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Zhenzhen Yu is an Associate Professor in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. She directs the Center for Welding, Joining, & Coatings Research (CWJCR) and co-directs the Manufacturing and Materials Joining Innovation Center (Ma2JIC). Her research focuses on advanced manufacturing processes, particularly materials joining, non-equilibrium phase transformations during welding, and multi-material system design. She holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from East China University of Science and Technology.
Research interests include: joining of dissimilar materials, weld microstructure-property relationships, in-situ characterization of transient material states, and stress relaxation cracking susceptibility evaluation. Notable awards include the NSF CAREER Award (2019) and the McKay-Helm Award (2019).
Her recent work addresses challenges in high-temperature materials for energy storage systems, stress corrosion cracking mechanisms in nuclear applications, and development of multi-principal element alloys for advanced joining applications. She teaches courses such as Advanced Welding Metallurgy and Solidification.
- Labs: Center for Welding, Joining, & Coatings Research (CWJCR)
- Key Projects: Residual stress control in welding, AI-enabled robotic NDE for power plant boilers, molten salt tank failure analysis
