Hao Zhang Curriculum Vitae March 2012

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Hao Zhang, PhD, PEng
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
University of Alberta
Office: W7-030 ECERF,
Phone: 780-492-8340; Fax: 780-492-2881; Email: hao.zhang@ualberta.ca
Home Page: http://www.ualberta.ca/~hao7/
EDUCATION
Ph.D., 2005, Princeton University, Princeton, USA
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Dissertation: Grain Boundary Migration in Metals: Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Advisor: Professor David J. Srolovitz
M.S., 1999, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Thesis: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Cluster Al Depositing on Si Substrate by Ionized
Cluster Beam Method
Advisor: Professor Zongning Xia
B.E., 1996, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, University of Alberta, Canada, 2007-present
Research Associate, Princeton University, USA, 2005 – 2007
RESEARCH INTRESTS
· Atomic-level mechanism for grain boundary migration
· Interfacial dynamics of nanoparticles
· Design of nanolaminate coatings
· Mechanical response in nanostructured materials
· Nanocrystalline materials deformation mechanism
· Modeling and simulation of friction stir welding
· Multiscale simulation of crack initiation and propagation in near neutral pH stress corrosion
cracking
· Hydrogen embrittlement in iron
Hao Zhang Curriculum Vitae March 2012

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HONORS AND AWARDS
· Grain Boundaries Exhibit the Dynamics of Glass-Forming Liquids, published in PNAS, was
featured in Editor's Choice, Science, 324; 858. 2009
· Best Poster Award, Gordon Research Conference on Physical Metallurgy 2006

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