People
Bi-Cheng Zhou
Assistant Professor
Prof. Bi-Cheng Zhou's research interests lie in computational thermodynamics and kinetics of materials. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2015 in MSE with a minor in computational science and a subsequent one-year postdoc from the Pennsylvania State University, both under the guidance of Prof. Zi-Kui Liu.
Postdoctoral Fellows
Rajendra Gorrey
Joined group in 8/2023.
Research Interests: CVM, CALPHAD, first-principles thermodynamics
Graduate Students
Rahim Zaman
Joined group in 8/2020.
Research Interests: High-temperature oxidation, CALPHAD, first-principles thermodynamics and kinetics
Yuan-Chen Gao
Joined group in 8/2020.
Research Interests: Mg alloys, precipitation, cluster expansion, first-principles thermodynamics
Alumni
Chu-Liang Fu
8/2018-8/2023 PhD, Next: Postdoc at MIT
Will Morris
5/2023-8/2023 Summer Intern
Kang Wang
8/2018-3/2023 Postdoc, Next: Associate Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Du Cheng
8/2018-3/2023 PhD, Next: Postdoc at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
Thesis title: First-Principles Investigation of Crystal Structures and Stabilities of Precipitates in GP Zones-Strengthened Mg Alloys
Damilola Lawal
8/2020-5/2022 MS, Next: UPenn MSE PhD program.
Thesis title: Investigation of Phase Field Modeling for the Simulation of Solidification during Additive Manufacture of High-Temperature Alloys
Annika Szyniec
10/2021-10/2022, UVA ChemE undergraduate
Nima Razavi
8/2021-8/2022, UVA ECE undergraduate