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Bi-Cheng Zhou
Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
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](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumb/public/2024-03/Rajendra-2023.jpg?itok=OFZ174ME)
Rajendra Gorrey
Joined group in 8/2023.
Research Interests: CVM, CALPHAD, first-principles thermodynamics
Graduate Students
![Rahim Zaman](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumb/public/2024-03/Rahim-2021.jpg?itok=bsIw4w8F)
Rahim Zaman
Joined group in 8/2020.
Research Interests: High-temperature oxidation, CALPHAD, first-principles thermodynamics and kinetics
![Yuan-Chen Gao](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumb/public/2024-03/Yuanchen-2021.jpg?itok=-w7Gvuqd)
Yuan-Chen Gao
Joined group in 8/2020.
Research Interests: Mg alloys, precipitation, cluster expansion, first-principles thermodynamics
Alumni
![Chu-Liang Fu](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumb/public/2024-03/Chuliang-2021.jpg?itok=GwDRkTjy)
Chu-Liang Fu
8/2018-8/2023 PhD, Next: Postdoc at MIT
![Will Morris](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumb/public/2024-03/Will_Morris_resized.jpg?itok=GeQUdrtb)
Will Morris
5/2023-8/2023 Summer Intern
![Kang Wang](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumb/public/2024-03/Kang-2021.jpg?itok=YT9HzuaX)
Kang Wang
8/2018-3/2023 Postdoc, Next: Associate Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
![Du Cheng](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumb/public/2024-03/Du-2021.jpg?itok=nCJUk5Mr)
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](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumb/public/2024-03/Damilola-2022-web.jpg?itok=m-mrhdZF)
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](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumb/public/2024-03/Annika-2021.jpg?itok=JcnSfhCH)
Annika Szyniec
10/2021-10/2022, UVA ChemE undergraduate
![Nima Razavi](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumb/public/2024-03/Nima-2021.jpg?itok=CTP8KQ0S)
Nima Razavi
8/2021-8/2022, UVA ECE undergraduate