Information Technology Mechanical
Resume:
ZHIYONG JIA
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Highly qualified professional with demonstrated abilities in project management, materials research, and applications development; Strong expertise and 16 years of broad experience in metallurgy, materials processing, testing, characterization in alloyed steel, stainless steel, polymer composite, carbon materials, ceramics, and magnetic materials.
Technical Skills
Microstructure and failure analysis by SEM with EDS and metallography techniques
Experience in thin film deposition (Magnetron sputtering) and vacuum system
Surface and interface analysis by XPS and AES
Thorough knowledge of materials characterization in XRD, electron microscopy (SEM, TEM)
Thorough knowledge of metallographic analysis
Morphology and roughness evaluation by AFM, SEM, and XRR
Phase transformation of polymer via TGA, DSC
Finite Element Modeling (Abaqus)
Magnetic characterization using AGM, VSM, SQUID magnetometer
Particle Size Analyzer, Surface area, Porosity
Inductively-conducting plasma spectroscopy (ICP)
Texture and structural analysis with X-ray Diffraction and EBSD;
Image analysis;
Experience in Matlab, OriginLab, Labview, AutoCAD, JMP, MS Office, R, Python
Generate documents, reports, technical reports and presentations
Work Experience
Carbo Ceramics, New Iberia, LA May 2013-present
Product development and process improvement in top secret product Kryptosphere proppants.
Planning, coordinating, evaluating tests results associated with confidential ceramic based proppant development.
Root cause analysis associated with the production process.
Lab Instruments troubling shooting, maintenance, and establish SOPs
University of Louisiana-Lafayette, Lafayette, LA Aug. 2007 – April 2013
Research Scientist, Center for Structural and Functional Materials
Managed projects simultaneously within budget. Supervised graduate students and collaborated with industry and external researchers. Prepared accurate specifications for purchase of materials for ongoing projects. Coordinated with graduate students and machine shops for project completion;
Worked on projects involved grain size effect on mechanical properties of stainless steel, investigated the deformation mechanism after nanoindentation using electron microscopy;
Conducted heat-treat, performed tests on hardness, tensile strength and fatigue for microalloyed pipeline steels, performed metallography and microstructural characterization with SEM, TEM, optical microscopy, nanoindentation, and XRD.
Carried out the investigation of the pressure-induced phase transformation, mechanical properties of Nylon 6,6-carbon nanotube nanocomposites (DSC, XRD), performed the electron microscopy of crystallization of polyethylene on carbon nanotube.
Carried out simulation of phase transformation for FePt-FeRh alloys using OOMMF(NIST) and Alamag. Performed simulations on the exchange constant effect on FePt-FeRh bilayer thin film system. Studied the temperature dependence of exchange coupling between FePt and FeRh systems;
Conducted Materials Research Projects
• Investigate the precipitation behavior of carbide in microalloyed steel (TEM/EDS)
• Study the deformation mechanism of nano-crystallined stainless steel (Nanoindnetation/TEM)
•Texture analysis of pipeline steel with EBSD
• Study the microstructure and mechanical properties relation of HSLA alloy
• Study the crystallization behavior of Nylon-carbon nanotube composite (TEM/AFM)
• Study the crystallization and mechanical properties of polyethylene-CNT, PE-graphene composite
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, Center for Materials for Information Technology
Research Assistant, Aug. 2000-Dec. 2006,
Carried out research in the field of magnetic nanoparticles of FePt-based alloy, which resulted in numerous publications and invited presentations;
Tackled many important research problems encountered in area of FePt alloy for magnetic recording such as significantly reducing phase transformation temperature of FePt, alleviating the agglomeration during annealing, synthesis of ferromagnetic FePt alloys without post annealing, and the easy axis alignment of ferromagnetic FePt nanoparticles;
Conducted literature review and experimental designs, and devised some gadgets used in the experiments and tests; Successfully published numerous technical papers on journals; prepared technical reports, conference presentations, and posters;
Investigated conventional annealing and pulsed infrared thermal processing during the transformation of FePt, performed tests on magnetic properties of FePt-based alloys; performed microstructural characterization with SEM, TEM, EDS, XRR, XRD, and small angle neutron scattering.
Other Experiences
Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
Research Assistant, Sep. 1996-Jul. 1999
Research on nanometer sized oxides on the flux pinning of high temperature superconductor
Researcher, Sep. 1995-Jul. 1996
Carried out research on the high temperature creep behavior of Ni-based superalloy
Education
Ph.D., Materials Physics, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 2006
M.S., Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 1999
B.S., Metallurgical Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, China, 1996
Affiliations
IEEE and Magnetics Society, Senior Member
Materials Research Society, Member
American Physics Society, Member
Sigma Xi Society, Member
Selected Publications (40 in Total)
1.Z. Jia, R.D.K. Misra, “Tunable ZnO quantum dots for bioimaging: synthesis and photoluminescence”, Materials Technology 28, 221 (2013).
2.J. Xu, R.D.K. Misra, Z. Jia, L. Zheng, “Understanding variability in mechanical properties of hot rolled microalloyed pipeline steels: Process–structure–property relationship”, Mater. Sci. Eng. A 574, 94-103 (2013).
3.P.K.C. Venkatsurya, Z. Jia, R.D.K. Misra, M.D. Mulholland, M. Manohar, J.E. Hartmann Jr., “Understanding mechanical property anisotropy in high strength niobium-microalloyed linepipe steels”, Mater. Sci. Eng. A 556, 194 (2012).
4.Z. Jia, F. Zeng, R.D.K. Misra, “Structure-Property Relationship in Carbon Nanotube-Induced Structure and Phase Evolution in Nylon 6,6 Crystallized at Elevated Pressures”, Mater. Sci. Eng. B 177, 666 (2012).
5.R.D.K. Misra, Z. Zhang, Z. Jia, M. Somani, L. Karjalainen, “Nanoscale Deformation Experiments on the Strain Rate Sensitivity of Phase Reversion Induced Nanograined/Ultrafine-grained Austenitic Alloys”, Mater. Sci. Eng. A 548, 161 (2012).
6.R.D.K. Misra, Z. Jia, Q. Yuan, H. Huang, J. Shah, “Tunable Nanoscale Architecture of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Nanostructured Materials for Structural and Functional Applications”, Macromolecular Chem. & Phys. 213, 315 (2012).
7.R.D.K. Misra, Z. Jia, R. O’Malley, S.J. Jansto, “Precipitation behavior during thin slab thermomechanical processing and isothermal aging of copper-bearing niobium-microalloyed high strength structural steels: The effect on mechanical properties”, Mater. Sci. Eng. A 528, 8772 (2011).
8.R. D. K Misra, Z. Zhang, Z. Jia, M. C. Somani, L. P. Karjalainen, “Nanomechanical insights into the deformation behavior of austenitic alloys with different stacking fault energies and austenitic stability”, Mater. Sci. Eng. A 528, 6958 (2011).
9.Z. Jia, R.D.K. Misra, R. O’Malley, S.J. Jansto, “Fine-scale precipitation and mechanical properties of thin slab processed titanium–niobium bearing high strength steels”, Mater. Sci. Eng. A 528, 7077 (2011).
10.Z. Jia, R.D.K. Misra, “Magnetic sensors for data storage: perspective and future outlook,” Mater. Tech. 26, 191 (2011).
11.Z. Jia, R.D.K. Misra, “Micromagnetic modelling of new generation of FePt and FeRh nanostructures for heat assisted magnetic recording,” Mater. Tech. 26, 200 (2011).
12.R. D. K, Misra, Z. Zhang, Z. Jia, M. C. Somani, L. P. Karjalainen, "Probing deformation processes in near-defect free volume in high strength high ductility nanograined/ultrafine-grained (NG/UFG) metastable austenitic stainless steels." Scripta Materialia 63, 1057 (2010).
13.Z. Jia, R.D.K. Misra, “Simulated temperature dependence of exchange bias field in exchange coupled FeRh/FePt bilayer: relevance in magnetic recording media”, Mater. Tech. 25, 307 (2010).
14.Z. Jia, N. Seetala, R. D. K, Misra, "Magnetic behavior of chemically synthesized FePt-FeRh nanostructures." Physica B 405, 2189 (2010).
15.Z. Jia, J. W. Harrell, R.D.K. Misra, “Synthesis and Magnetic Properties of FeRh Nanoparticles,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 022504 (2008).
16.Z. Jia, R.D.K. Misra, “Self-assembled Magnetic Nanostructures,” Mater. Tech. 23, 66 (2008).
17.N. Seetala, J. Harrell, Z. Jia, D. Nikles, G. Glass, B. Rout, “Proton-Irradiation Induced Chemical Ordering of FePt Nanoparticles,” American Nuclear Society Journal, p.319-325 (2007).
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