Principal Investigator
Yu Zou
Dean’s Spark Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science & Engineering (primary appointment)
Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering (cross-appointed)
Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, University of Toronto
Office: PT 172A
Email: mse.zou at utoronto.ca
B.Eng. (Beihang University), M.Eng. (McGill University), Dr.Sc. (ETH Zurich), Postdoc (MIT)
Bio: Dr. Yu Zou joined the MSE Department at U of T as an Assistant Professor in January 2018, after working as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT (with A. John Hart). He received his doctorate, master's, and bachelor degrees from ETH Zurich (with Ralph Spolenak), McGill University (with Jerzy Szpunar and Stephen Yue), and Beihang University (with Hua-Ming Wang), respectively, all in materials science and engineering. He was also a JSPS visiting scholar at Kyoto University (with Takayuki Kitamura). His research areas include physical metallurgy, nanomechanics, microstructural analysis, and metal additive manufacturing. At U of T, he has been awarded Connaught New Researcher Award (top-up funding), CFI-JELF award, NSERC Discovery and Engage Grants, OCE VIP Grant, and Dean’s Spark Professorship.
Postdoc Researchers
Hongze Wang
Dr.Sc. (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2016), Postdoctoral researcher (Osaka University, Sep. 2016 - Apr. 2018)
(Google Scholar, Research Gate)
Office: WB 144
Research Interests: Laser metal additive manufacturing, simulation
Hobbies: Running, Badminton
Graduate Students
Zhiying Liu
PhD Student
M.Sc. (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2018)
Office: WB 144
Research Interests: Additive Manufacturing, nanofabrication and nanomechanics, In-situ micro-mechanical tests and characterization
Hobbies: Hiking, Biking, Photography
Michel Hache
Master's Student
B.Sc. (Queen’s University, 2018)
Office: PT177
Research Interests: Synthesis and mechanics of nanocrystalline alloys
Hobbies: Sports, Travelling
Linghao Du
Master's Student
B.Eng. (South China University of Technology, 2018)
Office: MB 75
Research Interests: materials for nano-robotics, laser metal additive manufacturing
Hobbies: Hiking, Photography
Haokun Sun
Master's Student
B.Eng. (University of Toronto, 2018)
Office: WB144
Research Interests: Powder recycling for Selective Laser Sintering
Hobbies: Music, Travelling
JiaXi (Cecilia) Wang
Master's Student
B.Eng. (University of Toronto, 2018)
Research Interests: Mechanics of Bones and Bio-implants
Hobbies: Movies, Travelling, Photographing
Visiting Scholars and Students
Yujian Wang
Visiting PhD Student from Northwestern Polytechnical University
Office: WB144
Research Interests: Computational materials science at mesoscale, Phase-field and mathematical modeling of microstructure evolution
Hobbies: Reading, Swimming, Table tennis, Badminton, Guitar
Lianbo Wang
Visiting PhD Student from Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Office: PT177
Research Interests: Ceramic or metal particles reinforced Ni based composite coating Measuring residual stresses of Ni based composite coatings by X-ray stress analyzer
Hobbies: Reading, Basketball, Swimming, Running
Jan Truijen
Visiting Master's Student from Eindhoven University of Technology
Office: WB 144
Research Interests: FEM simulation and mechanics of materials
Hobbies: Football, Competitive swimming, Learning new things, With children
Undergraduate Students
Heyu Liu (MSE UofT) 2018/2019
Qiaofeng Zhang (MSE UofT) 2018/2019
Ruibin Wang (MSE UofT) 2018/2019
Chen Ru Tsai (MSE UofT) 2018/2019
Jiankai Xiao (MSE Beihang) 2018