Mechanical Engineering

Meng Qu

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EDUCATION

Aug 2008 - Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering - Stony

Brook University (GPA: 3.7/4.0)

PhD Thesis: Bubble formation during impact of molten metallic

droplets on substrates

May 2006 - M.S., Materials Science and Engineering - Stony Brook

University (GPA: 3.7/4.0)

June 2002 - B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing

University of Chemical Technology

WORKING EXPERIENCE

2008-present Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

Postdoctoral Associate

Laboratory for Material Chemomechanics, Department of Materials

Science and Engineering

On the chemomechanical properties of

heterogeneous structured composite materials:

. On the strain-induced cracking/fracture toughness/oxygen

diffusion in transition metal oxides (TMO) thin film and

battery materials such as LiCoO2 and LiFePO4.

. Understanding structure-property relationships in PMMA/silica

polymeric nanocomposites by nanomechanical characterization.

(In collaboration with DuPont).

Responsibilities include: materials preparation; experimental

design, setup and implementation; detailed analysis and

discussion of results and followup with industrial partners.

2003 - 2004 Proctor & Gamble Technology (P&G Beijing) Ltd

Beijing, China

Product Researcher, R&D-Asia Fabric and Home Care

. Designed consumer tests for laundry products (TideTM); formula

development and optimization etc.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2005 - 2008 Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

Research assistant

Center for Thermal Spray Research, Department of Materials

Science and Engineering

. On the morphology, mechanical properties and microstructure of

thermal spray metal and ceramic coatings/splats, sprayed via

air plasma sprayed (APS) and high velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF)

techniques on different substrates (stainless steel, copper,

YSZ etc).

. Developed experiments, fluid impact models and analyses to

probe splat-splat, splat/coating-substrate adhesion.

. Developed a new microstructural characterization method for

thermal sprayed coatings using nano-indentation, and probed the

influence of heat treatment on both microstructure and

mechanical properties of coatings.

. Performed residual stress measurements on coatings by recourse

to X-ray Diffraction (GADDS); compared results among

splats/coatings made from APS, VPS and HVOF.

Responsibilities included: Metal and ceramic materials

characterization; design of spray experiments; instruction and

training of other graduate students in characterization

techniques; liason and discussion with Industrial Members of the

Consortium for Thermal Spray Technology, on results,

characterization and practical implications of academic

discoveries.

2001 - 2002 Beijing University of Chemical Technology

Beijing, China

Research Assistant, Department of Polymer Science & Engineering

Bachelor's Thesis: Synthesis & Characterization of Benzoxazine

. Synthesized benzoxazine with a one step solution method. Two

kinds of benzoxazine containing two allyl groups were obtained

and their properties were tested via IR, NMR, and DSC etc.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

1. Materials Characterization: Proficient in various research

instruments.

. Transmission Electronic Microscope (TEM, Philips CM12);

. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM, LEO 1550);

. Atomic Force Microscope (AFM Digital Instruments, Dimension

3100; MFP3D, Asylum

Research; Multimode, Veeco);

. Nano- and Micro-indentatation Instruments (MicroMaterials,lnc,

Hysitron Triboindenter, Vickers Hardness tester);

. Scanning White Light Interferometry (Zygo new viewer 2000);

. X-Ray Diffractometer (Scintag for X-ray powder diffraction, and

GADDS for residual stress analysis of thermal sprayed thin film

and splat);

. Thermal analyses (Netzsch Simultaneous Thermal Analyzer--DSC,

TG, DTA)

2. Materials Processing:

. Substrate preparation of metal and ceramic thermal sprayed

splats/coatings by Air Plasma

Spray (APS), High Velocity Oxygen Fuel (HVOF) processes;

. Electrospinning technique for fabricating non-woven polymeric

materials and composites.

. Familiar with most kinds of synthesis methods, especially

organic and polymer synthesis.

3. Analysis Softwares: Mathematica, Matlab etc.

AWARDS

. 04/2009, Best paper of 2008, Journal of Thermal Spray

Technology (JTST) "On the Role of Bubbles in Metallic Splat

Nanopores and Adhesion."

. 09/2004, Graduate Student Scholarship & President Fellowship,

SUNY at Stony Brook, NY, USA

PUBLICATIONS

a. Meng Qu, Fei Deng, Agathe Robisson and Krystyn J. Van Vliet,

Nanoscale visualization and mulitscale mechanical implications

of the bound rubber interphase in rubber-carbon black

nanocomposites. (submitted to Soft Matter).

b. Z. Ilke Kalcioglu, Meng Qu, Kenneth E. Strawhecker, Tarek

Shazly, Elazer Edelman, Mark. R.VanLandingham, James F. Smith,

and Krystyn J. Van Vliet, Dynamic and quasistatic mechanical

characterization of hydrated biological tissues and tissue

surrogate gels (accepted by Philosophical Magazine &

Philosophical Magazine Letters).

c. Meng Qu, Jose R. Colmenares, Alfredo Valarezo, Andrew

Gouldstone, Nanoporous surfaces via impact of molten metallic

droplets, Applied Physics A, 96 (2), pp. 391 - 397 (2009)

(Invited)

d . Meng Qu, Andrew Gouldstone. On the role of bubbles in

metallic splat nanopores and adhesion,

Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 17 (4), pp. 486 - 494 (cover

art) (2008) (Best Paper 2008)

e. Meng Qu, Yuhong Wu, Vasudevan Srinivasan, Andrew Gouldstone,

Observations of nanoporous foam arising from impact and rapid

solidification of molten Ni droplet, Applied Physics Letters 90,

254101,(2007)

f. Meng Qu, Yuhong Wu, Andrew Gouldstone, Simulations of

Curvature Evolution Splat-Substrate Systems under Thermal

Cycling, International Thermal Spray Conference and Exposition

(ITSC) Seattle, Washington, 2006, Electronic Proceedings.

PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS

a. Meng Qu, Jeffrey Meth, Gordon M. Cohen, Kenneth G. Sharp, &

Gregory S.Blackman and Krystyn

J. Van Vliet, Particle-polymer interaction in PMMA/Silica

nanocomposites: from nanoscale characterization to macroscale

performance. DuPont-MIT alliance (DMA) symposium Fall 2009

(Cambridge, MA), presentation

b. Meng Qu, Agathe Robssion, Jeff Meth, Gordon M. Cohen, Kenneth

G. Sharp, & Gregory

S.Blackman and Krystyn J. Van Vliet, Investigation of Particle-

Polymer Interactions in Nanocomposites via SPM-based

Characterization. Mater. Res. Soc.(MRS) Fall 2009 (Boston, MA),

presentation

c. Meng Qu, Agathe Robssion, Jeff Meth, Gordon M. Cohen, Kenneth

G. Sharp, & Gregory S.Blackman and Krystyn J. Van Vliet,

Interphase Visualization and Characterization in Polymer

Nanocomposites via SPM-based Techniques. Seeing at the Nanoscale

VII, 2009, (Santa Barbara, CA), presentation

d. Meng Qu, Yuhong Wu, Andrew Gouldstone, "Simulations of

Curvature Evolution Splat-Substrate

Systems under Thermal Cycling", International Thermal Spray

Conference and Exposition (ITSC),2006 (Seattle, WA),

presentation.

e. Yuhong Wu, Meng Qu, Lucille Gianuzzi, Sanjay Sampath and

Andrew Gouldstone; Focused Ion Beam Study of Ni5Al Single Splat

Microstructure, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Fall 2006 (Boston,

MA)

g. Meng Qu, Andrew Gouldstone, On the role of bubbles in metallic

splat nanopores and adhesion, Mater.Res. Soc. Fall, 2007

(Boston), poster

h. Meng Qu, Jose R. Colmenares and Andrew Gouldstone, Controlling

Nanoporosity during impact and solidification of molten droplets

via surface roughness modification - implications for adhesion,

Mater.

Res. Soc. Fall, 2008 (Boston), poster

AFFILIATIONS

. Member of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS)

. Member of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS)

. Member of the Materials Research Society (MRS)

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