Prof. Yong Yang (楊勇教授)
Chair Professor of Mechanics and Materials
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, & Department of Advanced Design and System Engineering
City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
PhD, 2007, Princeton University (普林斯頓大學), NJ, USA
MPhil, 2003, HKUST (香港科技大學), Hong Kong, China
BEng, 2001, Peking University (北京大學), Beijing, China
Postdocs
Dr. Yushan Geng (耿玉山博士)
PhD, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (中國科學院大學), Beijing, China, 2023
BSc, Lanzhou University of Technology (蘭州理工大學 ) , Lanzhou, Gangsu, China, 2018
Nov 2023 to present
Research topic
Tribology of high entropy materials
Dr. Zhaoqi Chen (陳兆琦博士)
PhD, City University of Hong Kong (香港城市大學)，Hong Kong, China，2026
BENG & MSc, Harbin Institute of Technology (哈爾濱工業大學), Harbin, Helongjiang, China，2021
March 2026 to present
Research topic
AI based design of strong yet ductile eutectic alloys
Dr. Zhenyu Zhang (張正雨博士)
PhD, Virginia Tech (VT), VA, USA, 2024
MS, University of California, Irvine (UCI)，CA, USA，2019
BS, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大學), Shanghai, China，2017
Plan to join us in July 2026
Current PhD Students
Mr. Hao Gong (龚浩)
BEng & MEng, Harbin Institute of Technology (哈爾濱工業大學)
August 25 2022-present
Research topic
Data driven design of nanostructured high entropy alloys via spinodal decomposition
Miss Sijia Hu (胡思佳) - Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Recipient
BENG & MENG, Central South University (中南大學), Changsha, China
Sept 2023 - present
Research topic
Design of severely distorted FCC high entropy alloys with machine learning
Miss Rong Han (韓融)
BENG, East South University (東南大學), Nanjing, China
Sept 2023 - present
Research topic
design of high entropy metallic-glass through generative machine learning
Miss Yiyu Yao (姚亦雨)
BENG, East China University of Science and Technology (華東理工大學), Shanghai, China
MSc, City University of Hong Kong (香港城市大學), Hong Kong, China
Jan 2024 - present
Research topic
2D metallic nanomaterials enabled structural/functional composites
Mr. Zhixin Li (李郅鑫)
BENG, Shandong University (山東大學), Shandong, China
(CityU-Songshan Lake Materials Labs joint PhD supervision program 城大松山湖材料實驗室聯培項目)
Sept 2023 - present
Research topic
3D printing of complex alloys
Mr. Fang Su (蘇方)
BENG, Jiangxi Agricultural University (江西農業大學), Jiangxi, China
MSc, Shenzhen University (深圳大學), Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Sept 2023 - present
Research topic
development of 2D silicon/silica for micro- and nano-mechanical systems
Mr. Ruiqi Ding (丁瑞祺)
BENG & MENG, Tianjin University (天津大學), Tianjin, China
sept 2024 - present
Research topic
Design of ductile refractory high entropy alloys
Mr. Jianxiang Zhao (趙健翔)
BENG, City University of Hong Kong (香港城市大學), Hong Kong, China
MSc, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (香港科技大學), Hong Kong , China
Sept 2024 - present
Research topic
Design of low-melting-point eutectic high entropy alloys for advanced packaging
Miss Youyuan Shi (施又元)
BENG, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (北京航天航空大學), Beijing, China
Sept 2024 - present
Research topic
nano-welding with 2D metals
Mr. Yeran Shi (石燁然)
BENG & MENG, Northwestern Polytechnical University (西北工業大學), Xi'an, China
Sept 2025 - present
Research topic
Design of spinodal high entropy alloys
Miss Shengkun Zhang (張盛坤)
BENG, Shandong University (山東大學), Jinan, Shandong Province, China
(CityU-Songshan Lake Materials Labs joint PhD supervision program 城大松山湖材料實驗室聯培項目)
Sept 2025 - present
Research topic
Artificial intelligence based design of Ti and Al based metallic glass
Mr Zhihao Ling (凌志豪)
BENG, Shandong University (山東大學), Jinan, Shandong Province, China
(CityU-Songshan Lake Materials Labs joint PhD supervision program 城大松山湖材料實驗室聯培項目)
Sept 2025 - present
Research topic
Artificial intelligence based design of soft magnetic metallic glass
Mr Yinsen Yan (顏崟森)
BSc, Fudan University (復旦大學), Shanghai, China
MSc, Nanyang Technological University (南洋理工), Singapore
Jan 2026 - present
Research topic
ML design of eutectic alloys with graded interfaces
Mr Yufei Jia (賈宇飛) - Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Recipient
BSc, MSc Northwestern Polytechnic University (西北工業大學), Xi'an, China
Plan to join us in Sept 2026
Research topic
transformation superlubricity enabled by 2D nanomaterials
Former PhD Students
City University of Hong Kong (香港城市大學)
Dr. Yifan Ye 葉一帆 博士 (June 2014 to May 2017)
PhD Thesis: Design of high entropy alloys of single phase random solid solutions (關於單相無序固溶體高熵合金的設計)
The Humboldt Research Fellowship (德國洪堡學者), 2017 (Postdoc at Max-Plank Research Institute, Germany).
2. Dr. Yumiao Lv 呂玉苗 博士 (June 2014 to May 2017)
CityU-UCAS Joint Supervision Scheme
PhD Thesis: The nanomechanical behavior of metallic glass near its surface (金屬玻璃近表面區域納米力學行為研究)
Research Scientist at Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences (中國科學院過程工程研究所), Beijing, China
3. Prof. Yuanchao Hu 胡遠超教授 (Sept 2015 to May 2018)
CityU-UCAS Joint Supervision Scheme
PhD Thesis: Structural and Dynamic Heterogeneities of Supercooled Liquids and Metallic Glasses (過冷液體和金屬玻璃的結構與動力學不均勻性研究)
Professor at Songshan Lake Materials Labs, Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China.
4. Prof. Xiaodi Liu 劉曉俤教授 (Aug 2015 to Aug 2018)
PhD Thesis: The micromechanics of creep in metallic glass (金屬玻璃蠕變行為微力學的研究)
Assistant Prof. at Shenzhen University (深圳大學), Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
5. Dr. Tao Liu 劉濤博士 (Sept 2017 to June 2019)
(CityU-UCAS Joint Supervision Program, Co-supervised with Prof. X.M. Wang of UCAS)
PhD Thesis: The Formation Mechanism and Soft Magnetic Properties of High Bs Fe-based Nanocrystalline Alloys (高飽和磁感應強度Fe基納米晶軟磁合金的形成機制及磁性能研究)
Lecturer at Wuhan University of Science and Technology (武漢科技大學), Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
6. Prof. Quanfeng He 赫全鋒教授 (Sept 2015 to Aug. 2019)
PhD Thesis: The Effect of Atomic Size and Chemical Randomness on Phase Stability of Chemically Complex Alloys (原子尺寸以及化學無序對複雜成分合金相穩定性的影響)
Postdoc at City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. 2019-2021
Senior engineer at Huawei (華為), Dongguan, Guangdong, China. 2021-2023
Associate Professor at Shanghai Jiaotong University (上海交通大學), Shanghai, China, 2023-present
7. Dr. Fucheng Li 李福成博士 (Sept 2016-Oct 2019)
PhD Thesis: Room temperature plasticity in amorphous and amorphous-nanocrystalline alloys (非晶及非晶纳米晶合金的室温塑性)
Postdoc at Institute of Physics (中科院物理所), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
8. Dr. Zhaoyi Ding 丁肇夷博士 (Sept 2016 - Aug 2020)
PhD Thesis: The Design and Development of Eutectic High Entropy Alloys with Excellent Mechanical and Functional Properties (設計與開發具有優異機械和功能特性的共晶高熵合金)
Engineer at Huawei (華為), Dongguan, Guangdong, China.
9. Prof. Dukhyun Chung 鄭德鉉教授 (Sept 2017-Sept 2020)
PhD Thesis: Fracture of Multi-principal Element Metallic Composites Based on Chemically Complex Intermetallics and FCC
Assistant Professor, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea， 2022-present.
10. Dr. Tianyu Wang 王天玉博士 (Sept 2017-Aug 2021)
PhD Thesis: Scalable Fabrication of Metallic Nanostructures Based on Polymer Surface Buckling Enabled Exfoliation: From 2D Nanosheets to Helical Tubes (基於聚合物表面翹曲剝離大面積製備金屬納米結構: 從二維納米薄膜到螺旋管)
Research engineer at HiSilicon (Shanghai) Technologies Co. Ltd (華爲海思半導體), Shanghai, China.
11. Dr. Shuo Shuang 雙碩博士 (Aug 2018-Aug 2021)
PhD Thesis: Development of Corrosion-Resistant Multi-Principal Element Alloys (耐腐蝕多主元合金的設計開發)
Engineer of Metallic Materials (金屬材料工程師) at Huawei (華為) 2012 Lab, Dongguan, Guangdong, China.
12. Dr. Ziqing Zhou 周子清博士 (June 2018-June 2022)
PhD Thesis: Machine learning guided phase design for compositionally complex alloys: From high entropy alloys to metallic glasses (機器學習指導設計成分複雜合金：從高熵合金到金屬玻璃)
Engineer at Huawei (華為), Dongguan, Guangdong, China.
13. Dr. Jingyang Zhang 張靖揚博士 (July 2018-June 2022)
PhD Thesis: Development of Strong yet Ductile Chemically Complex Metallic Films based on Structural and Chemical Design at the Nanoscale (基於納米尺度結構和化學設計開發強韌複雜成分合金薄膜 )
Engineer at Hisilicon Huawei (華為海思), Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
14. Dr. Minhyuk Park 朴民赫博士 (Sept 2019-Sept 2023)
PhD Thesis: Nanomechanical behavior of 2D inorganic nanomaterials synthesized via polymer surface buckling enabled exfoliation (聚合物表面翹曲剝離製備的 二維無機納米材料的納米力學行爲)
Postdoc at Sung Kyun Kwan University (SKKU) (成均館大學), Seoul, Korea.
15. Dr. Zhibo Zhang 張智博博士 (August 2020-Sept 2024)
PhD Thesis: Room-Temperature Superelasticity and Plasticity in Metallic Glasses and Their Derived Amorphous Nanocomposites (金屬玻璃及其衍生的非晶複合物在室溫下的超彈性和塑性行為 )
Postdoc at Toronto University (多倫多大學), Canada.
16. Prof. Hang Wang 王航教授 (Sept 2020-Sept 2024)
PhD Thesis: Multifunctional High Entropy Intermetallic Alloy Enabled by Severe Lattice Distortion (通過嚴重晶格畸變實現多功能高熵金屬閒化合物)
Assistant Professor/Lecturer, College of Science, National University of Defense Technology (國防科技大學), Changsha, Hunan, China.
17. Dr. Xiang Gao 高翔博士 (Feb 2021-Dec 2024)
PhD Thesis: Development of Metallic Nanostructures for Sustainable Hydrogen Production (研發金屬納米結構以實現可持續氫能生產)
Postdoc, CityUHK.
18. Dr. Shicheng Dai 戴仕誠博士 (Feb 2022-Nov 2025) (joint PhD program with UCAS)
PhD Thesis: Atomistic simulation of defect dynamics in multi-principal element alloys coupling to chemical short-range order (多主元合金缺陷動力學耦合化學短程序的原子模擬)
China Academy of Engineering Physics，Mianyang, Sichuan.
19. Dr. Zhaoqi Chen 陳兆琦博士 (Aug 2021-March 2026)
PhD Thesis: Machine learning guided development of advanced eutectic compositionally complex alloys (機器學習輔助開發先進共晶複合組合金屬)
Postdoc, CityUHK, 2026
20. Dr. Ziyin Yang 楊梓崯博士 (Jan 2022-Feb 2026) (joint PhD program with Songshan Lake Materials Lab)
PhD Thesis: Oxidized ultra-thin metallic glass: Thermal-mechanical behaviors and microelectronic applications (氧化超薄金屬玻璃：熱機械行為與微電子應用)
21. Dr. Yinghui Shang 商颖慧博士 (Sept 2021 - March 2026)
PhD Thesis: Rational Design of Compostionally Complex Alloys through Advanced Machine Learning Models (通過先進機器學習模型實現複雜成分合金的理性設計)
22. Dr. Weijiang Zhao 趙偉江博士 (Sept 2021 - April 2026) （joint PhD program with Central South University）
PhD Thesis: Effect of lattice distortion on the high temperature properties of novel Elinvar high entropy alloys (晶格畸變對新型艾林瓦高熵合金高溫性能的影響)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (香港理工大學)
Dr. Jianchao Ye 葉建超 博士 (May 2008 to June. 2011)
PhD Thesis: Microscale mehcanical deformation behaviors and mechanisms in bulk metallic glasses investigated with micropillar compression experiments.
Research Staff, Materials Science Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA, USA
2. Dr. Jifang Zeng 曾季芳 博士 (Sep 2009 to Feb 2013)
PhD Thesis: Micro/nano-mechanical study of deformation mechanisms and structure in amorphous metal
Engineer at Hong Kong Productivity Center (HKPC), Hong Kong, China
3. Dr. Song Wang 王松 博士 (Sep 2011 to July 2015)
PhD Thesis: Shear band nucleation and indentation size effect in metallic glass
Engineer at Nano and Advanced Materials Institute (NAMI) Limited （納米及先進材料研發院有限公司）, Hong Kong.
Former Postdocs
Prof. Haibo Ke 柯海波 教授 (PhD, CAS, Beijing, China) Nov 2012 to June 2014
Songshan Lake Materials Lab (松山湖材料实验室), Dongguan, Guandong Province, China
2. Prof. Baoan Sun 孫寶安 教授 (PhD, CAS, Beijing) July 2013 to Oct 2016
Associate Professor in Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science (中科院物理所), Beijing, China.
3. Prof. Bo Huang 黄波 教授 (PhD, CAS, Beijing) Mar 2015 to June 2016, Jan 2018 to Dec 2018.
Associate Professor at Shanghai University (上海大學), Shanghai, China.
4. Prof. Jichao Qiao 乔吉超教授 (PhD, Insa-Lyon, France) May 2017 to March 2019 (Hong Kong Scholar 香江学者)
Professor at Northwestern Polytechnic University (西北工大), Xi'an, Shanxi, China.
5. Prof. J.Q. Wang 王建国教授 (PhD, CAS, Beijing) Dec 2018 to Sept 2019
Professor at Dongguan University of Technology (东莞理工大学), Dongguan, Guandong Province, 523808, China
Huawei 2012 Lab, Songshan Lake, Dongguan, Guangdong, CN
Huawei 2012 Lab, Songshan Lake, Dongguan, Guangdong, CN
Research Staff, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Postdoc, Cambridge University, UK
Former Visiting Scholars
Former Visiting Student
Mr. Wei Li (李伟) - visiting PhD student, BEng, Shandong University (山东大學) ,
PhD, Shanghai Jiaotong University (上海交通大學) from Oct 2022 to Aug. 2023,
Mr. Chuanzheng Li (李傳政) - visiting PhD student, BEng, Shandong University (山东大學) ,
PhD, Shanghai Jiaotong University (上海交通大學) from Jun. 2023 to Jun. 2024.
Miss Sijia Hu (胡思佳) - Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Recipient
BENG & MENG, Central South University (中南大學), Changsha, China
Sept 2023 - present
Research topic
Design of severely distorted FCC high entropy alloys with machine learning
Miss Sijia Hu (胡思佳) - Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Recipient
BENG & MENG, Central South University (中南大學), Changsha, China
Sept 2023 - present
Research topic
Design of severely distorted FCC high entropy alloys with machine learning