Principal Investigator
Ting Zhu
Woodruff Professor
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 Ding
B.S., University of Science and Technology of China
Research: Multiscale modeling
Yipin Si
B.S., Tongji University
Research: Nanomechanics
Zifeng Wang
B.S., Qingdao University of Science and Technology
M.S., University of Akron
Research: Atomistic modeling
Yazhuo Liu
B.S., Southern University of Science and Technology
Research: Multiscale modeling
Joshua Kempfert
B.S., University of Florida
Research: Multiscale modeling
Postdoc
Xing 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
Hao Luo
Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology (2017)
B.S., Peking University
Research: Lithium-ion batteries
Dengke Chen
Postdoc, Georgia Institute of Technology (2016-2020)
Ph.D., University of Houston
Research: Hydrogen embrittlement
Yin Zhang
Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology (2021)
B.S., Peking University
Research: Heterogeneous nanostructured materials
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