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Research Interests:
- Material synthesis, processing, and fundamental studies with focus on particulate materials
- Energy material selection, design, processing, and fundamental understanding
- Composites, hybrids, functionally/structurally graded materials, porous materials
- Polymer derived ceramics and composites
- Ultrahigh surface area materials, coatings
- Diversity in engineering education
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:
- 2020 Fulbright Distinguished Chair Award
- 2020 ELATES (Executive Leadership in Academic Technology, Engineering and Science) Fellow
- 2017 Fellow of the American Ceramic Society
- 2016 Virginia Tech Alumni Award for Research Excellence
- 2015 Associate Editor, Journal of the American Ceramic Society
- 2014 Editorial Review Board of Frontiers in Energy Research, section Fuel Cells
- 2014 Editorial Board Member of Annals of Materials Science & Engineering
- 2012 Virginia Tech College of Engineering Faculty Fellow Award
- 2011 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt
Foundation - 2008 Karl Schwartzwalder- Professional Achievement in Ceramic Engineering
Award - 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 Association for the Advancement of Science
- Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
- Alpha Sigma Mu International Professional Honor Society
- National Institute of Ceramic Engineers