Prof. Xiaojun Wang graduated from the Anhui University of Technology in 2003 and earned his Master’s and Doctorate degrees in 2008 at the Harbin Institute of Technology. He is currently a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, P.R. China. He is engaged in high-performance Mg alloys and metal matrix composites and has undertaken more than 20 projects, including “National Natural Science Foundation of China”, “National Key Research ＆ Development Program of China”, and so on. He has published 2 monographs and more than 110 SCI papers in Acta Materialia and other journals, including 2 ESI highly-cited papers, 1 hot paper, and 1 cover paper, with an H factor of 32. He holds 15 national invention patents. The project "Research on the key basic theory of lightweight and high-performance magnesium-based composite materials" won the first prize in the Heilongjiang Province Natural Science award in 2018 (ranking No. 1).
Prof. Chao Xu earned his Doctorate in January 2013 at the
Harbin Institute of Technology. After graduation, he studied as a Fellow
researcher at the Research Center for Advanced Magnesium Technology, Nagaoka
University of Technology until January 2016. From February 2016 to March 2018,
he worked as an Assistant Professor at the Nagaoka University of Technology.
In April 2018, he joined the Harbin Institute of Technology and served as a
Professor. His skills and expertise mainly include mechanical properties,
mechanical behavior of materials, mechanical testing, microstructure, materials
processing, material characterization, advanced materials, material
characteristics, SEM analysis, and materials.
Dr. Hailong Shi received his Bachelor's degree in Materials
Science and Engineering in 2013 and his Master’s degree in Materials
Engineering in 2015, both at the Harbin Institute of Technology. He obtained
his Doctorate in 2021 at the University of Lorraine. After graduation, he
joined the Harbin Institute of Technology and served as an Assistant Professor.
His main research directions at present are the design and preparation of
high-performance magnesium-based composite materials, control and simulation
of metal recrystallization texture, and study of metal plastic deformation
behavior.
Dr. Xuejian Li graduated from the Taiyuan University of Technology in Metal Materials Engineering in 2016 and earned his Master’s and Doctorate degrees in 2022 at the Harbin Institute of Technology in Materials Science. After graduation, he joined the Harbin Institute of Technology and worked as an Assistant Professor. His main research interests include the design theory, preparation, and processing technology of in situ graphene-reinforced magnesium-based composites.
Prof. Xiaoshi Hu graduated from the Harbin Institute of
Technology in metal materials and heat treatment in 2001 and earned her Doctorate
in Metallurgy in 2007. After graduation, she joined the Harbin Institute of
Technology and worked as a lecturer. Currently, she is an Associate Professor
at the Department of Materials Science, Harbin Institute of Technology. She is
engaged in the design, development, mechanical, and functional performance
research of magnesium alloys and magnesium-based composites.
Prof. Zhen Lu received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees, all in Welding-Forging, from the Harbin Institute of Technology. He is currently a researcher and doctoral supervisor at the Harbin Institute of Technology. His research areas include advanced light alloy pulse current-assisted rapid hot forming technology, theoretical research on the electrical effect of pulse current-assisted hot forming process, and intelligent rapid hot forming equipment and technology.
Prof. Guohua Fan graduated from the China University of
Mining and Technology in 2004 and earned his Master’s and Doctorate degree in
2009 at the Harbin Institute of Technology. After graduation, he joined the
Harbin Institute of Technology and worked as a lecturer. From 2012 to 2013, he
served as a visiting scholar at Risø National Laboratory, Technical University
of Denmark. From 2013 to 2019, he worked as an Associate Professor, Doctoral
Supervisor at the Harbin Institute of Technology. Currently, he is the Deputy
Director of the Lightweight Materials Center and a professor at Nanjing Tech
University. His main research areas are the design and preparation of metal
composite materials for strengthening and toughening, and the quantitative and
visual characterization of deformation characteristics of metal materials.
