Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator
Tianjiao Lei (tlei@ua.edu)
Assistant professor, University of Alabama, Jan. 2024-present.
Postdoctoral associate, MIT, 2022-2023.
Postdoctoral researcher, UC Irvine, 2020-2022.
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2014-2019.
My research interests focus on engineering nanoscale defects, such as grain boundary complexions, shear transformation zones, and short-range ordering, to improve materials performance for structural and energy applications. I am always looking for motivated graduate students and undergraduate students. Please contact me at tlei@ua.edu.
Graduate Students
MD Fahim Khan (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering)
Graduate student, 2024/05 - present
Project: Development of sustainable aluminum alloys using grain boundary engineering
Email: mkhan30@crimson.ua.edu
Office: NERC 2059
Zayed Bin Ahmed (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering)
Graduate student: 2024/08-present
Project: Flow defects and structural ordering in metallic glassesÂ
Email: zahmed3@crimson.ua.edu
Office: NERC 3013
Group Nap Coordinators
Dorothy
Duno
Doodle