Expertise
  1. Structure-property correlations of ceramic, high-temperature alloy, and microelectronic materials.
  2. Modeling and simulations of multi-scale and mulch-physics coupled phenomena

 

  1. Additive manufacturing or 3D printing;
  2. Renewable energy (thermal barrier coating, lithium ion battery, hydrogen transport membrane, solid oxide fuel cell);
  3. Multi-scale modeling (finite element method, discrete element method, molecular dynamics, ab initio method);
  4. Coupled phenomena (thermal and electrical properties, mass transport), and their applications to processing (additive manufacturing, powder metallurgy, compaction and sintering, metal forming);
  5. Ceramic materials for biomedical and power generation applications.
Past Affiliations

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Energy, School of Engineering and Technology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Drexel University (past)

Communities
Natural Resources Conservation, Mechanical Engineering
Degrees
PhD, Drexel University, Materials Science and Engineering, 2004
MS, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Manufacturing Engineering, 1999
BS, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China, Metal Forming, 1996
Keywords
materials engineering metallurgy
Languages
English, French
Associations
APMI
Materials Research Society
The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society