Dr. Xinghang Zhang

Dr. Xinghang Zhang

Professor

School of Materials Engineering

Purdue University

West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045

 

Office: Armstrong Hall 2225

Phone: (765) 494-1641

Email: xzhang98@purdue.edu

Curriculum vitae

Google scholar citation

Science Advances, Associate editor

Metall. Trans. A, Key reader



Research Interests:

Mechanical behavior of nanometals and thin films

Mechanical behavior of nanostructured cereamics 

Radiation damage in nanostructured metals

In-situ radiation studies in TEM

In situ nanomechanical testing in SEM and TEM

Additive manufacturing of metallic materials


Awards and Honors:

Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, Purdue University, 2022 

Richard E. Grace Faculty Research Award, Purdue University, 2021

ASM International, Fellow, 2020

TMS Brimacombe medalist award, 2018

Gulf Oil/Thomas A. Dietz Career Development Professor, TAMU, 2014 - 2016.

College of Engineering Holleran-Bowman Faculty Fellow award, TAMU, 2014.

TEES (Texas Engineering Experiment Station) fellow, TAMU, 2013.

Outstanding graduate teaching award, Mechanical Engineering Department, Texas A&M University, 2009.

NSF CAREER (DMR-Metals program), 2007-2012.

TMS Young Leader of Electronic, Magnetic, Photonic Materials Division, 2003.

Director Funded Postdoctoral Fellowship at Los Alamos National Laboratory 2002 - 2004.


Education

Ph.D., Materials Science & Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 2001

M. S., Materials Science & Engineering, Institute of Metal Research, Shenyang, China, 1998

B. S., Materials Science & Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, China, 1995