Prof. YANG Zhigang

School of Materials, Tsinghua University, China

Prof. YANG Zhigang is currently a Professor of School of Materials, Tsinghua University, China. He is leading a research group in the key laboratory of advanced materials of ministry of education. His research interests are phase transformation, high temperature oxidation and surface treatment of metals and alloys. He has published over 160 articles in academic journals, 2 monographs and 2 textbooks. He received several awards, including the Academic Young Scientist Award of Tsinghua University, New Century Excellent Talents in University and The second class award for science progress by Ministry of Education, Dupont Innovation Award.

He will present his current research in the title “Alloy Elements Partition Effect on Phase Transformation Kinetics in Steels”.

Website: http://www.mse.tsinghua.edu.cn/mseen/info/1018/1047.htm