Bi-Cheng Zhou

Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

My interests are in computational thermodynamics and kinetics of materials, including first-principles alloy theory, CALPHAD, theories of phase transformations, and nonequilibrium thermodynamics. These methods are applied to lightweight alloys, high-temperature materials, and corrosion.

Postdoctoral Fellows

Rajendra Prasad Gorrey

Rajendra Prasad Gorrey

Joined group in 8/2023. Research Interests: CVM, CALPHAD, first-principles thermodynamics
Hantong Chen

Hantong Chen

Joined group in 9/2024. Research Interests: CVM, CALPHAD, first-principles thermodynamics, software development

Graduate Students

Rahim Zaman

Rahim Zaman

Joined group in 8/2020. Research Interests: High-temperature oxidation, CALPHAD, first-principles thermodynamics and kinetics
Yuan-Chen Gao

Yuan-Chen Gao

Joined group in 8/2020. Research Interests: Mg alloys, precipitation, cluster expansion, first-principles thermodynamics
Daniel Fisher

Daniel Fisher

Joined group in 8/2024. Research Interests: high temperature materials, CALPHAD, first-principles calculations

Undergraduate Students

Taka Suzuki

Taka Suzuki

Joined group in 10/2021.
Adrian Motas

Adrian Motas

Joined group in 8/2024.

Alumni

Chu-Liang Fu

Chu-Liang Fu

8/2018-8/2023 PhD, Next: Postdoc at MIT
Will Morris

Will Morris

5/2023-8/2023 Summer Intern, Virginia Tech MSE undergraduate
Kang Wang

Kang Wang

8/2018-3/2023 Postdoc, Next: Associate Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Du Cheng

Du Cheng

8/2018-3/2023 PhD, Next: Postdoc at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
Damilola Lawal

Damilola Lawal

8/2020-5/2022 MS, Next: UPenn MSE PhD program.
Annika Szyniec

Annika Szyniec

10/2021-10/2022, UVA ChemE undergraduate
Nima Razavi

Nima Razavi

8/2021-8/2022, UVA ECE undergraduate