• Student: Mr. Yao Li joined our group as a PhD student from Fall 2024! Welcome onboard!
  • Publication: Our collaborated paper, Fabrication of Highly Heterogeneous Precipitate Microstructure in an alpha+beta Titanium Alloy through Metastable Phase Engineering, has been published in Acta Materialia. Congratulations to the team!
  • Outreach: Sydney and Merbin participated the UNT College Day and lead the Materials Research Facility tour for more than 50 incoming freshmen.
  • Conference: Dr. Zheng attended NSF MGI PI meeting in Washington DC with Dr. Liang Qi from University of Michigan and Dr. Feng Yan from Arizona State University. Our team presented our NSF DMREF project, AI-enabled Automated Design of Ultrastrong and Ultraelastic Metallic Alloys.
  • Student Presentation: Deepak, Sydney and Dr. Zheng attended M&M2024 Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. Deepak presented an oral talk, Multi-dimensional Characterization of Nanostructures in Titanium Alloys using 2D Aberration-corrected STEM and 3D Atom Probe Tomography, and Sydney presented an oral talk, Multi-dimensional Characterization of Additive Manufactured Titanium Alloys using 3D FIB-SEM Tomography.
  • Outreach: Mr. Ishan Wakade, a sophomore from Coppell High School, completed 2-week intern in our group. Ishan had webinar discussion with graduate students from UNT, ASU and UM supported by NSF DMREF project and learned hands-on electron microscope experience using table-top HITACHI TM3030Plus SEM.
  • Student Success: Deepak and Sydney have been awarded the UNT Graduate Student Travel Award. Congratulations!
  • Student Success: Sydney has been awarded the UNT Toulouse Graduate School Externally Funded Students Scholarship. Congratulations!
  • Student Success: Deepak and Sydney successfully passed PhD Qualify Exam! Congratulations! 
  • Presentation: Dr. Zheng presented an invited talk, Nanostructures and Deformation Twins in Metastable Beta Titanium Alloys, in the Possibilities and Limitations of Quantitative Materials Modeling and Characterization 2024, at Bernkastel Germany.
  • Presentation: Dr. Zheng presented an invited talk, Microstructure Engineering in Titanium Alloys for a Greener Future, in Advanced Material esign Workshop, at Paris France. Group picture
  • Student Success: Sydney has been featured in UNT News, Four UNT researchers earn graduate fellowship from U.S. National Science Foundation. Congratulations!

    Sydney Fields

  • Student Success: Dian successfully received his doctoral degree in materials science and engineering! Congratulations Dr. Li!

    Dian receives doctoral degree

  • Publication: Our collaborated paper, Mechanism of Grain Boundary α Precipitation in the Metastable β-Titanium Ti-5Al-5Mo-5V-3Cr, has been accepted in Acta Materialia. Congratulations to the team!
  • Student Success: Deepak has won Best Poster Award in Structural Materials ;in UNT MRS student poster competition and 1st Prize in UNT MRS Science as Art competition. Congratulations!
  • Student Success: Sydney has won Best Graduate Poster in UNT MRS student poster competition. Congratulations!
  • Student Success: Dian has won Outstanding Graduate Award in UNT Department of Materials Science and Engineering in 2023-2024. Congratulations!
  • Seminar: Prof. Yiliang (Leon) Liao from Iowa State University visited our group and presented seminar, Laser-Assisted Advanced Manufacturing: from Fundamental Mechanisms to Engineering Applications, in MTSE Department.

    Dr. Liao and lab members

  • Student Success: Sydney has won the prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship to support her graduate study. Congratulations!

    Sydney Fields won fellowship

  • Publication: Our collaborated paper, Hyper-Elastic Deformation via Martensitic Phase Transformation in CdTe, has been accepted in Advanced Engineering Materials. Congratulations to Dian and our team!
  • Seminar: Dr. Stoichko Antonov from National Energy Technology Laboratory visited our group and presented seminar, Designing Next-generation Structural Materials: from Concept to Scale-up, in MTSE Department.

    Dr. Stoichko Antonov and lab members

  • Student Success: Deepak received 1st Place Graduate Outstanding Poster Award and Sydney received 2nd Place Graduate Outstanding Poster Award in the UNT College of Engineering Research Showcase 2024. Congratulations!
  • Presentation: Deepak, Sydney and Merbin presented 3 posters at UNT College of Engineering Research Showcase 2024. Well done!

    Deepak explains the poster to the audience

  • Grant: We are honored to receive the grant, Understanding the Role of Residual Stress Gradients on Plastic Strain Recovery in Nanocrystalline Thin Films, fromNational Science Foundation. Look forward to continuing this project at UNT. Thanks NSF for supporting our research!
  • Media News: Our NSF DMREF project has been featured by the UNT Research and Innovation, UNT Engineering Professor Leading Multi-institutional Team using AI to Speed Up Alloy Design. 
  • Conference: Zheng Group have presented 4 oral presentations and 3 poster presentations in TMS2024 at Orlando, Florida.

    Sydney explains poster to audience

  • Publication: Our collaborated paper, Heterogeneous Precipitate Microstructure Design in β-Ti Alloys by Regulating the Cooling Rate, has been accepted in Acta Materialia. Congratulations to the team!
  • Seminar: Prof. Liang Qi from University of Michigan visited our group and presented seminar, Design Refractory Complex Concentrated Alloys with Enhanced Strength, Ductility, and Corrosion Resistance, in MTSE Department.
  • Student Success: Dian has successfully defended his PhD thesis Understanding the Role of Defects in the Microstructural Evolution in Metastable Beta Titanium Alloys! Congratulations, Dr. Li!

    Dian defends his thesis

  • Grant: We are honored to receive research grant from Medtronic Inc, to study the bio-medical used alloy and composite. Thanks for supporting our research!
  • Grant: We are honored to receive the grant, Collaborative Research: DMREF: AI-enabled Automated Design of Ultrastrong and Ultraelastic Metallic Alloys, from National Science Foundation. Look forward to the collaboration with Dr. Liang Qi and Dr. Yang Chen from University of Michigan and Dr. Feng Yan from Arizona State University. Thanks NSF for supporting our research!
  • Student: Mr. Merbin John joined our group as a PhD student from Spring 2024! Welcome!
  • Publication: Our paper, Stability and Growth Kinetics of {112} Twin Embryos in Beta Ti Alloys, has been accepted in Acta Materialia! Congratulations to Dian and team!
  • Seminar: Dr. Zheng visited Oklahoma State University and presented an invited seminar, Forging a Sustainable Future: Advancements in Manufacturing, Characterization, and Development of Titanium Alloys for Structural Excellence. 
  • Student Success: Congratulations to Dian Li on successfully presenting his thesis research in Phase 3 exam! One step closer to PhD degree!
  • Student Presentation: Deepak has presented his research, Design of Novel High-Strength-and-Ductility Titanium Alloy using High-throughput Manufacturing Technique and Advanced Electron Microscopy, in UNT Research Day
  • Conference: Zheng Group have presented 4 oral presentations in MS&T2023 at Columbus, Ohio. Sydney presented her 1st oral presentation as graduate student focusing on Understanding the Microstructure Evolution Pathway during Post Heat Treatment in the Direct Energy Deposited Ti-5Al-5Mo-5V-3Cr Alloy. 
  • Publication: Our collaborated paper, Phase Transformation and microstructure evolution in Al-Mn-Fe-Si 3104 Aluminum Alloy Made by Laser Directed Energy Deposition, has been published in Additive Manufacturing. Congratulations to Dian and team!
  • Conference: Dr. Zheng was invited to attend Emerging Leaders Alliance Conference by TMS at Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Student Success: Deepak received Best Student Poster Award in M&M2023 conference. Congratulations!
  • Grant: We are honored to receive the grant, CAREER: Understanding the Role of Nanoprecipitates in Advanced Metastable Titanium Alloys, from National Science Foundation. Thanks NSF for supporting our research!
  • Dr. Zheng and the AMMM Group have joined the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at University of North Texas. Go Mean Green!