Horst Complex

dr. Y. Quan (Yingjun)

Assistant Professor
ET-DPM-MS
Horst Complex W227
y.quan@utwente.nl
+31534894908
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Dr. Yingjun Quan is an Assistant Professor of Manufacturing Systems(MS) in the Faculty of Engineering Technology (ET) at the University of Twente. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Seoul National University (SNU) obtained in 2019. Before joining the University of Twente, he was a Research Assistant Professor at SNU, where he led a team focused on micro/nanomanufacturing processes and sensor technologies. He also served as a visiting scholar at George Washington University in the USA and as a research assistant at the Korean Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) in South Korea.

Dr. Quan’s research expertise includes advanced manufacturing processes, smart/functional materials, and sensor technologies for future manufacturing systems. During his tenure in South Korea, Dr. Quan secured research funding from the Korean government as a principal investigator and led several key research projects.

He is a Research Affiliate(RA) of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP), an international committee member of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering (KSPE), and an Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green Technology (IJPEM-GT).

Expertise

  • Material Science

    • Actuator
    • Shape Memory Effect
    • Surface (Surface Science)
    • Soft Actuator
    • Machining
    • Focused Ion Beam
    • Shear Strain

  • Engineering

    • Using Sensor

Organisations

  • Smart Manufacturing
  • Design for Manufacturing
  • Vision Technology
  • Sensor Technology

Publications

2025

Physically microencapsulated phase change materials for wide range of applicable temperatures (2025)Journal of Energy Storage, 115. Article 115951. Quan, Y. J., Lee, H. T., Chu, W. S., Patakamuri, G., Hsu, S. M. & Ahn, S. H.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2025.115951

2024

Scaling effects of manufacturing processes and actuation sources on control of remotely powered micro actuators (2024)International journal of robotics research, 43(11), 1809-1830. Heo, J.-K., Kausthubharam, Jung, M., Kim, W., Jeong, S., Song, D.-S., Quan, Y.-J., Jeon, J. H., Ribeiro de Moura, R. & Ahn, S.-H.https://doi.org/10.1177/02783649241235215

2023

Effect of fiber entanglement in chopped glass fiber reinforced composite manufactured via long fiber spray-up molding (2023)Heliyon, 9(12). Article e22170. Jeon, J. H., Yoon, C. K., Quan, Y.-J., Choi, J. Y., Hong, S., Lee, W. I., Kwon, K.-K. & Ahn, S.-H.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22170Smart Factory Transformation Using Industry 4.0 toward ESG Perspective: A Critical Review and Future Direction (2023)International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing - Smart Technology, 1(2), 165-185 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Kim, H., Quan, Y.-J., Jung, G., Lee, K.-W., Jeong, S., Yun, W.-J., Park, S. & Ahn, S.-H.https://doi.org/10.57062/ijpem-st.2022.0073Current Applications and Development of Composite Manufacturing Processes for Future Mobility (2023)International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing - Green Technology, 10(1), 269-291. Choi, J. Y., Jeon, J. H., Lyu, J. H., Park, J., Kim, G. Y., Chey, S. Y., Quan, Y.-J., Bhandari, B., Prusty, B. G. & Ahn, S.-H.https://doi.org/10.1007/s40684-022-00483-3

2022

A Camera-Based Structural Color Sensor Using Image Processing Algorithm with RGB to Hue Transformation (2022)Advanced Materials Technologies, 7(10). Article 2101671. Quan, Y.-J., Min, S.-H., Hong, S., Jeon, J. H., Kim, W.-J. & Ahn, S.-H.https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202101671Surface Nanopatterned Shape Memory Alloy (SMA)-Based Photosensitive Artificial Muscle (2022)Advanced Optical Materials, 10(5). Article 2102024. Kim, M.-S., Lee, H.-S., Cho, Y., Heo, J. K., Quan, Y.-J., Lee, S. W., Pahk, H. J. & Ahn, S.-H.https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202102024Crackless glass through-structure fabrication with laser-induced backside wet etching using detachably bonded cover (2022)CIRP annals : manufacturing technology, 71(1), 161-164. Kwon, K.-K., Song, D.-S., Quan, Y.-J., Jeon, J. H. & Ahn, S.-H.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirp.2022.04.025

2021

Interoperable nanoparticle sensor capable of strain and vibration measurement for rotor blade monitoring (2021)Sensors (Switzerland), 21(11). Article 3648. Min, S. H., Quan, Y.-J., Park, S.-Y., Lee, G.-Y. & Ahn, S.-H.https://doi.org/10.3390/s21113648Lithography-free and Highly Angle Sensitive Structural Coloration Using Fabry–Perot Resonance of Tin (2021)International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing - Green Technology, 8(3), 997-1006. Kim, Y.-G., Quan, Y.-J., Kim, M.-S., Cho, Y. & Ahn, S.-H.https://doi.org/10.1007/s40684-021-00324-9

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Courses academic year 2024/2025

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