Yunzhi Wang receives multiple prestigious awards from TMS
Cyril Stanley Smith Award
Professor Wang was selected to receive the Cyril Stanley Smith Award for his "outstanding contributions to the science and technology of materials structure"¹. Wang was selected for his outstanding achievements in the fundamental and computational study on microstructural evolution during solid state phase transformations, grain growth, and plastic deformation in metals and alloys. TMS will officially recognize Yunzhi by honoring him in February at the TMS-AIME Annual Awards Ceremony during the 149th TMS Annual Meeting.
It is truly a distinct honor to receive this award named after Cyril Stanley Smith, a giant and pioneer in the field of microstructure science, whose seminal work on homo-phase and hetero-phase interfaces in materials has inspired me since I was a graduate student and during my entire career development. I would like to share this recognition with my students and colleagues, because it is their contributions that have made possible what I have accomplished. I also acknowledge TMS, my home professional society, for providing a vibrant platform for close interactions and long-lasting collaborations with other researchers in the field, which has shaped my career path. - Yunzhi Wang
2020 TMS Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award
Yunzhi Wang is also the recipient of the 2020 TMS Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division Distinguished (MPMD) Scientist/Engineer Award, which "recognizes an individual who has made a long-lasting contribution to design, syntheses, processing, and performance of engineering materials with significant industrial applications."² Professor Wang has made many notable contributions to the development of phase field methodology for fundamental and applied research on microstructural evolution during solid state materials processes. Dr. Yunzhi Wang will be presented with the MPMD award at a special luncheon during the 149th TMS Annual Meeting.
I am deeply honored and humbled by the recognition of my MPMD peers for this prestigious award. I would like to share this recognition with my students and colleagues, because it is their contributions that have made possible what I have accomplished. I also acknowledge TMS, my home professional society, for providing a vibrant platform for close interactions and long-lasting collaborations with other researchers in the field, which has shaped my career path.
In addition to being formally presented with the Cyril Stanley Smith and MPMD awards, Yunzhi will be highlighted in upcoming JOM articles and is granted a life membership to TMS.
Biography of Yunzhi Wang's career accomplishments
Dr. Wang’s work has had broad, sustained impact on fundamental understanding of microstructural evolution during materials processing and in service. His career-long development of computational techniques is focused on the pursuit of ever increasing realism at representing materials in the virtual world. He is at the forefront of developing and applying crystallographic theory and phase field method to microstructure evolution during solid-state phase transformations, recrystallization and grain growth, and plastic deformation in complex engineering alloys. His work has contributed to the widespread use of the phase field method for predicting materials' microstructures in solids. In addition, Dr. Wang is also a principal developer and practitioner of the diffusive molecular dynamics (DMD) method for resolving microstructure evolution at the atomic resolution but diffusion time scale, and the heterogeneously randomized Shear Transformation Zone (STZ) dynamics model for microstructural evolution during deformation in metallic glasses. In his core research, Dr. Wang develops and advances these methods to address new scientific and technical challenges and, through his collaborations, Dr. Wang bridges ab initio calculations with crystal plasticity FEM modeling by using the phase field method and integrates computer simulation with experimental characterization to advance microstructure science and microstructure-based alloy design principles.
¹ CSSmith Notification Letter
² 2020 MPMD Distinguished Scientist Engineering Award Letter