Jing Zhang

Jing Zhang

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University Indianapolis

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering (by courtesy), School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University West Lafayette

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