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Education:
PhD Materials Science Pennsylvania State University 2005
MS Materials Science and Engineering Sichuan University 2000
Dr. Yu Zhong joined WPI as an Associate Professor. He received his Ph.D. from Penn State (2005). After a short-term working as Research Associate, he joined Saint-Gobain High Performance Research Center in Northborough, MA. He had spent his 8-year career there working as an internal technical consultant focusing on the application of thermodynamics and kinetics to various materials R&D projects. In 2013, He moved to Florida International University (FIU) as Assistant Professor. He received the TMS FMD Young Leaders Professional Development Award in 2016 and ONR summer faculty fellowship in 2015, 2016, and 2017. Dr. Zhong has more than 50 peer-reviewed journal papers published/accepted, 2 book chapters, and 2 patents. His research is currently supported by Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Lab (NETL), Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP), and Solar Energy Technology Office (SETO), National Science Foundation (NSF), American Chemical Society (ACS), and Advance Casting Research Center (ACRC).
Email
yzhong@wpi.edu
Office Location
WB 312
Contact
Fax:
508-831-7158
1 Post-Doc and 3 graduate students with DFT and CALPHAD approach are needed
Research Interests
Research Interests:
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
Oxygen Transport Membrane
Light Alloys including: Magnesium alloys and Aluminum alloys
Piezo Materials
Lithium Ion Battery: Electrode and Electrolyte design
High performance refractory Materials, such as Al2O3, SiC, Si3N4, B4C, ZrB2, etc.
Corrosion simulation
Construction materials, like Cement, Gypsum, etc
The application of machine learning in materials
Molecular Dynamics simulations for molten salt
Scholarly Work
56. N. Li, M. Asadikiya, S. J. Heo, Y. Zhong, P. Singh, “Combined Experimental and Computational Thermodynamics Study on the Evolution Mechanism of Porous YSZ Surface Morphology in YSZ-LSM System”, Journal of Power Sources, Submitted, 2019
55. Yangyang Fan, Mohammad Asadikiya, Vadym Drozd, Yu Zhong, and Diran Apelian, “Development of an Optimized Two-Step Heat Treatment Schedule of a Novel Castable Al-Mg-Zn alloy”, Metall. Trans. A, Submitted, 2019
54. Aditya Moudgal, Sarat Buasai, Yi Jie Wu, Alexander McMahon, Mohammad Asadikiya, Adam Powell, Uday Pal, Yu Zhong, “Finite Element Analysis and Techno-Economic Modeling of Solar SiliconMolten Salt Electrolysis”, JOM, accepted, 2020
53. Shadi Darvish, Benjamin Levitas, Srikanth Gopalan, Yu Zhong, “The Application of CALPHAD Approach in LaMnO3 Synthesis From LiCl-KCl Molten Salt”, Journal of Electrochemistry Society, Submitted, 2019
52. Mei Yang, Bryer C. Sousa, Richard Smith, Hooman Sabarou, Danielle Cote, Yu Zhong, Richard D. Sisson, “Bainitic Transformations and Mechanical Properties of Austempered AISI 5160 Steel”, Metall. Trans. A, Submitted, 2020
51. Ali Jammal, Hanbo Yang, Songge Yang, Yu Zhong, Yiming Rong, Gang Wang, “Thermodynamic calculation and characterization of carbide precipitation in laser-deposited material for high speed steel alloy”, Materials Characterization, submitted, 2019
50. Songge Yang, Jun Lu, Fangzhou Xing, Lijun Zhang, Yu Zhong, “Revisit the VEC rule in high entropy alloys (HEAs) with high-throughput CALPHAD approach and its applications for material design-A case study with Al–Co–Cr–Fe–Ni system“, Acta Materialia, Vol.192, 2020, pp.11-19
49. Hooman Sabarou, Rui Wang, Yu Zhong, “The Origin of the Phase Separation in (La0.8Sr0.2)0.95(CrxFe1-x)O3±δ Perovskites for Oxygen Transport Membranes Applications”, Solid State Ionics, Vol.349, 115293, 2020
48. Andrew Smith, Mohammad Asadikiya, Jiuhua Chen, and Yu Zhong, “The Compositional Optimization and Secondary Phases Evaluation Regarding the Creep Resistance in Grade 91 Steel through the CALPHAD approach”, Computational Materials Science, Vol.177, 109591, 2020
47. Ali Jammal, JiaXin Zhao, HanBo Yang, SongGe Yang, Yu Zhong, Yiming Rong, Gang Wang, “Multi-scale modelling of solidification and microstructure evolution in laser-deposition of T15 high speed steel”, Journal of Manufacturing Processes, Vol.50, pp.24-33, 2020
46. Mohammad Asadikiya, Vadym Drozd, Songge Yang, Yu Zhong, “Enthalpies and Elastic Properties of Ni-Co Binary System by ab initio Calculations and an Energy Comparison with the CALPHAD Approach”, Materials Today Communications, Vol.23, 100905, 2020
45. A. Smith, M. Asadikiya, M. Yang, J. Chen, Y. Zhong, “Investigation of the Creep Resistance in Grade 91 Steel Through Computational Thermodynamics” Engineering, in press, 2019
Professional Affiliations
Professional Affiliations:
American Society of Metal (ASM International)
The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS)
The American Ceramic Society (ACERS)
The Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST)
Sigma Xi
Professional Highlights & Honors
Professional Highlights & Honors:
ONR Summer Faculty Fellow Award
2017
ONR
TMS FMD Young Leaders Professional Development Award
2016
TMS
American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Award
2014
ACS
Nomination Award, The Ilya Prigogine Prize of Thermodynamics
2007
