Academic Staff

BEng (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University), PhD (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)

Area of Specialization

• Green, out-of-autoclave manufacturing of high-performance CFRP composites
• Structural energy storage
• Additive manufacturing of nanocomposite aerogels
• Thermal-optical management
  
   

Short Description

Prof. Kit Ying Chan received first-class honours, BEng Degree (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2015, and PhD Degree in Materials Engineering from Swinburne University of Technology, Australia in 2020. After completion of her PhD, Prof. Chan served as a Research Associate with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from 2020 to 2021, and as Post-doctoral Fellow with The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) from 2021 to 2022. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering (AAE) at PolyU.

2026 – 2029 PhD recruitment and potential research topics (but not limited to follows):

• Multifunctional aerogel-based interleaves for future aerospace-graded carbon fibre reinforced polymer composites
• Adaptive interleaves for sustainable, out-of-autoclave manufacturing of high-performance CFRP structures
• Structural energy storage composites for greener, longer-endurance UAVs
• Multifunctional cooling nanocomposite films for energy-efficient passive cooling

Recruitment

We have Research Assistant / Post-doctoral Fellow positions in multifunctional composite materials. Please send your CVs with a list of publication to Prof. Chan if you are interested.

Selected Publications

1. Xiuli Dong, Kit-Ying Chan, Xuemin Yin, Yu Zhang, Xiaomeng Zhao, Yunfei Yang, Zhenyu Wang, Xi Shen, “Anisotropic Hygroscopic Hydrogels with Synergistic Insulation-Radiation-Evaporation for High-Power and Self-Sustained Passive Daytime Cooling”, Nano-Micro Letters, 17, 240, December 2025. 
2. Miracle Hope Adegun, Kit-Ying Chan, Heng Zhang, Yunfei Yang, Xiaomeng Zhao, Xuili Dong, Xi Shen, Jinglei Yang, Jang-Kyo Kim, “Enhancing the thermal conductivity and dielectric properties of polymer composite film through segregated boron nitride nanosheets”, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 192, 108802, May 2025. 
3. Miracle Hope Adegun, Kit-Ying Chan, Jie Yang, Harun Venkatesan, Eunyoung Kim, Heng Zhang, Xi Shen, Jinglei Yang, Jang-Kyo Kim. “Anisotropic thermally superinsulating boron nitride composite aerogel for building thermal management”, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 169, 107522, June 2023. 
4. Eunyoung Kim, Kit-Ying Chan, Jie Yang, Harun Venkatesan, Miracle Hope Adegun, Heng Zhang, Jeng-Hun Lee, Xi Shen, and Jang-Kyo Kim. “Engineering anisotropic structures of thermally insulating aerogels with high solar reflectance for energy-efficient cooling applications”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 11, 7105-7114, March 2023.
5. Jie Yang, Kit-Ying Chan, Harun Venkatesan, Eunyoung Kim, Miracle Hope Adegun, Jeng-Hun Lee, Xi Shen, Jang‐Kyo Kim. “Superinsulating BNNS/PVA composite aerogels with high solar reflectance for energy-efficient buildings”, Nano-Micro Letters, 14, 54, December 2022. 
6. Kit-Ying Chan, Xi Shen, Jie Yang, Keng-Te Lin, Harun Venkatesan, Eunyoung Kim, Heng Zhang, Jeng-Hun Lee, Jinhong Yu, Jinglei Yang and Jang-Kyo Kim. “Scalable anisotropic cooling aerogels by additive freeze-casting”, Nature Communications, 13, 5553, September 2022. 
7. Kit-Ying Chan, Ardeshir Baktash, Baris Demir, Edwin L.H. Mayes, Dan Yang, Duy Quang Pham, Keng-Te Lin, Adrian P. Mouritz, Andrew S.M. Ang, Bronwyn Fox, Bo Zhu, Han Lin, Baohua Jia and Kin-Tak Lau. “Tailoring Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Graphene Oxide Film for Structural Dielectric Capacitors”, Journal of Power Sources, 482, 229020, January 2021.   
8. Kit-Ying Chan, Duy Quang Pham, Baris Demir, Dan Yang, Edwin L.H. Mayes, Adrian P. Mouritz, Andrew S.M. Ang, Bronwyn Fox, Han Lin, Baohua Jia and Kin-Tak Lau. “Graphene Oxide Thin Film Structural Dielectric Capacitors for Aviation Static Electricity Harvesting and Storage”, Composites Part B: Engineering, 201, 108375, November 2020.  
9. Baris Demir, Kit-Ying Chan, Debra J Searles. “Structural Electrolytes Based on Epoxy Resins and Ionic Liquids: A Molecular-Level Investigation”, Macromolecules, 53, 7635-7649, September 2020.
10. Kit-Ying Chan, Dan Yang, Baris Demir, Adrian P. Mouritz, Han Lin, Baohua Jia and Kin-Tak Lau. “Boosting the Electrical and Mechanical Properties of Structural Dielectric Capacitor Composites via Gold Nanoparticle Doping”, Composites Part B: Engineering, 178, 10748, December 2019.  
11. Kit-Ying Chan, Han Lin, Kun Qiao, Baohua Jia and Kin-Tak Lau. “Multifunctional Graphene Oxide Paper Embodied Structural Dielectric Capacitor based on Carbon Fibre Reinforced Composites”, Composites Science and Technology, 163, 180-190, July 2018.  
12. Kit-Ying Chan, Baohua Jia, Han Lin, Nishar Hameed, Joong-Hee Lee and Kin-Tak Lau. “A critical review on multifunctional composites as structural capacitors for energy storage”, Composite Structures, 188, 126-142, March 2018.