http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0121-9445

I am an Elings Postdoctoral Fellow in the California NanoSystems Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara in the US. My advisor is Prof. Irene J. Beyerlein.

I am the lead developer of PyCAC, the concurrent atomistic-continuum simulation environment.

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering 2016

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Advisor: Prof. David L. McDowell
Thesis: The concurrent atomistic-continuum method: Advancements and applications in plasticity of face-centered cubic metals

M.S., Computational Science and Engineering 2015

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

M.S., Solid Mechanics 2011

China Academy of Engineering Physics, China

B.S., Thermal Energy and Power Engineering 2008

Beihang University, China

Postdoctoral Fellow, with Prof. Irene J. Beyerlein07/2017-present

University of California, Santa Barbara

Postdoctoral Fellow, with Prof. David L. McDowell01/2017-06/2017

Georgia Institute of Technology

Graduate Research Assistant, with Prof. David L. McDowell08/2011-12/2016

Georgia Institute of Technology

• PI, Atomistic simulations of nanotubes in body-centered cubic metals, NSF XSEDE (# MSS170028), Total Amount: 150,000 SUs + 1,600 node hours (≈ 7,716.66 USD)2017-2018
• Co-PI, Concurrent atomistic-continuum simulations of dislocation/grain boundary interactions and dislocation/obstacle interactions in FCC metals, NSF XSEDE (# MSS150010), Total Amount: 2,357,858 SUs (≈ 122,305.31 USD)2016-2017

• Outstanding Reviewer Award, Materials Research Express, 2017
• Travel Grant, MAGICS Materials Software Workshop, University of Southern California, 2017
• Elings Prize Fellowship in Science, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2017
• Sigma Xi Best Ph.D. Thesis Award, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017
• MRS Graduate Student Award Silver Medal, 2017
• Travel Grant, SES 52nd Annual Technical Meeting, 2015
• Fellowship, IIMEC Summer School on Computational Materials Science across Scales, Texas A&M University, 2015
• Outstanding Master Thesis, China Academy of Engineering Physics, 2011
• Outstanding Graduate Student, China Academy of Engineering Physics, 2010

Editorial Duties

• Lead Guest Editor, Focus Issue Intrinsic and extrinsic size effects in materials, Journal of Materials Research, 2018-present
• International Advisory Board, Materials Research Express, 2018-present

Referee/Reviewer