Research topics:

• Fundamental Investigation and Industrial Application with the Integrated Materials and Process Design
• Integration of first-principles methods, computational thermodynamics and Kinetics
• Microstructural evolution
• Metal and Alloys
• Structural Ceramics
• Functional Ceramics
• Construction Materials
• Computational materials design

Projects

1- The Novel Hybrid Ab Initio Model of High-Performance Structural Alloys Design for Fossil Energy Power Plants (DOE-NETL Project #: DE-FE-0030585)

2-Thermodynamic Investigation of Yttria-stabilized Zirconia (YSZ)

3-The effect of oxygen and sintering parameters on Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) of B4C

4.-The Application of Lanthanum Based-Chromite Perovskites in Oxygen Transport Membrane (OTM) (American Chemical Society PRF# 54190-DNI10)

5.-The Phase Stability of Piezoelectric  [(1-x)Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃]-xPbTiO₃ (PMN-PT) Ceramics (FY16, FY17 ONR Summer Faculty Research Program)

6.The Thermodynamic Evaluation and Modeling of Grade 91 Alloy Through the CALPHAD Approach (DOE-NETL Project #: DE-FE-0027800)

MQP Projects

1. Modelling and Testing Aluminum Based High Entropy Alloys (2018-2019)

2.Binder Burnout Investigation on Lanthanum Strontium Manganite (2019-2020)

3. Development of an F-State Aluminum Alloy (2019-2020)

4.TENSILE BAR MANUFACTURING AND PROCESSING FOR THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH ENTROPY ALUMINUM ALLOYS (2019-2020)

Acknowledgment

IMPD group greatly appreciate the funding support from the following sponsors: