People

Principal Investigator



Ting Zhu

Carter N. Paden, Jr. Distinguished Chair for Innovation in Materials Science and Metals Processing
Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology






Experience

2015 – now, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
2010 – 2015, Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
2005 – 2010, Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
2004 – 2005, Postdoctoral Associate in Professor Zhigang Suo‘s group at Harvard University
2001 – 2004, Research Assistant in Professor Sidney Yip‘s group at MIT

Education

Ph.D., 2004, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Ph.D., 1999, Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, China
B.S., 1995, Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, China

Honors and Awards

  • Materials Division Centennial Mid-Career Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2023)
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2015)
  • Young Investigator Medal, Society of Engineering Science (2014)
  • Sia Nemat-Nasser Early Career Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2013)

Graduate Students

Kunqing DingKunqing Ding

B.S., University of Science and Technology of China
Research: Multiscale modeling




Yipin SiYipin Si

B.S., Tongji University
Research: Nanomechanics




Zifeng WangZifeng Wang

B.S., Qingdao University of Science and Technology
M.S., University of Akron
Research: Atomistic modeling



Yazhuo LiuYazhuo Liu

B.S., Southern University of Science and Technology
Research: Multiscale modeling




Joshua Kempfert

B.S., University of Florida
Research: Multiscale modeling


Postdoc

XingLiuXing Liu

Postdoc, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ph.D., Brown University
Research: Multiscale modeling


Alumni

Shan Huang

Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology (2011)
M.S., University of Notre Dame
B.S., University of Science and Technology of China
Research: Lithium-ion batteries


Yuan Zhong

Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology (2012)
B.S., Tsinghua University, China
Research: NiTi shape memory alloys



Sankar Narayanan

Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology (2014)
M.S., Northwestern University
B-Tech, National Institute of Technology, Calicut
Research: Irradiation damage

Feifei Fan

Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology (2015)
M.S., University of Nevada, Reno
B.S., Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Current position: Associate professor, University of Nevada, Reno



Zhi Zeng

Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology (2017)
M.S., Fudan University
B.S., Fudan University
Research: Heterogeneous nanostructured materials


hlou_150x150Hao Luo

Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology (2017)
B.S., Peking University
Research: Lithium-ion batteries



Dengke2Dengke Chen

Postdoc, Georgia Institute of Technology (2016-2020)
Ph.D., University of Houston
Research: Hydrogen embrittlement


Yin ZhangYin Zhang

Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology (2021)
B.S., Peking University
Research: Heterogeneous nanostructured materials


BaolinWang

Baolin Wang

Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology (2022)
M.S., Chinese Academy of Sciences
B.S., University of Science and Technology of China
Research: Chemomechanics