Dr Ivan Sham is the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) cum R&D Director of Construction at NAMI, a HK government-funded R&D institute on advanced materials. As the CCO, Dr Sham oversees the applications and impact of the corporate level of NAMI technologies, and strategic collaboration with the industries and various government departments. As R&D Director, he is leading a team of 35 scientists and professional engineers focusing on advanced cementitious materials, polymeric materials and structural analysis with PhDs in materials science, chemistry, engineering, etc.

Specialties:

• Innovation management and product commercialisation from applied research on construction & building materials;
• Establish collaborations with universities, research institutes and local industries.

Dr Sham is also a scholar and inventor with over 50 publications in peer-reviewed international journals and conferences, and over 15 granted patents in US/China. His research interests include nanocomposites, numerical simulation by finite element method and biomechanics. Dr Sham was a full-time visiting assistant professor for one year and a part-time lecturer for 3 semesters at his alma mater at HKUST.

(Updated as Feb 2024)