Academic Degrees

PhD, 2011, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China;

Bachelor, 2005, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China;

Professional Experience

Professor (2020-present); School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology;

Associate Professor (2014-2020); School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology;

Visiting Scholar (2018); Department of Material Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

CSC Visiting Scholar (2015-2016); Department of Materials design, Ruhr-University Bochum.

Lecturer (2011-2014); School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology;

Selected Publications

1. G.W. Hu, L.C. Zeng, H. Du*, Q. Wang, Z.T. Fan, X.W. Liu*. Combined effects of solute drag and Zener pinning on grain growth of a NiCoCr medium-entropy alloy, Intermetallics 136 (2021) 107271.

2. Z.C. Bai, X.F. Ding, Q. Hu*, M. Yang, Z.T. Fan, X.W. Liu*. Unique deformation behavior and microstructure evolution in high-temperature processing of a low-density TiAlVNb2 refractory high-entropy alloy, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 885 (2021) 160962.

3. X.W. Liu, N. Gao*, J. Zheng, Y. Wu, Y.Y. Zhao, Q. Chen, W. Zhou*, S.Z. Pu, W.M. Jiang, Z.T. Fan, Improving high-temperature mechanical properties of cast CrFeCoNi high-entropy alloy by highly thermostable in-situ precipitated carbides, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 72 (2021) 29-38.

4. W.F. Wu, N. Gao, X.W. Liu*, W. Guo, L. Yang, Z.T. Fan*. Precipitation behavior of carbides in a low-carbon NiCoFeCr high-entropy alloy at 800 °C, Materials Letters, 298 (2021) 130020.

5. Q. Wang, L.C. Zeng, T.F. Gao, H. Du*, X.W. Liu*, On the room-temperature tensile deformation behavior of a cast dual-phase high-entropy alloy CrFeCoNiAl0.7, Journal of Materials Science & Technology 87 (2021) 29-38.

6. X.W. Liu, Z.C. Bai, X.F. Ding, J.Q. Yao, L. Wang, Y.Q. Su*, Z.T. Fan*, J.J. Guo, A novel light-weight refractory high-entropy alloy with high specific strength and intrinsic deformability, Materials Letters 287 (2021) 129255.

7. X.L. Gong, X.W. Liu*, Z. Chen, Z.Y. Yang, W.M. Jiang, Z.T. Fan*, 3D printing of high-strength water-soluble salt cores via material extrusion, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (2021).

8. Q. Wang, T.F. Gao, H. Du, Q. Hu*, Q. Chen, Z.T. Fan, L.C. Zeng, X.W. Liu*, Hot compression behaviors and microstructure evolutions of a cast dual-phase NiCoFeCrAl0.7 high-entropy alloy, Intermetallics 138 (2021) 107314.

Awards

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Courses Taught

Principles of materials forming

Materials processing engineering

Project

National Natural Science Foundation of China：51971099, Research on mechanism of CET transition and grain refinement induced by solute interaction during solidification in multi-principal-element high-entropy Alloys, 2020/01-2023/12

Development Research Project of National Magnetic Confinement Nuclear Fusion Energy：2018YFE0313300, Research on alumina coating of complex parts at low temperature, 2018/12-2023/11