Academic Degrees

Philosophy of Doctor, 2019/03, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Master of Engineering, 2014/06, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Bachelor of Engineering, 2010/06, College of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, China

Professional Experience

Associate Professor (2022/02-present); School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Postdoc Research Associate (2019/07-2022/01); Department of Materials, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Postdoc Research Associate (2019/01-2019/07); Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Selected Publications

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1 Egemen Avcu^#, Huatang Cao^#, Xun Zhang^#, Yi Guo, Philip J. Withers, Xiuhui Li, Nan Wang, Shaojiu Yan, Ping Xiao. The effect of reduced graphene oxide content on the microstructural and mechanical properties of copper metal matrix composites. Materials Science & Engineering A,856(2022): 143921-143935;

2 Shang Li, Xuanpu Dong, Shuren Guo, Xinwang Liu, Huatang Cao*, Status and Perspective of High-energy Beam Surface Strengthening: High-Speed Steel. Materials, 15(2022)6129-6150;

3 Ahmet Hilmi Paksoy, Joao Freitas Martins, Huatang Cao, Ying Chen, Grant Gibson, Ping Xiao. Influence of alumina addition on steam corrosion behaviour of ytterbium disilicates for environmental barrier coating applications. Corrosion Science, 207(2022)110555;

4 Wei Li, Hak Jin Sim, Hui Lu, Huatang Cao, Ying Chen, Ping Xiao. Effect of reduced graphene oxide on the mechanical properties of rGO/Al2O3 composites. Ceramics International, 48(2022)24021-24031；

5 Chao Wei, Luchao Liu, Huatang Cao, Xiangli Zhong, Xu Xu, Yuchen Gu, Dongxu Cheng, Yihe Huang, Zhaoqing Li, Wei Guo, Zhu Liu, Lin Li. Cu10Sn to Ti6Al4V bonding mechanisms in laser-based powder bed fusion multiple material additive manufacturing with different build strategies. Additive Manufacturing, 51(2022)102588;

6 Ali Chabok, Huatang Cao, Ellen van der Aa, Yutao Pei. New insights into the fracture behavior of advanced high strength steel resistance spot welds. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 301(2022)117433;

7 Huatang Cao*, Mingwen Bai, Beverley J Inkson, Xiangli Zhong, Jeff Th.M. De Hosson, Yutao Pei, Ping Xiao. Self-healing WS2 tribofilms: An in-situ appraisal of mechanisms. Scripta Materialia, 204(2021)114124;

8 Huatang Cao*, Jamo Momand, Ali Syari’ati, Feng Wen, Petra Rudolf, Ping Xiao, Jeff Th M De Hosson, Yutao Pei. Temperature-Adaptive Ultralubricity of a WS2/a-C Nanocomposite Coating: Performance from Room Temperature up to 500 °C. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13(2021)28843-28854;

9 Yanan Hu, Shengchuan Wu, Philip J Withers, Huatang Cao, Pei Chen, Yajun Zhang, Zhao Shen, Tomáš Vojtek, Pavel Hutař. Corrosion fatigue lifetime assessment of high-speed railway axle EA4T steel with artificial scratch. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 245(2021)107588;

10 Huatang Cao, Feng Wen, Jeff Th M De Hosson, Yutao Pei. On the Self‐Repair of WS2/a‐C Tribocoating, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 7(2020)1900938;

11 Huatang Cao, Feng Wen, Sumit Kumar, Petra Rudolf, Jeff Th M De Hosson, Yutao Pei. On the S/W stoichiometry and triboperformance of WSxC (H) coatings deposited by magnetron sputtering. Surface and Coatings Technology, 365(2019)41-51;

12 Huatang Cao, Jeff Th M De Hosson, Yutao Pei. Self-healing of a pre-notched WS2/a-C coating. Materials Research Letters, 7(2019)103-109;

13 Huatang Cao*, Xuanpu Dong, Ali Chabok, Jancun Rao, Jeff Th.M. De Hosson, Yutao Pei. Hard-yet-tough high-vanadium hierarchical composite coating: Microstructure and mechanical properties. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 736(2018)87-99;

14 Huatang Cao, Jeff Th M De Hosson, Yutao Pei. Effect of carbon concentration and argon flow rate on the microstructure and triboperformance of magnetron sputtered WS2/a-C coatings. Surface and Coatings Technology, 332(2017)142-152.

15 Huatang Cao, Xuanpu Dong, Shuqun Chen, M.Dutka, Yutao Pei. Microstructure evolutions of graded high-vanadium tool steel composite coating in-situ fabricated via atmospheric plasma beam alloying, Journal of Alloys and Compounds,720(2017)169-181.

Awards

2021 The Eli & Britt Harari Graphene Enterprise Runner-up Award, The University of Manchester, UK

2015 Silver medal prize "Fushike" cup by Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society 

2014 RuG-China Scholarship Council joint PhD award 

2012 National Scholarship

2009 National Scholarship

Courses Taught

Foundations of Metallic Materials 

Material Processing Process

Experimental on the Fabrication and Properties of Ceramics

Project

Huazhong University of Science and Technology Talent Introduction Program Fund (2022-2025) (host);

Youth Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province (2022-2024) (host)