Skip to main content

Yufeng Zheng

Title: Associate Professor

Department: Materials Science and Engineering

College: College of Engineering

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

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

Current Scheduled Teaching

MTSE 3060.006Phase Transformations in MaterialsSpring 2025
MTSE 6940.229Individual ResearchFall 2024
MTSE 6940.230Individual ResearchFall 2024
MTSE 6600.001Transmission Electron MicroscopyFall 2024
MTSE 6605.001Transmission Electron Microscopy LaboratoryFall 2024

Previous Scheduled Teaching

MTSE 6950.124Doctoral DissertationSpring 2024
MTSE 6940.238Individual ResearchSpring 2024
MTSE 6940.239Individual ResearchSpring 2024
MTSE 5620.001Scanning Electron and Ion MicroscopySpring 2024 SPOT
MTSE 5620.601Scanning Electron and Ion MicroscopySpring 2024 SPOT
MTSE 5625.001Scanning Electron and Ion Microscopy LaboratorySpring 2024 SPOT
MTSE 6940.229Individual ResearchFall 2023
MTSE 6940.230Individual ResearchFall 2023

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Journal Article

  • Jia, Y., Su, H., Cao, S., Ma, Y., Wang, Q., Huang, S., Zhang, R., Hu, Q., Zheng, Y., Zheng, S., Lei, J., Yang, R. (2024). Fabrication of Highly Heterogeneous Precipitate Microstructure in an α+ β Titanium Alloy through Metastable Phase Engineering. Acta Materialia. 279 120302.
  • 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.

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. (2023).
  • Zheng, Y., "Understanding the Role of Residual Stress Gradients on Plastic Strain Recovery in Nanocrystalline Thin Films," sponsored by NSF, Federal, $413161 Funded. (2023).
  • Zheng, Y., "Collaborative Research: DMREF: Al-enabled Automated Design of Ultrastrong and Ultraelastic Metallic Alloys," sponsored by NSF, Federal, $499916 Funded. (2024 - 2027).
,
Overall
Summative Rating
Challenge and
Engagement Index
Response Rate

out of 5

out of 7
%
of
students responded
  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
CLOSE