Chinnapat Panwisawas

Chinnapat Panwisawas (Queen Mary University of London)

Biography

Dr Chinnapat Panwisawas is currently Reader in Computational Materials, Deputy Director of Graduate Studies and Director of Materials Science and Engineering Programme at School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) since July 2022. He obtained his PhD in Metallurgy and Materials from University of Birmingham, UK (2013), and his BSc (First Class Honours) in Physics (Honours Programme) from Department of Physics, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand (2008). After the conferment of his PhD, he has joined Partnership for Research in Simulation of Manufacturing and Materials (PRISM2) research group in Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre at the University of Birmingham from 2013 to 2018. In June 2018, he has awarded EPSRC UKRI Innovation Fellowship to conduct his project as a Principal Investigator on additive manufacturability where he was Senior Fellow & EPSRC UKRI Innovation Fellow at Department of Materials, University of Oxford. Before joining QMUL, he was Associate Professor in Digital Manufacturing, Associate Director of NISCO UK Research Centre & EPSRC UKRI Innovation Fellow at School of Engineering, University of Leicester.

Over the past 16 years, he has developed predictive capability for advanced manufacturing processes – investment casting, laser/electron beam fusion welding and additive manufacturing (AM). His research interest focused on multi-scale materials modelling of liquid/solid reactions, particularly in AM of high-performance alloys using an integrated computational material engineering (ICME) framework. Validatory studies using in-situ neutron measurement (e.g. at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) at Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) in the UK and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in USA), X-ray tomography, high-speed imaging and advanced characterisation were used to verify the mathematical modelling.

Dr Panwisawas was elected Fellow of The Higher Education Academy (FHEA) in 2024, Fellow of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (FIMechE) in 2021, Fellow of The Institute of Physics (FInstP) in 2020, Fellow of The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM) in 2019, and chartered as Chartered Engineer (CEng) in 2016. He has also been awarded Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Award (2009 – 2012) from Rolls-Royce plc and the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC), for his doctoral study. Dr Panwisawas has been an Advisor to the Samaggi Samagom and helps the Royal Thai Embassy, London to promote academic relationships between Thailand and the UK. He won an Anglo-Thai Society (ATS) Educational Award in Engineering in 2012 and was elected to the Executive Committee of ATS in March 2018.

Dr Panwisawas also holds visiting positions and prestigious roles in various institutions as follows:

  • Adjunct Professor at Metallurgy and Materials Science Research Institute (MMRI), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand (2025 - now)
  • Visiting Associate Professor at Next Generation TATARA Co-creation Centre, Shimane University, Japan (2019 - now)
  • Ideas to Impact (I2I) Fellow at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK (2019 - now)
  • EPSRC College Member - Peer Reviewer to evaluate the diverse range of EPSRC applications received each year (2019 - now)
  • Academic Visitor at Department of Materials, University of Oxford, UK (2020 - 2023)
  • Advisor to Deputy Minister of Education, Ministry of Education, Government of Thailand, Thailand (2020 - 2023)
  • Adjunct Professor at School of materials science and engineering, Shanghai University, China (2023)
  • Visiting Associate Professor at Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao tong University, China (2021 - 2022)
  • Visiting Academic Collaborator at Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Davis, USA (2019 - 2021)
  • Guest Lecturer in Operation Management at School of Integrated Innovation, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand (2022 - 2024)

https://www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/c.panwisawas

Abstract

Multi-scale multi-physics modelling as a computational materials engineering framework for science-informed materials discovery

Additive manufacturing (AM) is a promising, emerging, designable materials processing method used for fabricating complex three-dimensional geometries with multi-material and compositionally/functionally graded structure required for various future engineering applications. Fusion-based AM which melts materials-by-materials and layer-by-layer using prescribed scanning path could offer precise dimensional control and designable microstructure and site-specific property. The challenge lies in process control; melt flow dynamics, materials mixing, and composition change during the multi-material AM process. The composition-process design is vital for predicting laser power-time-temperature processing window and final quality. This talk will focus on computational additive manufacturing enabled materials discovery and the development of a holistic computational AM framework to enable multi-material AM for engineering, especially, discovery of new materials and processing route for biomedical application. A high-fidelity multi-physics multi-scale modelling approach for accurate tracking of surface shape, thermo-capillary dynamics and vaporisation is developed and used to search for new materials with processable conditions to have desired micro/nanostructure and controllable property. The computational materials engineering framework serves as a science-based tool to enable materials discovery with precise processing route using multi-material AM.