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Research Interests:
- Polymer derived ceramics and composites
- High temperature and harsh environment materials
- Machine learning and simulation in materials processing
- Material synthesis, processing, and fundamental studies
- Composites, hybrids, functionally/structurally graded materials, porous materials
- Materials under non-equilibrium conditions
- Coatings
Education:
- B.S., Ceramics, Tianjin University, China
- M.S., Ceramics, Tianjin University, China
- M.S., MSE, Ohio State University
- Ph.D., MSE, Ohio State University
Honors and Awards:
- 2025: Materials Letters Advisory Editorial Board
- 2024-2025: President of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society
- 2023-2024: Editor of Materials Letters
- 2023: The American Ceramic Society’s Arthur L. Friedberg Ceramic Engineering Tutorial and Lecture Award
- 2022: Board of Trustees of the Science Museum of Virginia
- 2022: The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) Fellow
- 2022: Editorial Review Board Member of International Materials Reviews
- 2021-2026: Board of Directors of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society
- 2020: VEBELO Scientist Award
- 2020: ELATES (Executive Leadership in Academic Technology, Engineering and Science) Fellow
- 2020: Fulbright Distinguished Chair Award
- 2017: Fellow of the American Ceramic Society
- 2015: Virginia Tech Alumni Award for Research Excellence
- 2015: Associate Editor of Journal of the American Ceramic Society
- 2018: JOM Journal Advisor and Guest Editor
- 2014: Editorial Review Board of Frontiers in Energy Research, section Fuel Cells
- 2014: Editorial Board Member of Annals of Material Science & Engineering
- 2012: College of Engineering Faculty Fellow Award, Virginia Tech
- 2011: Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- 2008: Karl Schwartzwalder- Professional Achievement in Ceramic Engineering Award, American Ceramic Society
- 2005: Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, Oak Ridge Associated Universities
- 2001: P/M Metallography Competition Award, APMI International
Professional Affiliations:
- The American Ceramic Society
- Materials Research Society
- TMS, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
- Alpha Sigma Mu International Professional Honor Society
- National Institute of Ceramic Engineers