Bi-Cheng Zhou

Research Interests

• • Computational thermodynamics and kinetics (the CALPHAD method)

  • Ab initio modeling of thermodynamics and diffusion, high-throughput DFT

  • Physical metallurgy, phase transformations in lightweight and high-temperature alloys

  • Oxidation and corrosion in high-temperature systems

  • Solid state ionic materials for energy applications, defect chemistry, ionic transport

Current Research

Bi-Cheng's work in the Wolverton Group focused on first-principles study of thermodynamic and kinetic properties of the precipitate phases in Al-Li-Cu-Mg-Zr alloys.

Biography

Bi-Cheng was originally from Binzhou city, Shandong province in China. He joined the Wolverton group on Jan. 1, 2017. Check out Bi-Cheng's ResearchGate and LinkedIn pages.

Education

• • Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, minor in Computational Science, Pennsylvania State University, 2010 - 2015

    • Dissertation: A computational study of the effects of alloying elements on the thermodynamic and diffusion properties of Mg alloys

    • Advisor: Prof. Zi-Kui Liu

  • B.S. Materials Engineering, Central South University, 2006 - 2010

  • Advisor: Prof. Yong Du

Publications

My Google scholar page

B. C. Zhou, S. L. Shang, Y. Wang, and Z. K. Liu, “Diffusion coefficients of alloying elements in dilute Mg alloys: A comprehensive first-principles study”, Acta Mater. 103 (2016) 573-586

B. C. Zhou, S. L. Shang, Y. Wang, and Z. K. Liu, “Data set for diffusion coefficients of alloying elements in dilute Mg alloys from first-principles”, Data in Brief 5 (2015) 900-912

B. C. Zhou, S. L. Shang, Y. Wang, and Z. K. Liu, “First-principles calculations and thermodynamic modeling of Sn-Sr and Mg-Sn-Sr systems”, CALPHAD 46 (2014) 237-248