Jing Zhang

Jing Zhang

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Purdue University in Indianapolis, by courtesy)

SL 260
723 W. Michigan St.
Indianapolis, IN 46202
zhan2437@purdue.edu
Phone: 317-278-7186

Degrees

  • Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, 07/2004
  • B.A. Manufacturing Engineering, Beihang University, 03/1999
  • B.A. Metal Forming, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 07/1996

Research Interests

  • Additive manufacturing or 3D printing
  • Renewable energy (thermal barrier coating, lithium ion battery, hydrogen transport membrane, solid oxide fuel cell)
  • Multi-scale modeling (finite element method, discrete element method, molecular dynamics, ab initio method)
  • Coupled phenomena (thermal and electrical properties, mass transport), and their applications to processing (additive manufacturing, powder metallurgy, compaction and sintering, metal forming)
  • Ceramic materials for biomedical and power generation applications