Professor Yuntian Zhu

Former Visiting Fellow of Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study, City University of Hong Kong

Distinguished Professor at North Carolina State University, USA

Adjunct Professor and Director at Nano Heterogeneous Materials Center, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China

Fellow of Materials Research Society, USA

Fellow of The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, USA

(Period of Visit: August 2019 – December 2019)

Professor Yuntian Zhu

Contact Information

Email: ytzhu@ncsu.edu
Web: Personal Homepage
Professor Yuntian Zhu received his Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1994. Currently Professor Zhu is a distinguished professor of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolina State University. He is also an Adjunct Professor and Director at Nano Heterogeneous Materials Center, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China.

His research in recent years has focused on the deformation mechanisms at dislocation level and mechanical behaviors of heterostructured materials, nano/ultrafine-grained materials, and synthesis and processing of carbon nanotube and CNT composites. He is an experimentalist with primary interest in fundamental aspects of materials research and also in designing materials with superior strength and ductility.

Professor Zhu recently received the TMS SMD Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award, NCSU Alumni Distinguished Research Award, and ASM International Albert Sauveur Award, TMS Leadership Award, and IUMRS Sômiya Award. He has been elected Fellows of TMS, ASM International, APS and AAAS. He is among Highly Cited Researchers 2016 by Thomson Reuters.

Education

  • B.S. in Metallurgy, Hefei University of Technology, China (1979-1983)
  • M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1985-1988)
  • M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology (1989-1991)
  • Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (1991-1994)

Professional Experience

  • Assistant Engineer, Luoyang Bearing Research Institute, Luoyang, China (1983-1985)
  • Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM (1994-1997)
  • Technical Staff Member, Los Alamos National Laboratory (1997-2009)
  • Team Leader, Nanomaterials, MPA-STC, Los Alamos National Laboratory (2006-2007)
  • Associate Professor, North Carolina State University (2007-2009)
  • Professor, North Carolina State University (2009-2012)
  • Thousand Talents Professor, Dean, School of Mater. Sci. Eng.; Director, Nano & 
  • Heterogeneous Materials Center, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China (2011-2017)
  • Distinguished Professor, North Carolina State University (2012-present)
  • Adjunct Professor, Director, Nano Heterogeneous Materials Center, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China (2017-present)

Honors

  • Fellow, ASM International (2010)
  • Fellow, American Physical Society (2011)
  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2012)
  • Fellow, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) (2017) 
  • Fellow, Materials Research Society (MRS) (2019)

Awards

  • Director’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, Los Alamos National Laboratory (1994-97)
  • Achievement Award, Los Alamos National Laboratory (1999)
  • Nano50 Award, 4-cm Long Carbon Nanotubes, by Nanotech Briefs (2005)
  • Best Idea Award, Los Alamos National Lab. (2006)
  • Nano50 Award, The Ultra-Strong, Stiff, and Lightweight CNT Fiber, by Nanotech Briefs (2007)
  • TMS MPMD Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award (2010)
  • Alumni Outstanding Research Award, NC State University (2010)
  • Thousand Talents Plan Award, China (2010)
  • TMS SMD Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award (2012)
  • Special Contribution Award, Nanjing University of Science and Technology (2012)
  • Albert Sauveur Achievement Award, ASM International (2014)
  • Alcoa Foundation Distinguished Engineering Research Award, NC State University, (2014)
  • Highly Cited Researchers 2014, among top 147 in Materials Science, Thomson Reuters (ISI)
  • Leadership Award, TMS (2015)
  • IUMRS Sômiya Award, International Union of Materials Research Societies (2015)
  • Highly Cited Researchers, Thomson Reuters (ISI) (2016)
  • TE Connectivity Lecture, Penn. State University (Jan 26, 2017)
  • Lyman Handy Colloquium Lecture, University of Southern California (Sept 21, 2017)
  • Institute of Metals Lecture and Robert Franklin Mehl Award, TMS (2020)

Service to the Scientific Community

  • Fast Breaking Paper, “Producing bulk ultrafine-grained materials by severe plastic deformation,” ScienceWatch, (April 2006)
  • Fast Breaking Paper, “Sustained growth of ultralong carbon nanotube arrays for fiber spinning,” (April 2008)
  • Invited Guest Editor on a special issue for the Journal of Materials Science on Nanomaterials Science (2006)
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Materials Science (2006-present)
  • Editorial Board, Materials Science and Engineering A (2006-present)
  • Advisory Board, Advanced Engineering Materials (2006-2018)
  • Editorial Board, The Open Applied Physics Journal (2007-present)
  • Founding Editor-in-Chief, Materials Research Letters (2012-present)
  • Editorial Board, Letters on Materials (2013-present)
  • Editorial Board, Acta Metallurgica Sinica (2014-present)
  • Editorial Board, Reviews on Advanced Materials Science (2017-present)
  • Editorial Advisory Board, Reviews on Advanced Materials Materials Science (2019-present)

Committees

  • Chair, TMS Award Subcommittee (AIME Robert Lansing Hardy, Application to Practice, Cyril Stanley Smith, and Alexander Scott Distinguished Service) (2014)
  • 2013 Nanotechnology International Prize RUSNANOPRIZE Expert Group
  • Advisory Board, Jiangsu Suzhou Nanotechnology Research Institute (2011-present)
  • One of the Six Members of the International nanoSPD Steering Committee (2002-present) 
  • Past Chair, TMS MPMD Shaping and Forming Committee
  • Scientific Committee, International Conf. on Composite Eng. (2001-present) 
  • International Advisory Committee, The Joint Conference of HSLA and ISUGS’05, Sanya, China (Nov 8-10, 2005) 
  • Advisory board, International Conference on Composite Engineering (ICCE/7, 2000) 
  • International Advisory board, 1st International Conference on Nanostructured Alloys, Dushanbe, Tajikistan (2012)
  • Scientific Committee, 1st International Symposium on Machining and Mechanics of Advanced Composite Materials (ISMMC2014), Hangzhou, China (June 28-30, 2014)
  • Scientific Committee, 5th International Conference on Heat Treatment (ICHT 2015), Isfahan, Iran (Oct 6-9, 2015)
  • International Advisory Committee, 36th International Symposium on Materials Science, RisØ, Demark (Sept 7-11, 2015)
  • Scientific Committee, International Conf. of Nanomechanics and Nanocomposites, Vicenza, Italy (Sept 14-17, 2016) 
  • Advisory Committee, 4th International Conf. on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing (ICAMM-2016), Hyderabad, Telangana, India (Dec 8-10, 2016) 
  • Advisory Panel, 1st Int. Conf. on Adv. Nanotechnology in Eng. & Medical Sci., Langkawi Island, Malaysia (Nov 20-21, 2017) 
  • Advisory Committee, Carbon2019, Lexington, KY (July 14-19, 2019)
  • TMS Nanomechanical Materials Behavior Committee
  • JT. TMS-SMD/ASM-MSCTS Mechanical Behavior of Materials Committee

Society Membership

  • Member, Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society) 
  • Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science 
  • Member, Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) 
  • Member, Materials Research Society
  • Member, ASM International 
  • Member, American Physics Society

Plenary Lectures

  1. Nano 2005, Boston, MA, Nov. 10-11, 2005.
  2. 1st International Symposium on Machining and Mechanics of Advanced Composite Materials (ISMMC 2014), Hangzhou, China, June 28-30, 2014.
  3. YUCMAT 2019 (MRS-Serbia), Herceg Novi, Montenegro, Sept. 2-6, 2019.

Keynote and Named Lectures

  1. Distinguished Lectureship, Sixth International Conference on Composite Engineering, Orlando, FL, June 27-July 3, 1999. 
  2. 2nd International Conference on Nanomaterials by Severe Plastic Deformation 2: Fundamentals-Processing-Applications, Vienna, Austria, Dec. 3-9, 2002. 
  3. NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Nanostructured Materials by High Pressure, Donetsk, Ukraine, Sept. 22-26, 2004. 
  4. The 3rd International Conference on Nanomaterials by Severe Plastic Deformation (NanoSPD3), Fukuoka, Japan, Sept. 22-26, 2005. 
  5. THERMEC’2006, Vancouver, Canada, July 4-8, 2006. 
  6. German Research Unit on Ultrafine Grained Materials, Kloster Irsee, Germany, Sept. 24-27, 2006. 
  7. Plasticity2007, Anchorage, Alaska, June 2-6, 2007. 
  8. International Symposium on Bulk Nanostructured Materials (BNM 2007), Ufa, Russia, Aug. 15-18, 2007. 
  9. International Symposium on Giant Straining Process for Advanced Materials (GSAM), Fukuoka, Japan, Nov. 21-24, 2008. 
  10. Role of Twinning in Plasticity, Plasticty-2009, Virgin Island, US, Jan. 3-8, 2009. 
  11. Austrian Network on High Performance Bulk Nanocrystalline Materials, Planneralm, Austria, March 4-6, 2009. 
  12. 2nd International Symposium on Bulk Nanostructured Materials (BNM-2009), Ufa, Russia, Sept. 22-26, 2009. 
  13. The Second Nanotechnology International Forum (Rusnanotech09), Moscow, Russia, Oct. 6-8, 2009. 
  14. International Symposium on Giant Straining Process for Advanced Materials (GSAM2010), Fukuoka, Japan, Nov. 19-22, 2010. 
  15. Mechanical Properties Related to Interface Physics, TMS Annual Meeting, Disney World, Florida, March 11-15, 2012. 
  16. Seventh International Symposium on Ultrafine Grained Materials, TMS Annual Meeting, Disney World, Florida, March 11-15, 2012. 
  17. 33rd RisØ International Symposium on Materials Science: Nanometals-Status and Perspectives, Denmark, Sept. 3-7, 2012. 
  18. Mechanics of Crystalline Nanostructures, 2012 Annual Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science 2012, Atlanta, Georgia, Oct. 10-12, 2012.  
  19. The 1st International Workshop on Nanostructured Materials – Properties and Characteristics, Beijing, China, June 17-18, 2013. 
  20. Deformation Mechanisms in Advanced Materials Behavior and Processing:  A Symposium in Honor of Amiya K. Mukherjee, Plasticity 2014, Freeport, Bahama, Jan. 3-8, 2014. 
  21. Symposium on Progress Towards Rational Materials Design in the Three Decades Since the Invention of the Embedded Atom Method, 2014 TMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, Feb. 16-20, 2014.
  22. The 15th International Conference on Rapidly Quenched & Metastable Materials, Shanghai, China, Aug. 24-28, 2014. 
  23. Materials Science & Technology 2014, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Oct. 12-16, 2014. 
  24. 8th K. Kuo Summer School of Electron Microscopy and Crystallography & The 1st International Conference on Microstructure and Property of Materials, Hangzhou, China, May 27 – 30, 2015.
  25. 3rd International Workshop on Nanostructured Materials-Properties and Characteristics, Beijing, China, June 13-14, 2015.
  26. International Workshop on Giant Straining-Process for advanced Materials 2015, Fukuoka, Japan, Sept 3-6, 2015.
  27. Symposium on Nanomaterials, City University of Hong Kong, Nov. 21, 2015. 
  28. Third Oversea Young Scholar Zijin Forum, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Dec. 18, 2015. 
  29. Tiandi Modern Engineering Colloquium, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, Dec. 18, 2015.
  30. High-pressure Deformation and Nano Texture Workshop, Ningpo, China, July 5, 2016. 
  31. Nano2016, Quebec City, Canada, Aug. 7-12, 2016. 
  32. 4th International Workshop on Nanostructured Materials: Properties and Characteristics, Beijing, China, Oct. 9-10, 2016.
  33. The 21st Young Materials Scientist Colloquium, Beijing University of Science and Technology, China, Dec. 13, 2016.
  34. TE Connectivity Lecture Series, Penn. State University, Jan. 26, 2017.
  35. Distinguished Seminar Series on Recent Breakthroughs in Engineering Fields, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China, May 29, 2017.
  36. Lyman Handy Colloquium, University of Southern California, Sept. 21, 2017.
  37. 17th Beijing Conf. and Exhibition on Instrumental Analysis, Beijing, China, Oct. 9-11, 2017. 
  38. Mechanical Properties of Nanocrystalline Materials and High Entropy Alloys in Honor of Prof. Carl C. Koch, Plasticity’18, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Jan. 3-9, 2018. 
  39. Ultrafine-Grained Materials X, TMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, March 11-15, 2018.
  40. International Workshop on Grain Boundaries and Dislocations towards High Performance Metals and Alloys, Beijing, China, June 21-22, 2018. 
  41. Bulk and Gradient Nanomaterials, 14th International Conf. on Nanostructured Materials (NANO2018), Hong Kong, June 24-29, 2018.
  42. 4th International Symposium on Science of Intelligent and Sustainable Advanced Materials, Rio De Jeneiro, Brazil, Nov. 4-7, 2018. 
  43. 2nd Workshop on Gradient and Laminate Materials, Beijing, China, Nov. 20-22, 2018. 
  44. The First International Workshop on Large Data of Microstructures for Advanced Materials, Beijing, China, June 20-23, 2019.

Invited talks (from 2010 - 2019)

  1. The 47th Sagamore Army Materials Research Conference, St. Michael, MD, June 14-17, 2010. 
  2. Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, July 14, 2010. 
  3. “Shaping and Forming of High Strength Steel, Titanium and Light Metals,” MS&T 2010, Houston, TX, Oct. 17-21, 2010. 
  4. Size Effects in Mechanical Behavior, 2011 TMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, Feb. 27-March 3, 2011.
  5. 2011 Functional and Structural Nanomaterials: Fabrication, Properties, Applications and Implications, 2011 TMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, Feb. 27-March 3, 2011.
  6. Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China, May 30, 2011.
  7. Hohai University, Nanjing, China, July 7, 2011.
  8. Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China, July 19, 2011.
  9. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, Sept. 14, 2011.
  10. Mechanical Properties of Nanomaterials-Experiments and Modeling, E-MRS 2011 Fall Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 19-22, 2011.
  11. Workshop on Complex Dynamics of Dislocations, Defects and Interfaces, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Nov. 14-16, 2011. 
  12. College of Textile, NC State University, Jan. 18, 2012.
  13. Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 3, 2012. 
  14. Deformation, Damage and Fracture of Light Metals and Alloys, TMS Annual Meeting, Disney World, Florida, March 11-15, 2012.
  15. Nanotube Assemblages for Structures Workshop, Atlanta, Georgia, April 17-18, 2012.
  16. Recent Development in the Processing and Properties of Ultrafine-Grained Materials, E-MRS 2011 Fall Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 17-21, 2012.
  17. Stuttgart Nanodays 2012 Workshop, Winston-Salem, NC, Oct. 29-30, 2012. 
  18. The 2012 Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Workshop, Dayton, OH, Nov. 5-6, 2012. 
  19. Mechanical Behavior of Metallic Nanostructured Materials, MRS Fall meeting, Boston, Nov. 26-30, 2012.
  20. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Dec. 11, 2012.
  21. Advanced Materials and Reservoir Engineering for Extreme Oil & Gas Environments, TMS Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 3-7, 2013.
  22. Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, June 12, 2013.
  23. International Workshop on Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale, Xi’an, China, June 12-14, 2013. 
  24. Symposium on Rare Earth, Electronic, and Magnetic Materials, The 8th Pacific Rim International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processing, Waikoloa, Hawaii, Aug. 4-9, 2013.
  25. Symposium on Light Metals and Alloys, The 8th Pacific Rim International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processing, Waikoloa, Hawaii, Aug. 4-9, 2013.
  26. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Jan. 22, 2014. 
  27. Symposium on Mechanical Behavior Related to Interface Physics II, 2014 TMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, Feb. 16-20, 2014.
  28. Ultrafine Grained Materials VIII, 2014 TMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, Feb. 16-20, 2014.
  29. Workshop on Nanomaterials for Aerospace, National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, VA, USA, Feb. 21, 2014. 
  30. Second International Workshop on Materials Physics, Bejing, China, May 30-June 1, 2014. 
  31. Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, July 8, 2014.
  32. Eric Schmid Insitute of Materials Science, Leoben, Austria, July 10, 2014.
  33. HGI Colloquium, Herbert Gleiter Institute, Nanjing Univ. Sci. & Techno., Nanjing, China, Nov. 11, 2014.
  34. Workshop on Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Mg Alloys, Beijing, China, Nov. 13, 2014.
  35. Advanced Materials and Reservoir Engineering for Extreme Oil & Gas Environments, TMS Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, March 15-19, 2015.
  36. Advanced Characterization Techniques for Quantifying and Modeling Deformation Mechanisms, TMS Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, March 15-19, 2015.
  37. Advances in Thin Films for Electronics and Photonics, TMS Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, March 15-19, 2015.
  38. School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, April 17, 2015. 
  39. Department of Mater. Sci. Eng., McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Oct. 26, 2015. 
  40. Nanostructured Materials for Nuclear Application, TMS Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, Feb. 14-18, 2016.
  41. The 3rd International Symposium on Materials Physics, May 27-29, 2016
  42. 1st Workshop on Gradient and Laminated Metallic Materials, Shenyang, China, July 25-26, 2016.
  43. 1st International Harmonic Structured Materials, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan, Aug. 6, 2016. 
  44. Special Symposium on Damage and Failure Mechanics: Multiscale Approach, Experimental Characterization, and Modeling, ASME 2016, Phoenix, Arizona, Nov. 11-17, 2016.
  45. Materials under Mechanical Extremes, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, Nov. 27-Dec. 2, 2016.
  46. Shear Transformation Mechanisms and Their Effect on Mechanical Behavior of Crystalline Materials, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, Nov. 27-Dec. 2, 2016. 
  47. Hehai University, Dec. 22, 2016.
  48. Advanced Materials and Reservoir Engineering for Extreme (AMREE) Oil & Gas, TMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, Feb. 26-March 2, 2017.
  49. Frontier in Materials Science, Engineering, and Technology: An FMD Symposium in Honor of Sungho Jin, TMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, Feb. 26-March 2, 2017.
  50. North Eastern University, Shenyang, China, April 4, 2017.
  51. Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, China, May 23, 2017. 
  52. Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, May 30, 2017.
  53. IUMRS-ICAM 2017, The 15th International Conference on Advanced Materials, Kyoto, Japan, Aug. 27-Sept. 1, 2017. 
  54. GSAM Workshop 2017, Fukuoka, Japan, Sept. 3-6, 2017. 
  55. 2nd International Workshop on Harmonic Structure Materials, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan, Oct. 20, 2017.
  56. Frontiers in Advanced Functional Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials, TMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, March 11-15, 2018.
  57. East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China, May 11, 2018.
  58. City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, May 17, 2018.
  59. John P. Hirth Honorary Symposium, 18th International Conf. on the Strength of Materials (ICSMA 18), Columbus, Ohio, USA, July 15-19, 2018.
  60. Hael Mughrabi Honorary Symposium, 18th International Conf. on the Strength of Materials (ICSMA 18), Columbus, Ohio, USA, July 15-19, 2018.
  61. Materials and Engineering Initiative Seminar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, Aug. 9, 2018.
  62. 2st Workshop on Gradient and Laminated Metallic Materials, Beijing, China, Nov. 20-22, 2018.
  63. Central South University, Changsha, China, Dec. 26, 2018. 
  64. The 4th International Conf. on Microstructures and Properties of Materials, Hangzhou, China, May 15-18, 2019. 

Symposiums Organized

  1. Co-Organizer and Co-Chairman: Symposium on Nanocomposites and Multilayered Materials, Third International Conference on Composite Engineering, New Orleans, LA, July 21-27, 1996. 
  2. Co-Organizer, 1999 Meeting of Society of Engineering Science, Austin, TX, Oct. 25-27, 1999
  3. Co-organizer and Session Chair, Novel Ceramics and Composites, The 24th Cocoa Beach Conference, Cocoa Beach, FL, Jan. 23-28, 2000.
  4. Co-Organizer, Symposium on Microstructural & Mechanical Property Relationships in Advanced Composites, ASME 2000, Orlando, FL, Nov. 5-10, 2000.
  5. Primary Organizer, Second International Symposium on Ultrafine Grained Materials, The 2002 TMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, Feb. 17-21, 2002.
  6. Organizer, Workshop on Nanostructured Materials Processed by SPD, Los Alamos National laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, Feb. 22, 2002.
  7. Primary Coordinator, Symposium on Severe Plastic Deformation, THERMEC’2003, Madrid, Spain, July 7-11, 2003. 
  8. Primary Organizer, Third International Symposium on Ultrafine Grained Materials, The 2004 TMS Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, March 16-20, 2004.
  9. Director, NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Nanostructured Materials by High Pressure, Donetsk, Ukraine, Sept. 22-26, 2004.
  10. Primary Organizer, The Langdon Symposium, Flow and Forming of Crystalline Materials (An Symposium Honoring Prof. Langdon on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday), The 2005 TMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 13-17, 2005. 
  11. Primary organizer, Fourth International Symposium on Ultrafine Grained Materials, The 2006 TMS Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 12-16, 2006.
  12. Co-organizer, Processing and Mechanical Response of Engineering Materials, The 2006 TMS Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 12-16, 2006.
  13. Co-Coordinator, Symposium on Severe Plastic Deformation, THERMEC’2006, Vancouver, Canada, July 4-8, 2006.
  14. Co-Organizer, High Pressure-2006, Fundamentals and Applied Aspects, Sudak, Crimea, Ukraine, Sept. 17-23, 2006.
  15. Co-organizer, Mechanical Behaviors of Nanostructured Materials, in Honor of Carl Koch, The 2007 TMS Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, Feb. 26-March 1, 2007.
  16. Co-organizer, Fifth International Symposium on Ultrafine Grained Materials, The 2008 TMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 9-13, 2008.
  17. Co-organizer, Mechanical Behaviors of Nanostructured Materials, The 2009 TMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 15-19, 2009.
  18. Co-organizer, Sixth International Symposium on Ultrafine Grained Materials, The 2010 TMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, Feb 14-18, 2010.
  19. Co-organizer, International Symposium on Advances in Nanostructured Materials and Applications, MS&T 2011, Columbus, Ohio, USA, Oct. 16-20, 2011.
  20. Primary Organizer, Bulk Metallic Glasses, Nanocrystalline Materials, and Ultrafine-Grained Materials, PRICM8, Waikiloa, Hawaii, Aug. 4-9, 2013. 
  21. Co-organizer, Eighth International Symposium on Ultrafine Grained Materials, The 2014 TMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, Feb 16-20, 2014.
  22. Co-organizer, 2014 TMS RF Mehl Medal Symposium on Frontiers in Nanostructured Materials and Their Applications, The 2014 TMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, Feb 16-20, 2014.
  23. Primary Organizer, Gradient and Laminate Materials, 2015 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, Nov. 29-Dec. 4, 2015.
  24. Co-Organizer, Creep, Deformation and Nuclear Materials honoring Prof. K.L. Murty, Plasticity 2016, Big Island, Hawaii, Jan. 3-9, 2016.
  25. Co-Organizer, Mechanical Behavior of Nanostructured Materials honoring Prof. C.C. Koch, TMS Annual Meeting 2016, San Diego, CA, Feb. 26-March 2, 2017.
  26. Co-Organizer, Mechanical and Creep Behavior of Advanced Materials honoring Prof. K.L. Murty, TMS Annual Meeting 2016, San Diego, CA, Feb. 26-March 2, 2017.
  27. Primary Organizer, Multiscale Architectured Materials (MAM II): Tailoring Mechanical Incompatibility for Superior Properties, TMS Annual Meeting 2016, San Diego, CA, Feb. 26-March 2, 2017.
  28. Mechanical Properties of Nanocrystalline Materials and High Entropy Alloys in honor of Prof. Carl Koch, Plasticity’18, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA, Jan. 3-6, 2018.
  29. Heterogeneous and Gradient Materials (HGM III): Tailoring Mechanical Incompatibility for Superior Properties, TMS Annual Meeting 2019, San Antonio, TX, March 10-14, 2019.
  30. Gordon Research Conference-Heterogeneous Materials, Hong Kong, June 23-28, 2019.

Books Edited/Being Edited

  1. Y.T. Zhu, T.G. Langdon, R.S. Mishra, S.L. Semiatin, M.J. Saran, and T.C. Lowe, Ultrafine Grained Materials II, TMS, Warrendale, PA, 2002. 
  2. Y.T. Zhu, T.G. Langdon, R.Z. Valiev, S.L. Semiatin, D.H. Shin, and T.C. Lowe, Ultrafine Grained Materials III, TMS, Warrendale, PA, 2004.
  3. Y.T. Zhu, and V. Varyukhin, Nanostructured Materials by High-Pressure Severe Plastic Deformation, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2005.
  4. M.J. Zehetbauer, Y.T. Zhu, Bulk Nanostructured Materials, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2006.
  5. Y.T. Zhu, T.G. Langdon, Z. Horita, M.J. Zehetbauer, S.L. Semiatin, and T.C. Lowe, Ultrafine Grained Materials IV, TMS, Warrendale, PA, 2006.
  6. I. Charit, Y.T. Zhu, S.A. Maloy, and P.K. Liaw, Mechanical and Creep Behavior of Advanced Materials, TMS/Springer, Warrendale, PA, 2016.

Guest Editors for Special Journal Issues

  1. Y.T. Zhu, P.B. Berbon, A.H. Chokshi, Z. Horita, S.V. Raj, K. Xia, The Langdon Symposium: Flow and Forming of Crystalline Materials, Materials Science and Engineering A, 410-411, 2005.
  2. J. Schneider, R.S. Mishra, T.R. Bieler, Y.T. Zhu, K.B. Morsi, V.L. Acoff, E.M. Taleff, R.Z. Valiev, Processing and Mechanical Response of Engineering Materials in honor of Prof. A.K. Mukherjee on the occasion of his 70th birthday, Materials Science and Engineering A, 463, 2007.
  3. Y.T. Zhu, Z.L. Wang, T.G. Langdon, and B.C. Carter, Nanostructured Materials – Processing, Structures, Properties and Applications, a special issue of Journal of Materials Science, 42 (#5), 2007. 
  4. X.H. Zhang, C.T. Liu, J.M. Rigsbee, C. Suryanarayana, H.Y. Wang, Y.T. Zhu, and D.L. Zhang, Mechanical Behavior of Nanostructured Materials, in Honor of Carl Koch, Materials Science and Engineering A, 493, 2008.
  5. Y.T. Zhu, X.Z. Liao, Z.W. Shan, T.G. Langdon, Y. Estin, R.Z. Valiev, and T.C. Lowe, Ultrafine Grained Materials, a special issue of Journal of Materials Science, 43 (#23-24), 2008.
  6. R.Z. Valiev, T.G. Langdon, I.V. Alexandrov, Y.T. Zhu, Y. Estrin, and G. Kostorz, Bulk nanostructured Materials, a special issue of Materials Science and Engineering A, 505, 2009. 
  7. X.H. Zhang, X.D. Li, N. Mara, Y.T. Zhu, A. Minor, and R. Huang, Mechanical Behavior of Nanostructured Materials, a special issue of Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. 41A (#4), 2010. 
  8. Y.T. Zhu, S.N. Mathaudhu, M. Göken, T.G. Langdon, T.C. Lowe, S.L. Semiatin, N. Tsuiji, Y.H. Zhao, Ultrafine Grained Materials, a special issue of Journal of Materials Science, 45 (#17), 2010.
  9. S.N. Mathaudhu, X.X. Huang, Y.S. Kim, T.G. Langdon, T.C. Lowe, R.Z. Vaiev, X.L. Wu, M.J. Zehebauer, Y.T. Zhu, Ultrafine Grained Materials, a special issue of Journal of Materials Science, 47 (#22), 2012.
  10. Y.T. Zhu, Ultrafine Grained Materials, a special issue of Journal of Materials Science, 48 (#13), 2013.

Book Chapters

  1. Y.T. Zhu and D.P. Butt, “Nanomaterials by Severe Plastic Deformation,” Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, American Scientific Publishers, Stevenson Ranch, CA, volume 6, 2004, pp. 843-856.
  2. L.L. Shaw and Y.T. Zhu, “Surface Deformation,” in Materials Processing Handbook, Edited by M.T. Powers, E.J. Lavernia, J.R. Groza, and J.F. Shackelford, CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 2007, Chapter 31, pp. 31-1 to 31-16. DOI: 10.1201/9781420004823.ch31
  3. Y.T. Zhu, B. Han and E.J. Lavernia “Deformation Mechanisms of Nanostructured Materials,” in Bulk Nanostructured Materials, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2009, pp. 89-108.
  4. B. Han, J. Ye, A.P. Newberry, Y.T. Zhu, J.M. Schoenung, and E.J. Lavernia, “Bulk Nanostructured Materials from Ball Milling and Consolidation,” in Bulk Nanostructured Materials, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2009, pp.273-291.
  5. I.J. Beyerlein, P.K. Porwal, Y.T. Zhu, X.F. Xu, and S.L. Phoenix, “Probabilistic strength of carbon nanotube yarns,” in Advances in Mathematical Modeling and Experimental Methods for Materials and Structures. The Jacob Aboudi Volume. 2009.
  6. X. Wang, P.D. Bradford, Q.W. Li, and Y.T. Zhu, “Aligned Carbon Nanotube Composite Prepregs,” in Nanotube Superfiber Materials: Changing Engineering Design, edited by M.J. Schulz, V.N. Shanov, and Z.Z. Yin, Elsevier, 2014, pp. 649-670. 
  7. X. Wang, J.T. Di, Q.W. Li, P.D. Bradford, and Y.T. Zhu, “High Performance Composite Based on Dry-Processable Multi-walled Carbon nanotubes,” in Porous Lightweight Composites Reinforced with Fbrous Structures, edited by Y.Q. Jiang, J.Y. YU, H.L. Xu, B.Z. Sun, Springer.
  8. X.L. Ma and Y.T. Zhu, “Deformation Twinning in Nanocrystalline Metals,” Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering, edited by Saleem Hashmi, Oxford:Elsevier, 2016, pp.1-19.

Book Review

  1. Y.T. Zhu, Book Review on “Plastic Deformation in Nanocrystalline Materials, by . Yu. Gutkin and I. A. Ovid’ko.”  Advanced Materials, 17, 2513-2514 (2005).

Patents

  1. Y.T. Zhu, P.S. Baldonado, J.F. Bingert, T.G. Holesinger, and D.E. Peterson, “Compressive Annealing of BSCCO 2223 Superconductive Tapes.” US Patent #: 6,195,870.
  2. Y.T. Zhu, T.C. Lowe, H. Jiang and J. Huang, “Method for Producing Ultrafine-Grained Materials Using Repetitive Corrugation and Straightening,” US Patent #: 6,197,129.
  3. Y.T. Zhu, T.C. Lowe, R.Z. Valiev, V.V. Stolyarov, V.V. Latysh, G.I. Raab, “Ultrafine-Grained Titanium for Medical Implants,” US Patent #: 6,399,215.
  4. A. Serquis, Y.T. Zhu, X.Z. Liao, D.E. Peterson and F.M. Mueller, “Synthesis of Magnesium Diboride by Magnesium Vapor Infiltration Process (MVIP),” US Patent #: 6,511,943.
  5. Y.T. Zhu, T.C. Lowe, R.Z. Valiev, and G.J. Raab, “Continuous Equal Channel Angular Extrusion,” US Patent #: 7,152,448.
  6. Y.H. Zhao and Y.T. Zhu, “Preparation of Nanostructured Materials Having Improved Ductility,” US Patent #: 7,699,946.
  7. H.S. Peng, Y.T. Zhu and Q.X. Jia, “Fibrous Composites Comprising Carbon Nanotube and Silica,” US Patent #: 8,034,448.
  8. Y.T. Zhu, Q. Zhang, N.N. Liang, X.G. Liu, and J.T. Wang, “Surface Nanocrystallization Equipment for Accelerated Ball Peening,” Chinese Patent # ZL 2011 1 0458558. 0. 
  9. Y.T. Zhu, P.N. Arendt, X.F. Zhang, Q.W. Li, L. Fu, and L.X. Zheng, “Carbon Nanotube Fiber from Wetted Ribbon,” US Patent #: 8,709,372.
  10. P.N. Arent, Y.T. Zhu, X.F. Zhang, I.O. Usov, “Increasing the specific strengths of CNT fibers,” US Patent#: #: 9,180,443.
  11. Y.T. Zhu, A. Serquis, D.L. Hammon, L. Civale, X.Z. Liao, F.M. Mueller, D.E. Peterson, V.F. Nesterenko, and, Y. Gu, “Processing of High Density MgB2 Wires and Tapes by Hot Isostatic Pressing,” in review, Docket No. S-99,947. 
  12. Y.T. Zhu, R.Z. Valiev, V.V. Stolyarov, and Yu.R. Kobolov, “Processing Nanostructured Ti Foil by ECAP and Cold Rolling,” in review, Docket No. S-100,547.
  13. L.X. Zheng and Y.T. Zhu, M.J. O’Connel, J. Liu, “Synthesis of Continuous Carbon Nanotubes via Catalytic Chemical Vapor Deposition,” in review, Docket No. S-102.398.
  14. Y.T. Zhu, “Preparation of Fibers from a Supported Array of Nanotubes,” in review, Docket No. S-104.824.
  15. L.X. Zheng and Y.T. Zhu, “Preparation of Pile of Carbon Nanotubes and Fiber Therefrom,” in review, Docket No. S-104,824.
  16. Qingwen Li, Y.T. Zhu. P.N. Arendt, R. DePaula, R.J. Groves, “Long Carbon Nanotube Arrays for Spinning,” in review, Docket No. S-109,040. 
  17. Y.T. Zhu, P.N. Arent, Q.W. Li, X.F. Zhang, “Arrays of Long Carbon Nanotubes for Fiber Spinning,” in review. 
  18. P.N. Arent, Y.T. Zhu, I.O. Usov, and R.F. Depaula, “Preparation of Array of Long Carbon Nanotubes and Fibers Therefrom,” in review.    
  19. Y.T. Zhu and C. Sheehan, “A Method for High-Speed Fabrication of Aligned Carbon Nanotube Composites,” NCSU invention disclosure No. 09-015, in review.
  20. H.S. Peng, Y.T. Zhu and Q.X. Jia, “Carbon Microtubes,” in review.
  21. P. Bradford and Y.T. Zhu, “Method for Creating Aligned Films/Papers of Ultra-Long Carbon Nanotubes Using Shear Pressing,” NCSU disclosure # 10027.
  22. H.S. Peng, D.E. Peterson, Y.T. Zhu and Q.X. Jia, “Carbon Nanotube/Polydiacetylene Composites,” Application # 61/275,133. 
  23. W. Liu, X. Wang, P. Bradford and Y.T. Zhu, “Carbon Nanotube Composites and Methods for Fabricating Same,” NCSU disclosure # 11014.  Application # 61482691. 
  24. Y.T. Zhu, X. Wang, C.D. Page, L.W. Zhang, “Low Twist CNT Yarns for High Performance Textile and Composites,” NCSU disclosure # 13087.
  25. W.W. Jian, S.N. Mathaudhu, Y.T. Zhu, “Nano-spaced Stacking Faults: a New Strengthening Mechanism for Metals and Alloys to Achieve Ultrahigh Strength and Good Ductility,” NCSU disclosure # 13140.
  26. L.W. Zhang, X. Wang, Y.Y. Zhang, Q.W. Li, Y.T. Zhu, “Processing CNT Films and Composites using Micro-combing to Straighten CNTs,” NCSU Disclosure # 15169.

Journal Publications

Citation number as of July 31, 2019: Google Scholar 34603, H index 101; ISI 25014, H index 85; Scopus 29816, H index 93.

(395 total, 3 in Nature Materials, 3 in PNAS, 1 in Nature Nanotechnology, 3 in Nature Communication, 2 in Prog. Mater. Sci., 6 in Phys. Rev. Lett., 1 in Materials Today, 15 in Mater. Res. Lett., 10 in Adv. Mater., 2 in J. Am Chem. Soc., 5 in ACS Nano, 3 in Small, 35 in Appl. Phys. Lett., 2 in Phys. Rev. B, 9 in J. Appl. Phys, 22 in Acta Mater., 27 in Scripta Mater., 10 in Metall. Mater. Trans., and 11 in Carbon)

Closely Related and Representative Papers

  1. X.L. Wu, M.X. Yang, F.P. Yuan, G.L. Wu, C.X. Zhang, P. Jiang, X. X. Huang, and Y.T. Zhu, “Lamella Structure Unites Ultrafine-Grain Strength with Coarse-Grain Ductility,” PNAS, 112, 14501-14505 (2015). 
  2. X.L. Wu, P. Jiang, L. Chen, F.P. Yuan, N.R. Tao, and Y.T. Zhu, “Extra Strain Hardening Induced by Graded Nono-Grains,” PNAS, 111(20), 7197-7201 (2014).
  3. X.L. Wu, P. Jiang, L. Chen, and Y.T. Zhu, “Synergetic Strengthening by Gradient Structure,” Mater. Res. Lett. 2, 185 -191 (2014).
  4. X.L. Ma, C.X. Huang, J. Moering, M. Ruppert, H.W. Höppel, M. Göken, J. Narayan, and Y.T. Zhu, “Mechanical Prperties of Copper/Bronze Laminates: Role of Interfaces,” Acta Mat. 116, 43-52 (2016).
  5. C.X. Huang, Y.F. Wang, X.L. Ma, S. Yin, H.W. Höppel, M. Göken, X.L. Wu, H.J. Gao, and Y.T. Zhu, “Interface Affected Zone for High Strength and Ductility in Heterogeneous Laminate,” Mater. Today, 21, 713-719 (2018).

Five Significant Papers

  1. Y.T. Zhu and X.Z. Liao, “Nanostructured Metals: Retaining Ductility,” Nature Materials 3, 351-352 (2004).
  2. X.L. Wu and Y.T. Zhu, “Inverse Grain-Size Effect on Twining in Nanocrystalline Ni,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 025503 (2008).
  3. P. Liddicoat, X.Z. Liao, Y.H. Zhao, Y.T. Zhu, E.J. Lavernia, M.Y. Murashkin, R.Z. Valiev, and S.P. Ringer, “New Hierarchy of Solute Architecture Breaks the Strength Ceiling in a Nanocrystalline Aluminum Alloy,” Nature Communication, 1, 63 (2010).
  4. Y.T. Zhu, X.Z. Liao, and X.L. Wu, “Deformation Twinning in Nanocrystalline Materials,” Prog. Mater. Sci., 57, 1-62 (2012).
  5. I.A. Ovid’ko, R.Z. Valiev, nd Y.T. Zhu, “Review on Superior Strength and Enhanced Ductility of Metallic Nanomaterials,” Prog. Mater. Sci. 94, 462-540 (2018).

Conference Proceedings

  1. A. Manthiram, S. Guggilla and Y.T. Zhu, "Chemical Synthesis of Ceramic-Metal Magnetic Nanocomposites Using Borohydride," Ceramic Transactions: Magnetic Ceramics, edited by B.B. Ghate and J,J, Simmins, Vol. 47, American Ceramic Society, Westerville, OH, 1994, pp. 311-320.
  2. A. Manthiram, Y.T. Zhu and A. Dananjay, "A New Route for the Synthesis of Reduced Transition Metal Oxides Using Borohydrides," Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 246, Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, PA, 1994, pp. 69-74.  
  3. A. Manthiram, Y.T. Zhu, "Synthesis of WC-Co Nanocomposites Using Polymer as Carbon Source," Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 246, Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, PA, 1994, pp. 463-68. 
  4. Y.T. Zhu and A. Manthiram, "Investigation of Processing Parameters that Influence WC-Co Nanocomposite Synthesis," Proceedings of Second International Conference on Composite Engineering, edited by D. Hui, 1995, pp. 877-878. 
  5. Y.T. Zhu, W.R. Blumenthal and B.L. Zhou, "Characterizing Size Dependence of Ceramic-Fiber Strength Using Modified Weibull Distribution," Micromechanics of Advanced Materials, edited by S.N.G. Chu, P.K. Liaw, R.J. Arsenault, K. Sadananda, K.S. Chen, W.W. Gerberich, C.C. Chau, and T.M. Kung, TMS, 1995, pp. 493-497. 
  6. Y.T. Zhu, W.R. Blumenthal "Direct Fiber Strengthening in Three Dimensional Random-Oriented Short-Fiber Composites," Micromechanics of Advanced Materials, edited by S.N.G. Chu, P.K. Liaw, R.J. Arsenault, K. Sadananda, K.S. Chen, W.W. Gerberich, C.C. Chau, and T.M. Kung,  TMS, 1995, pp. 481-485. 
  7. Y.T. Zhu, W.R. Blumenthal and B.L. Zhou, "Characterization of Three Dimensional Fiber Orientation in Short-Fiber Composites," Micromechanics of Advanced Materials,  edited by S.N.G. Chu, P.K. Liaw, R.J. Arsenault, K. Sadananda, K.S. Chen, W.W. Gerberich, C.C. Chau, and T.M. Kung,  TMS, 1995, pp. 487-492. 
  8. Y.T. Zhu, W.R. Blumenthal, M.G. Stout, and T.C. Lowe, "Modeling of Statistical Tensile Strength of Short-Fiber Composites," Modeling of Composites: Processing and Properties, edited by S.P. Chen and M.P. Anderson, TMS, 1996, pp. 11-21.
  9. S.T. Taylor, Y.T. Zhu, D.P. Butt, M.G. Stout, W.R. Blumnethal and T.C. Lowe, “Some New Perspectives on the Strength and Fracture of Nicalon Fibers,” Proceedings of Third International Conference on Composite Engineering, edited by D. Hui, 1996, pp. 837-838. 
  10. Y.T. Zhu, A. Manthiram, S. Guggilla, T.C.  Lowe and M.G. Stout, “Borohydride Reduction: A Technique to Synthesize Nanosize Transition Metals, Reduced Transition Metal Oxides and Nanocomposites,” Proceedings of Third International Conference on Composite Engineering, edited by D. Hui, 1996, pp. 987-988.
  11. W.R. Blumenthal, Y.T. Zhu, R.J. Sebring, T.C. Lowe, and R.J. Asaro, "Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of Strain-State on the Microstructure and Jc of BSCCO Tapes," High Temperature Superconductors: Synthesis, Processing, and Large-Scale Applications, edited by U. Balachandran, P.J. Mcginn, and J.S. Abell, TMS, 1996, pp. 71-80.
  12. Y.T. Zhu, W.R. Blumenthal, M.G. Stout, and T.C. Lowe, "Modeling of Young's Modulus of Composites Reinforced with 3-D Oriented Short Fibers," Physical Properties of Composites, edited by R. Pitchumani and P.K. Liaw, TMS, 1996, pp. 37-40.
  13. Y.T. Zhu, J.A. Valdez, N. Shi, M.L. Lovato, M.G. Stout, S. Zhou, W.R. Blumenthal, and T.C. Lowe, “Influence of Reinforcement Morphology on the Mechanical Properties of Short-Fiber Composites,”  Processings of Metals and Advanced Materials: Modeling, Design and Properties, edited by B.Q. Li, TMS, 1998, pp. 251-259. 
  14. H.L. Wang, Y.T. Zhu, J.A. Vadez and B.R. Mattes, “Fabrication and Characterization of Conductive Polyaniline Fiber,” ANTEC’98, 1998, pp. 1346-1350.
  15. Y.T. Zhu, I.J. Beyerlein, J.A. Valdez, and T.C. Lowe, “Micromechanics of Bone-Shaped-Short-Fiber Composites,” Proceedings of Sixth International Conference on Composite Engineering, edited by D. Hui, 1999, B49-52. 
  16. V.V. Stolyarov, I.V. Alexandrov, Yu.R. Kolopov, M. Zhu, Y.T. Zhu, T.C. Lowe, R.Z. Valiev, “Fatigue Behaviour of CP Nanostructured Titanium Processed by Severe Plastic Deformation,” Proceedings of the Seventh Inernational Fatigue Congress, Beijing, China. Edited by X.R. Wu and Z.G. Zhang. Higher Education Press, 1999, 1435-1440.
  17. V.V. Stolyarov, V.V. Latysh, R.Z. Valiev, Y.T. Zhu and T.C. Lowe, “Investigation and Application of Severe Plastic Deformation,” NATO Science Series, High Technology 80, Kluwer Academia Pub., 2000, pp. 367-73.
  18. V.V. Latysh, R.Z. Valiev, Y.T. Zhu, “Mechanical properties of nanostructured titanium alloys processed using severe plastic deformation,” Proceedings of Ti’99, in press. 
  19. H. Jiang, Y.T. Zhu, I.V. Alexandrov, T.C. Lowe, and R.Z. Vasliev, “Evolution of Microstructures and Microhardness of SPTS-Processed Cu and Their Thermal Stability,” Advanced Materials for the 21st Century, Proceedings of a Symposium to Honor Prof. Julia R. Weertman, edited by Y-W Chung, D.C. Dunand, P.K. Liaw and G.B. Olson, TMS, 1999, pp. 487-97. 
  20. T.C. Lowe, Y.T. Zhu, S.L. Semiatin, and D.L. Berg, “Overview and Outlook for Materials Processed by Severe Plastic Deformation,” Investigations and Applications of Severe Plastic Deformation, edited by T.C. Lowe and R.Z. Valiev, Kluwer Academia Pub., Dordrecht, 2000, pp. 347-56.
  21. V.V. Stolyarov, V.V. Latysh, R.Z. Valiev, Y.T. Zhu, and T.C. Lowe, “The Development of Nanostructured SPD Ti for Medical Application,” Investigations and Applications of Severe Plastic Deformation, edited by T.C. Lowe and R.Z. Valiev, Kluwer Academia Pub., Dordrecht, 2000, pp. 367-72.
  22. Y.T. Zhu, H. Jiang, J.A. Valdez, I.J. Beyerlein, “Mechanical Properties of Bone-Shaped Steel Wire Reinforced Cement,” Proceedings of Sixth International Conference on Composite Engineering, edited by D. Hui, 2000, pp. 725-26.
  23. M. Stan, Y. T. Zhu, H.G. Jiang, D.P. Butt, Y. Park, K.A. Tibodeau, “Modeling Diffusion of Oxygen from  Cerium Oxide,” Ceramic Transactions (in press).
  24. Y.T. Zhu, J. Huang, H. Jiang, and T.C. Lowe, “Processing of Bulk Nanostructured Copper by Repetitive Corrugation and Straightening (RCS),” Innovation in Processing and Manufacturing of Sheet Metals, edited by M.Y. Demeri, 2001, pp. 175-82. 
  25. T.B. Tippetts, I.J. Beyerlein and Y.T. Zhu, "Size Effects on Pull-Out of Bone-Shaped Fibers," Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Fracture, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, December 3-7, 2001.
  26. T.B. Tippetts, I.J. Beyerlein and Y.T. Zhu, "Effects of Embedded Length on Pull-out of Bone-shaped Fibers," Society of Experimental Mechanics conference proceedings, Portland, Oregon, June 4-6, 2001.
  27. Y.T. Zhu, "Properties and Nanostructures of Nano-Materials Processed by Severe Plastic Deformation (SPD)," Proceedings of Workshop on Ultrafine Grained Materials, Hanyang University, Ansan, South Korea, April 26, 2001.
  28. Y.T. Zhu and J. Huang, “Properties and Nanostructures of Materials Processed by SPD techniques,” Ultrafine Grained Materials II, edited by Y.T. Zhu, T.G. Langdon, R.S. Mishra, S.L. Semiatin, M.J. Saran, and T.C. Lowe. TMS, 2002, pp. 331-340.
  29. X.Z. Liao, J. Huang, Y.T. Zhu, F. Zhou and E.J. Lavernia, “Defect structures and deformation mechanisms of a nanostructured Al-Mg alloy prepared by cryogenic ball milling,” Ultrafine Grained Materials II, edited by Y.T. Zhu, T.G. Langdon, R.S. Mishra, S.L. Semiatin, M.J. Saran, and T.C. Lowe. TMS, 2002, pp.323-330.
  30. A. Serquis, R. Schulze, Y.T. Zhu, J.Y. Coulter, D.E. Peterson, N.O. Moreno, P.G. Pagliuso and F.M. Mueller, “Synthesis, Characterization and Ageing of MgB2,” Mat. Res. Soc. Proc. Vol. 689, E2.7.1-E2.7.6. 
  31. T.C. Lowe and Y.T. Zhu, “Commercialization of Nanostructured Metals Produced by Severe Plastic Deformation Processing,” Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Nanomaterials by Severe Plastic Deformation, Dec. 9-13, 2002, Vienna, Austria, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 200, pp.789-797.
  32. A. Serquis, L. Civals, X.Z. Liao, J.Y. Coulter, D.L. Hammon, Y.T. Zhu, D.E. Peterson, F.M. Mueller, and V.F. Nesterenko, “Fabriaction and Test of a Hot-Isostatic-Pressed Powder-in-Tube MgB2 Coil,” Mat. Res. Soc. Proc. (2003).
  33. J.Y. Huang, X.Z. Liao, Y.T. Zhu, F. Zhou and E.J. Lavernia, “Grain Boundary Structure of Nanocrystalline Cu Processed by Cryomilling,” Ultrafine Grained Materials III, edited by Y.T. Zhu, T.G. Langdon, R.Z. Valiev, S.L. Semiatin, D.H. Shin, and T.C. Lowe. TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society), 2004 pp. 17-24.
  34. Yu.R. Kolobov , G.P. Grabovetskaya, K.V. Ivanov, R.Z. Valiev, Y.T. Zhu, “Grain Boundary Diffusion and Creep of UFG Ti and Ti-6Al-4V Alloy Processed by Severe Plastic Deformation,” Ultrafine Grained Materials III, edited by Y.T. Zhu, T.G. Langdon, R.Z. Valiev, S.L. Semiatin, D.H. Shin, and T.C. Lowe. TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society), 2004, 621-628.
  35. X.Z. Liao, Y.H. Zhao, S.G. Srinivansan, F. Zhou, E.J. Lavernia, M.I. Baskes, Y.T. Zhu, “Stacking Faults and Twinning in Ultrafine-Grained Al,” Ultrafine Grained Materials III, edited by Y.T. Zhu, T.G. Langdon, R.Z. Valiev, S.L. Semiatin, D.H. Shin, and T.C. Lowe. TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society), 2004, pp. 3-10.
  36. Y.H. Zhao, X.Z. Liao, S.G. Srinivansan, Z. Jin, R.Z. Valiev, Y.T. Zhu, “Structure and Property Evolutions of ECAP-Processed 7075 Al Alloy during Annealing,” Ultrafine Grained Materials III, edited by Y.T. Zhu, T.G. Langdon, R.Z. Valiev, S.L. Semiatin, D.H. Shin, and T.C. Lowe. TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society), 2004, 511-516.
  37. I.P. Semenova, Y.T. Zhu, G.J. Raab, R.Z. Valiev, “Microstructures and Mechanical Behaviors of Ultrafine-Grained Ti-6Al-4V Alloy Produced by ECAP,” Ultrafine Ultrafine Grained Materials III, edited by Y.T. Zhu, T.G. Langdon, R.Z. Valiev, S.L. Semiatin, D.H. Shin, and T.C. Lowe. TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society), 2004, pp. 463-468.
  38. V.G. Pushin, D.V. Gunderov, N.I. Kourov, L.I. Yurchenko, E.A. Prokofiev, V.V. Stolyarov, Y.T. Zhu, R.Z. Valiev, “Nanostructures and Phase Transformation in TiNi Shape Memory Alloys Subjected to Severe Plastic Deformation,” Ultrafine Grained Materials III, edited by Y.T. Zhu, T.G. Langdon, R.Z. Valiev, S.L. Semiatin, D.H. Shin, and T.C. Lowe. TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society), 2004, pp. 481-486.
  39. Y.H. Zhao, X.Z. Liao, R.Z. Valiev, and Y.T. Zhu, “Structures and Mechanical Properties of ECAP Processed 7075 Al Alloy upon Natural Aging and T651 Treatment,” Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 821, 59-64 (2004). 
  40. Y.H. Zhao, X.Z. Liao, and Y.T. Zhu, “Unconfined Twist: a Simple Method to Prepare Ultrafine Grained Metallic Materials,” Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 821, 71-76 (2004).
  41. V.V. Stolyarov, E.A. Prokofiev, R.Z. Valiev, T.C. Lowe, and Y.T. Zhu, “Structure and Properties of Ti Alloys Processed by ECAP,” Nanostructured Materials by High-Pressure Severe Plastic Deformation, edited by Y.T. Zhu, V. Varyukhin, and D. Orlov, Kluwer Academia Pub., Dordrecht, 2005, pp. 169-174.
  42. L.R. Saitova, I.P. Semenova, G.I. Raab, R.Z. Valiev, T.C. Lowe, and Y.T. Zhu, “Improving the Mechanical Properties of Ti-6Al-4V alloy by Equal Channel Angular Pressing,” Nanostructured Materials by High-Pressure Severe Plastic Deformation, edited by Y.T. Zhu, V. Varyukhin, and D. Orlov, Kluwer Academia Pub., Dordrecht, 2005, pp. 241-246.
  43. I.P. Semenova, V.V. Latysh, G.H. Sadikiva, T.C. Lowe, Y.T. Zhu, and R.Z. Valiev, “Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Ultraine-Grained Ti Rods,” Nanostructured Materials by High-Pressure Severe Plastic Deformation, edited by Y.T. Zhu, V. Varyukhin, and D. Orlov, Kluwer Academia Pub., Dordrecht, 2005, pp. 235-240.
  44. Y.T. Zhu, “Deformation Twinning in Nanocrystalline fcc Copper and Aluminum,” Nanostructured Materials by High-Pressure Severe Plastic Deformation, edited by Y.T. Zhu, and V. Varyukhin, Kluwer Academia Pub., Dordrecht, 2005, pp. 3-11.
  45. X. Wu, E. Ma, Y.T. Zhu, and K. Lu, “Deformation Twinning in Nanocrystalline Ni,” Ultrafine Grained Materials IV, edited by Y.T. Zhu, T.G. Langdon, Z. Horita, M.J. Zehetbauer, S.L. Semiatin, and T.C. Lowe. TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society), 2006, pp. 35-40.
  46. B.Q. Han, J.Y. Huang, Y.T. Zhu and E.J. Lavernia, “Strain-Rate Dependence of Tensile Ductility of Cryomilled 5083 Al Alloys,” Ultrafine Grained Materials IV, edited by Y.T. Zhu, T.G. Langdon, Z. Horita, M.J. Zehetbauer, S.L. Semiatin, and T.C. Lowe. TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society), 2006, pp. 73-80.
  47. G.I. Raab , F.F. Safin, T.C. Lowe, Y.T. Zhu, and R.Z. Valiev, “Development of ECAP-CONFORM to Produce Ultrafine-Grained Al,” Ultrafine Grained Materials IV, edited by Y.T. Zhu, T.G. Langdon, Z. Horita, M.J. Zehetbauer, S.L. Semiatin, and T.C. Lowe. TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society), 2006, pp. 171-175.
  48. R.K.Islamgaliev, V.V.Latysh, A.R.Kilmametov, V.U.Kazyhanov, Y.T.Zhu, T.C.Lowe, R.Z.Valiev, “New Development of HPT Processing to Produce Bulk Nanostructured Metals,” Ultrafine Grained Materials IV, edited by Y.T. Zhu, T.G. Langdon, Z. Horita, M.J. Zehetbauer, S.L. Semiatin, and T.C. Lowe. TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society), 2006, pp. 183-188.
  49. V.V. Latysh, G.H. Salimgareeva, I.P. Semenova, I.V. Kandarov, Y.T. Zhu, T.C. Lowe and R.Z. Valiev, “Microstructural Refinement of Ti Billets by Equal Channel Angular Pressing,” Ultrafine Grained Materials IV, edited by Y.T. Zhu, T.G. Langdon, Z. Horita, M.J. Zehetbauer, S.L. Semiatin, and T.C. Lowe. TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society), 2006, pp. 277-281.
  50. I.P. Semenova, L.R. Saitova, G.I. Raab, Y.T. Zhu, T.C. Lowe2, R.Z. Valiev, “Superplastic Behavior of Ultrafine-Grained Ti-6Al-4V ELI Processed by Severe Plastic Deformation,” Ultrafine Grained Materials IV, edited by Y.T. Zhu, T.G. Langdon, Z. Horita, M.J. Zehetbauer, S.L. Semiatin, and T.C. Lowe. TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society), 2006, pp. 433-438.  
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