Dr. Jingjing Qing, Assistant Professor, received her Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering in 2016 from Missouri University of Science & Technology. She then worked as an Assistant Research Professor and a Sr. Research Specialist on Electron Microscopies at Missouri University of Science & Technology before coming to Georgia Southern. Her research interests include metal solidification, ferrous metal casting, ferrous microstructures, materials characterization and metal failure analysis. Her expertise include metallography of ferrous metals and non-ferrous metals and materials characterization using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electron back scattered diffraction (EBSD), focus ion beam (FIB), and transmission electron microcopy (TEM).