Yufeng Zheng
University of North Texas
Materials Science and Engineering
(940) 369-7591
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Education

PhD, Ohio State University, 2013.
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Dissertation Title: Nucleation Mechanisms of Refined Alpha Microstructure in Beta Titanium Alloys
MS, Ohio State University, 2010.
Major: Materials Science and Engineering

Professional Memberships

Member, American Society for Metals (ASM International). (January 1, 2020 – Present).

Member, Materials Research Society (MRS). (January 1, 2019 – Present).

Member, Microscopy Society of America (MSA). (January 1, 2014 – Present).

Member, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS). (January 1, 2011 – Present).

Member, Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST). (January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2023).

Development Activities Attended

Conference Attendance,"Emerging Leaders Alliance Conference," TMS, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America. (September 25, 2023 – September 27, 2023).

Workshop,"New Investigator Academy," UNT, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (September 7, 2023 – September 7, 2023).

Workshop,"2023 ABET Symposium," ABET, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America. (April 20, 2023 – April 21, 2023).

Awards and Honors

2023 TMS Young Leaders Professional Development Award, TMS Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division (MPMD). (March 1, 2023 – Present).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
MTSE 5620, Scanning Electron and Ion Microscopy, 2 courses.
MTSE 5625, Scanning Electron and Ion Microscopy Laboratory, 1 course.
MTSE 6940, Individual Research, 4 courses.
MTSE 6950, Doctoral Dissertation, 1 course.

Teaching at Other Institutions

University of Nevada Reno, Ferrous and Non-ferrous Alloys, MSE 420/620, Spring 2023.

University of Nevada Reno, Materials Characterization, MSE 415/615, Fall 2022.

University of Nevada Reno, Electron Microscopy, MSE 710, Spring 2022.

University of Nevada Reno, Physical Metallurgy, MSE 460/703, Fall 2021.

University of Nevada Reno, Physical Metallurgy Lab, MSE 460, Fall 2021.

University of Nevada Reno, Scanning Electron Microscopy, MSE 417/617, Fall 2021.

University of Nevada Reno, Scanning Electron Microscopy Lab, MSE 417/617, Fall 2021.

University of Nevada Reno, Special Topic (Ferrous and Non-ferrous Alloys), MSE 495/695, Spring 2021.

University of Nevada Reno, Materials Characterization, MSE 415/615, Fall 2020.

University of Nevada Reno, Electron Microscopy, MSE 710, Spring 2020.

Directed Student Learning

Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Materials Science and Engineering. (2023 – Present).

Major Professor, Materials Science and Engineering. (2023 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Chair,"Understanding the Roles of Defects in the Microstructural Evolution in Metastable Beta Titanium Alloys," Materials Science and Engineering. (September 1, 2023 – May 1, 2024).

Awards and Honors

Undergraduate Research Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, University of Nevada Reno. (May 1, 2023 – Present).

Nominated for: Undergraduate Research Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, University of Nevada Reno. (May 1, 2022 – Present).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Journal Article
Hao, M., Wang, D., Wang, Y., Zhang, T., Li, P., Guo, Y., Sun, Q., Zheng, Y., Wang, Y. (2024). Heterogeneous Precipitate Microstructure Design in β-Ti Alloys by Regulating the Cooling Rate. Acta Materialia. 269, 119810.
Luo, K., Han, X., Cappola, J., Li, D., Zheng, Y., Li, L., Yan, F., An, Q. (2024). Hyper-Elastic Deformation via Martensitic Phase Transformation in CdTe. Advanced Engineering Materials. 2302076.
Prithiv, T., Kloenne, Z., Das, S. M., Zheng, Y., Raabe, D., Fraser, H. L., Gault, B., Antonov, S. (2024). Mechanism of Grain Boundary α Precipitation in the Metastable β-Titanium Ti-5Al-5Mo-5V-3Cr. Acta Materialia. 272, 119955.
Su, Y., Liang, C., Sun, X., Zhang, H., Liang, Q., Zheng, Y., Hao, Y., Yang, R., Wang, D., Banerjee, D., Wang, Y. (2023). Composition-dependent Shuffle-shear Coupling and Shuffle-regulated Strain Glass Transition in Compositionally Modulated in Ti-Nb Alloys. Acta Materialia. 246, 118697.
Han, X., Li, D., Zhou, J., Zheng, Y., Kong, L., Li, L., Yan, F. (2023). Electrospun Single-Phase Spinel Magnetic High Entropy Oxide Nanoparticles via Low-Temperature Ambient Annealing. 5, 3075-3083. Nanoscale Advances.
Mantri, S., Dasari, S., Sharma, A., Zheng, Y., Fraser, H., Banerjee, R. (2023). Role of Aluminum rejection from isothermal $\omega$ precipitates on the formation of $\alpha$ precipitates in the metastable $\beta$-titanium alloy Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al. Scripta Materialia. 234, 115565. Pergamon.
Mantri, S., Dasari, A., Sharma, A., Zheng, Y., Fraser, H., Banerjee, R. (2023). Role of Aluminum Rejection from Isothermal ω Precipitates on the Formation of α Precipitates in the Metastable β -Titanium Alloy Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al. Scripta Materialia. 234, 115565.
Chen, G., Li, D., Zheng, Y., Qi, L. (2023). Stability and Growth Kinetics of {112} Twin Embryos in β-Ti Alloys. Acta Materialia. 263, 119520.
Pan, Q., Kapoor, M., Mileski, S., Li, D., Yang, J., Zheng, Y., Carsley, J., Lou, X. (2023). Phase Transformation and Microstructure Evolution in Al-Mn-Fe-Si 3104 Aluminum Alloy Made by Laser Directed Energy Deposition. Additive Manufacturing. 77, 103979.
Amin, A., Li, D., Duan, X., Vijayaraghavan, S., Menon, H., Wall, J., Weaver, M., Cheng, M., Zheng, Y., Li, L., Yan, F. (2022). Enhanced Efficiency and Stability in Sb2S3 Seed Layer Buffered Sb2Se3 Solar Cells. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 9, 2200547.
Wang, Y., Hao, M., Li, D., Li, P., Liang, Q., Wang, D., Zheng, Y., Sun, Q., Wang, Y. (2022). Enhanced Mechanical Properties of Ti-5Al-5Mo-5V-3Cr-1Zr by Bimodal Lamellar Precipitate Microstructures via Two-step Aging. Materials Science & Engineering: A. 829, 142117.
Sukumar, P., Kloenne, Z., Li, D., Shi, R., Zheng, Y., Fraser, H., Gault, B., Antonov, S. (2022). Grain Boundary Segregation and Its Implications regarding the Formation of the Grain Boundary α Phase in the Metastable β-Titanium Ti-5Al-5Mo-5V-3Cr Alloy. Scripta Materialia. 207, 114320.
Zhang, X., Li, D., Zheng, Y., Shojae, P., Trabia, M., O'Toole, B., Lin, D., Mushongera, L., Liao, Y. (2022). In-situ Synthesis of Ti5Si3-Reinforced Titanium Matrix Nanocomposite by Selective Laser Melting: Quasi-continuous Reinforcement Network and Enhanced Mechanical Performance. Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 309, 117752.
Shi, R., Li, D., Antonov, S., Liu, X., Zheng, Y. (2022). Origin of Morphological Variation of Grain Boundary Precipitates in Titanium Alloys. Scripta Materialia. 214, 114651.
Zheng, Y., Banerjee, R., Wang, Y., Fraser, H. L., Banerjee, D. (2022). Pathways to Titanium Martensite. Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals. 75, 1051-1068.
Zhao, S., Liang, Q., Wang, D., Ji, Y., Wang, Y., Zheng, Y., Ding, X., Mills, M., Ren, X., Wang, Y. (2022). Quasi-linear Superelasticity with Ultralow Modulus in Tensile Cyclic Deformed NiTi Strain Glass. Advanced Engineering Materials. 2200239.
Amin, A., Guo, L., Vijayaraghavan, S., Li, D., Duan, X., Menon, H., Wall, J., Gupta, S., Cheng, M. M., Zheng, Y., Li, L., Yan, F. (2022). Solution-Processed Vanadium Oxides as a Hole-Transport Layer for Sb2Se3 Thin-Film Solar Cells. Solar Energy. 231, 1-7.
Liang, Q., Zhao, S., Wang, D., Ji, Y., Wang, Y., Zheng, Y., Ren, X., Mills, M., Wang, Y. (2022). Strain States and Unique Properties in Cold-Rolled TiNi Shape Memory Alloys. Acta Materialia. 231, 117890.
Sharma, A., Soni, V., Dasari, S., Mantri, S., Zheng, Y., Fraser, H., Banerjee, R. (2021). Fine Scale α Precipitation in Ti-19at%V in the Absence of Influence from ω Precipitates. Scripta Materialia. 196, 113766.
Vijayaraghavan, S., Wall, J., Menon, H., Duan, X., Guo, L., Almin, A., Han, X., Kong, L., Zheng, Y., Li, L., Yan, F. (2021). Interfacial Engineering with NiOx Nanofibers as Hole Transport Layer for Carbon-based Perovskite Solar Cells. Solar Energy. 230, 591-597.
Antonov, S., Shi, R., Li, D., Kloenne, Z., Zheng, Y., Fraser, H., Raabe, D., Gault, B. (2021). Nucleation and Growth of α Phase in a Metastable β-Titanium Ti-5Al-5Mo-5V-3Cr Alloy: Influence from the Nano-scale, ordered-orthorhombic Oʺ Phase and α Compositional Evolution. Scripta Materialia. 194, 113672.
Ma, K., Zheng, Y., Dasari, S., Zhang, D., Fraser, H., Banerjee, R. (2021). Precipitation in Nanostructured Alloys: a Brief Review. 46, 250-257. MRS Bulletin.
Shi, R., Gao, Y., Li, D., Zhao, W., Zheng, Y. (2021). Recent Advances in the Design of Novel β-Titanium Alloys using Computational Simulation and Advanced Characterization. Advanced Engineering Materials. 2100152.
Li, D., Zhang, X., Zhao, W., Merrill, D., Myer, N., Antonov, S., Liao, Y., Zheng, Y. (2021). The Role of High-Index Twinning on Hierarchical α Microstructure in Metastable β-Titanium Ti-5Al-5Mo-5V-3Cr Alloy. JOM. 73, 2303-2311.
Zhang, X., Li, D., Liao, Y., Zheng, Y. (2021). Three-dimensional Characterization of Selective Laser Melted Graphene Oxide-Reinforced Ti-48Al-2Cr-2Nb Alloy. JOM. 73, 1795-1803.
Lu, S., Antonov, S., Li, L., Liu, C., Liu, X., Zheng, Y., Fraser, H., Feng, Q. (2020). Atomic Structure and Segregation Behavior of Creep Defects in a Co-Al-W-based Single Crystal Superalloys under High Temperature and Low Stress. Acta Materialia. 190, 16-28.
Mantri, S., Alam, T., Zheng, Y., Williams, J., Banerjee, R. (2020). Influence of Post Deposition Annealing on Microstructure and Properties of Laser Additive Manufactured Titanium Copper Alloys. Additive Manufacturing. 32, 101067.
Ackerman, A., Vorontsov, V., Bantounas, I., Zheng, Y., Chang, Y., McAuliffe, T., Clark, W., Fraser, H., Gault, B., Rugg, D., Dye, D. (2020). Interface Characteristics in an α+β Titanium Alloy. 4, 013602. Physical Review Materials.
Gao, Y., Zheng, Y., Fraser, H., Wang, Y. (2020). Intrinsic Coupling Between Twinning Plasticity and Transformation Plasticity in β Titanium Alloys: a Symmetry and Pathway Analysis. Acta Materialia. 196, 488-504.
Antonov, S., Kloenne, Z., Gao, Y., Wang, D., Wang, Y., Feng, Q., Fraser, H., Zheng, Y. (2020). Novel Deformation Twinning System in a Cold Rolled High-strength Metastable- β Ti-5Al-5Mo-5V-3Cr Alloy. 9, 100614. Materialia.
Deng, P., Yin, H., Song, M., Li, D., Zheng, Y., Prorok, B., Lou, X. (2020). On the Thermal Stability of Dislocation Cellular Structures in Additively Manufactured Austenitic Stainless Steels: Roles of Heavy Element Segregation and Stacking Fault Energy. JOM. 72, 4232-4243.
Soni, V., Gwalani, B., Alam, T., Dasari, S., Zheng, Y., Senkov, O., Miracle, D., Banerjee, R. (2020). Phase Inversion in a Two-phase, BCC + B2, Refractory High Entropy Alloy. Acta Materialia. 185, 89-97.
Soni, V., Senkov, O., Couzinie, J., Zheng, Y., Gwalani, B., Banerjee, R. (2020). Phase Stability and Microstructure Evolution in a Ductile Refractory High Entropy Alloy. 9, 100569. Materialia.
Antonov, S., Zheng, Y., Sosa, J., Fraser, H., Cormier, J., Kontis, P., Gault, B. (2020). Plasticity Assisted Redistribution of Solutes Leading to Topological Inversion during Creep of Superalloys. Scripta Materialia. 186, 287-292.
Zhang, D., Qiu, D., Gibson, M., Zheng, Y., Fraser, H., Prasad, A., StJohn, D., Easton, M. (2020). Refining Prior-β Grains of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy Through Yttrium Addition. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 841, 155733.
Zhang, X., Mao, B., Liao, Y., Zheng, Y. (2020). Selective Laser Melting of Graphene Oxide-Reinforced Ti-48Al-2Cr-2Nb: Improved Manufacturability and Mechanical Strength. 35, 1998-2005.
Zheng, Y., Antonov, S., Feng, Q., Banerjee, R., Banerjee, D., Fraser, H. (2020). Shuffle-induced Modulated Structure and Heating-induced Ordering in the Metastable β-Titanium Alloy. Scripta Materialia. 176, 7-11.
Liang, Q., Wang, D., Zheng, Y., Zhao, S., Hao, Y., Yang, R., Banerjee, D., Fraser, H., Wang, Y. (2020). Shuffle-nanodomain Regulated Strain Glass Transition in Ti-24Nb-4Zr-8Sn Alloy. Acta Materialia. 186, 415-424.
Liang, Q., Kloenne, Z., Zheng, Y., Wang, D., Antonov, S., Gao, Y., Hao, Y., Yang, R., Wang, Y. (2020). The Role of Nano-scaled Structural Non-uniformities on Deformation Twinning and Stress-induced Transformation in a Cold Rolled Multifunctional β-Titanium Alloy. Scripta Materialia. 177, 181-185.
Gao, Y., Ke, J., Mao, B., Liao, Y., Zheng, Y., Aagesen, L. (2020). Twinning Path Determined by Broken Symmetry: a Revisit to Deformation Twinning in Hexagonal Close-packed Titanium and Zirconium. 4, 070601. Physical Review Materials.
Zhang, D., Qiu, D., Gibson, M., Zheng, Y., Fraser, H., StJohn, D., Easton, M. (2019). Additive Manufacturing of Ultrafine-grained High-strength Titanium Alloys. Nature. 576, 91-95.
Su, Y., Wang, K., Gao, J., Yang, Y., Qin, Y., Zheng, Y., Zhu, D. (2019). Enhanced cytocompatibility and antibacterial property of zinc phosphate coating on biodegradable zinc materials. Acta Biomaterialia. 98, 174--185. Elsevier.

Presentations Given

Invited Seminar

Zheng, Y. (Author & Presenter), CHE Seminar Series at Oklahoma State University, Forging a Sustainable Future: Advancements in Manufacturing, Characterization, and Development of Titanium Alloys for Structural Excellence, Stillwater, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Invited Talk

Zheng, Y. (Author & Presenter), Possibilities and Limitations of Quantitative Materials Modeling and Characterization 2024, Nanostructures and Deformation Twins in Metastable Beta Titanium Alloys, Bernkastel- Kues, Germany, Germany. (2024 – 2024).

Zheng, Y. (Author & Presenter), Advanced Material Design Workshop, Microstructure Engineering in Titanium Alloys for a Greener Future, Paris, France, France. (2024 – 2024).

Zheng, Y. (Author & Presenter), TMS 2024 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Shuffle Transformation in Titanium Alloys, Orlando, Florida, United States of America. (2024 – 2024).

Oral Presentation

Li, D. (Author), Zhang, X. (Author), Fields, S. (Author), Shi, R. (Author), Liao, Y. (Author), Zheng, Y. (Author & Presenter), MS&T 2023 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Studying Nanoscale Ti5Si3 Quasi-continuous Network in the Selective Laser Melted Titanium Matrix Nanocomposite, Columbus, OH, United States of America. (2023 – ).

Pillai, D. (Author), Fields, S. (Author), Li, D. (Author), Zheng, Y. (Author & Presenter), MS&T 2023 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Tuning the Precipitate Microstructure in the Selective Laser Melted Ti-6Al-2Sn-4Zr-2Mo Alloy via Post Heat Treatment, Columbus, OH, United States of America. (2023 – ).

Fields, S. (Author), Li, D. (Author), Pillai, D. (Author), Zheng, Y. (Author & Presenter), MS&T 2023 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Understanding the Microstructure and Deformation Behavior in the Selective Laser Melted Ti-5Al-5Mo-5V-3Cr Alloy, Columbus, OH, United States of America. (2023 – ).

Fields, S. (Author & Presenter), Li, D. (Author), Zheng, Y. (Author), MS&T 2023 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Understanding the Microstructure Evolution Pathway during the Post Heat Treatment in the Direct Energy Deposited Ti-5Al-5Mo-5V-3Cr Alloy, Columbus, OH, United States of America. (2023 – ).

Media Contributions

Internet
"$2M to fast track stronger alloys-Machine-learning could guide engineers towards harder and tougher metal," MICHIGAN ENGINEERING NEWS. (October 13, 2023).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research
Zheng, Y., "CAREER: Understanding the Roles of Nanoprecipitates in the Advanced Metastable Titanium Alloys," Sponsored by NSF, Federal, $520583 Funded. (October 1, 2023 – Present).
Zheng, Y., "Understanding the Role of Residual Stress Gradients on Plastic Strain Recovery in Nanocrystalline Thin Films," Sponsored by NSF, Federal, $413161 Funded. (October 1, 2023 – Present).
Zheng, Y., "Collaborative Research: DMREF: Al-enabled Automated Design of Ultrastrong and Ultraelastic Metallic Alloys," Sponsored by NSF, Federal, $499916 Funded. (January 15, 2024 – September 30, 2027).

Awards and Honors

NSF EPSCoR Research Fellow, National Science Foundation. (February 1, 2023 – Present).

NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Awardee, NSF. (August 1, 2022 – Present).

Nominated for: Aaronson Award for Excellent Young Researcher, International Conference on Solid-Solid Phase Transformation in Inorganic Materials. (August 1, 2015 – Present).

Service

University Service

Committee Chair, MTSE Website, Publicity, Outreach Committee. (January 16, 2024 – Present).

Co-Director, Materials Research Facility. (November 1, 2023 – Present).

Professional Service

Program Organizer, TMS 2025 Recent Advances in Titanium Science and Technology: SMD Symposium Honoring Professor Dipankar Banerjee. (September 1, 2023 – Present).

Committee Chair, TMS Titanium Committee. (March 1, 2023 – Present).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Acta Materialia. (2023 – Present).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Advanced Engineering Materials. (2023 – Present).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Materialia. (2023 – Present).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Materials Science and Engineering A. (2023 – Present).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. (2023 – Present).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, NSF. (2023 – Present).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Philosophical Magazine. (2023 – Present).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Scientific Advances. (2023 – Present).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Scientific Reports. (2023 – Present).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Scripta Materialia. (2023 – Present).

Committee Member, TMS Additive Manufacturing Committee. (March 1, 2020 – Present).

Committee Member, TMS Young Professionals Committee. (2020 – Present).

Committee Member, TMS Phase Transformation Committee. (2017 – Present).

Reviewer, Grant Proposal, DOE NEUP. (2024 – 2024).

Program Organizer, TMS 2024 Advances in Titanium Technology Symposium. (March 22, 2023 – March 7, 2024).

Program Organizer, TMS 2024 Hume-Rothery Symposium on Alloy Microstructure Science and Engineering Symposium. (March 22, 2023 – March 7, 2024).

Reviewer, Grant Proposal, DOE NEUP. (2023 – 2023).

Attendee, Meeting, Emerging Leaders Alliance Conference. (September 24, 2023 – September 27, 2023).

Session Chair, TMS 2023 Advances in Titanium Technology Session I. (March 19, 2023 – March 23, 2023).

Program Organizer, TMS 2023 Advances in Titanium Technology. (January 1, 2023 – March 23, 2023).

Awards and Honors

Acta Journals’ Outstanding Reviewer, Acta Journals. (February 1, 2021 – Present).

Acta Journals’ Outstanding Reviewer, Acta Journals. (February 1, 2019 – Present).