonese · English · Mandarin
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- Who is Tak-Sing Wong?
- Tak-Sing Wong is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, with research spanning surface wetting phenomena, micro/nanomanufacturing, and bio-inspired technologies applied to materials science, water, environmental sustainability, energy, and biomedical devices. He earned a B.Eng. in robotics and manufacturing technologies from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2003 and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2009, and held a Croucher Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard University's Wyss Institute from 2010 to 2012. He is a cofounder, CTO, and director of spotLESS Materials Inc., which develops liquid-repellent and anti-fouling coatings, and is an elected Fellow of ASME,
- Where does Tak-Sing Wong work?
- Tak-Sing Wong is Founder of spotLESS Materials.
- What companies did Tak-Sing Wong found?
- Tak-Sing Wong founded spotLESS Materials.
- Where did Tak-Sing Wong go to school?
- Tak-Sing Wong studied at UCLA (Ph.D., Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems/Nanotechnology); The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Bachelor of Engineering, Robotics and Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems).
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