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Assistant Professor

Mechanical Engineering

Education

Postdoc, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida 6/2016 – 11/2017
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida 1/2011 – 5/2016
B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University 9/2006 – 7/2010

Research Interests

Physical Metallurgy, Solidification, Phase Transformations, Diffusion in Multicomponent Solids, Additive Manufacturing, Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Gas Atomization, Superalloys, Lightweight Alloys, Materials Characterization via Electron Microscopy, Mechanical Testing

Publications

L. Zhou, T. Huynh, S. Park, H. Hyer, A. Mehta, S. Song, Y. Bai, B. McWilliams, K. Cho, Y. Sohn, “Additive manufacturing of Al-10Ce alloy by laser powder bed fusion”, Journal of Materials Science, 55, 14611–14625, 2020.

H. Hyer, L. Zhou, S. Park, G. Gottsfritz, G. Benson, B. Tolentino, B. McWilliams, K. Cho, Y. Sohn, “Understanding the laser powder bed fusion of AlSi10Mg alloy”, Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis, 9, 484–502, 2020.

A. Mehta, L. Zhou, D.D. Keiser, Y. Sohn, “Anomalous growth of Al8Mo3 phase during interdiffusion and reaction between Al and Mo”, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 539, 152337, 2020.

L. Zhou, H. Hyer, S. Thapliyal, R.S. Mishra, B. McWilliams, K. Cho, Y. Sohn, “Process-dependent composition, microstructure, and printability of Al-Zn-Mg and Al-Zn-Mg-Sc-Zr alloys manufactured by laser powder bed fusion”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 51, 3215–3227, 2020.

S. Thapliyal, M. Komarasamy, S. Shukla, L. Zhou, H. Hyer, S. Park, Y. Sohn, R.S. Mishra, “An integrated computational materials engineering-anchored closed-loop method for alloy design for additive manufacturing”, Materialia, 9, 100574, 2020.

H. Hyer, L. Zhou, G. Benson, B. McWilliams, K. Cho, Y. Sohn, “Additive manufacturing of dense WE43 Mg alloy by laser powder bed fusion”, Additive Manufacturing, 33, 101123, 2020.

K.H. Arachchilage, M. Haghshenas, S. Park, L. Zhou, B. McWilliams, K. Cho, Y. Sohn, R. Kumar, “Numerical simulation of high-pressure gas atomization of two-phase flow: Effect of gas pressure on droplet size distribution”, Advanced Powder Technology, 30 (11), 2726-2732, 2019.

L. Zhou, H. Hyer, H. Pan, Y. Bai, K. Rice, Y. Sohn, “Microstructure and mechanical properties of modified AA5083 manufactured by laser powder bed fusion”, Additive Manufacturing, 28, 485-496, 2019.

L. Zhou*, A. Mehta, B. McWilliams, K. Cho, Y. Sohn, “Microstructure, precipitates and mechanical properties of powder bed fused Inconel 718 before and after heat treatment”, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 35, 1153-1164, 2019.

L. Zhou, H. Pan, H. Hyer, S. Park, Y. Bai, B. McWilliams, K. Cho, Y. Sohn, “Microstructure and tensile property of a novel AlZnMgScZr alloy additively manufactured by gas atomization and laser powder bed