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Dr. ZhongYang
(Z.-Y.) Cheng Professor, Materials Engineering / Mechanical Engineering 275 Wilmore Lab, Phone: (334)844-3419,
Fax: (334)844-3400
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Materials and Structure Laboratory |
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Awards to Dr. Cheng’s Students 2014 Mr. Patrick was selected as the
winner of People’s Choice Poster, Research Week, Auburn
(June, 2014). 2013 Mr. Patrick Bass was selected as
the winner of departmental award for GERS Poster Competition (Oct. 2013) 2013 Mr. Lin Zhang was selected as the
Outstanding International Graduate Student of Materials Engineering (April,
2013) 2012 Mr. Patrick Bass was selected as
one of Traineeships for NSF-IGERT on Integrated
Biorefining for Sustainable Production of Fuels and
Chemicals 2007 Best
Student Poster Award, K.W. Zhang won 1st Place Poster Award, 2007 Alabama Water
Resource Conference 2007 Best
Student Poster Award, L.L. Fu won 2nd Place Poster Award, 2007 Alabama Water
Resource Conference 2006 Best
Student Poster Award, L.L. Fu, S.Q. Li, and K.W. Zhang, awarded 1st Place Poster
Award, 2006 Alabama Water Resource Conference 2006 S.Q. Li was selected as one of the participants in Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory’s summer graduate student research program. 2005 Best
Student Paper Award, S.Q. Li, 2nd Place –
15th GSC Research Forum, Auburn University 2005 Best
Student Poster Award, S.Q. Li, 1st Place Poster Award, 2005 Alabama Water Resource
Conference 2004 Best
Student Paper Award, Z.M. Li and S.Q. Li, 2nd Place Paper at the Smart Materials and
Structures Conference of ASME. 2004 Best
Poster Award, Z.M. Li and Z.-Y. Cheng, Recipient of the SPIE award at 11th SPIE International Annual Meeting on Smart Structures and
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2015 Dr. Cheng and Mr. Patrick Bass attended ECS meeting in
Oct, where Dr. Cheng delivered an invited talk and Patrick presented a few posters.
Dr. Lin Zhang left in September for UCSD. Dr. Cheng was invited to be one of panelists for 2015
SEC Symposium on Best Practices in Interdisciplinary Design (http://www.secsymposium.com/schedule.php).
(Sept. 28) Welcome new students on board. Ms. Zhizhi SHENG passed her
PhD defense in June, 2015. Congratulations! Dr. Min Zhang from Northwestern Polytechnical
University visited in June and July. Professor Gangjin Chen from
Hangzhou Dianzi University visited in February. 2014 Ms. Wenya DU passed her MS defense on November 12,
2104. Congratulations! Dr. Cheng was invited to deliver an invited talk on
High Electromechanical Effect in Nanocomposites and its Enhancement using
Nanocrystalline Cellulose for Nanoenergy and Nanosystem 2014, Beijing, China from Dec. 7 to 10, 2014. Dr. Cheng delivered an invited talk on Some Fundamental
Issues of 0-3 Dielectric Composites for AMF-AMEC-2104 (Jointing International
Conference of the 9th Asian Meeting on Ferroelectricity and the 9th
Asian Meeting on Electroceramics), Shanghai, China
from Oct. 26 to 28, 2014. Dr. Cheng was invited to deliver an invited talk in the
Workshop “Smart Sensor Materials and Technologies” in the 8th
Energy Materials Nanotechnology (EMN) Fall Meeting to be held in Hilton
Hotel, Orlando, FL from November 22 to 25, 2014. Dr. Cheng was invited to be a reviewer for the
proposals submitted to ERC Starting Grant-2014 by the European Research Council. Dr. Cheng was invited to be the American Editor of Journal
of Advanced Physics published by American Scientific Publishers. Dr. Lin Zhang is invited to deliver an invited for the
IEEE ISE-15 to be held in Baltimore, USA from August 10 to 14, 2014. Dr. Cheng is invited to deliver a plenary talk for the annual
meeting of Dielectric Physics Professional Committee of Chinese Physical
Society to be held in XiangTan city, China from May
23 to May 28, 2014. Welcome Dr. Mukhlis Ismail to join us in April for one
month. Welcome Dr. Abdulrahman Ali to join us in April for one
month. Dr. Cheng was selected as the Outstanding Faculty of
Materials Engineering. Welcome Ms. Qinhong Fan to join us in January. Dr. Cheng is invited to be one of the speakers for the
workshop on “Chipless RFID Sensors: Challenges and
Breakthroughs” for the IEEE RFID 2014 to be held in Orlando, FL from April 8
to 10, 2014. Dr. Cheng is invited to deliver an invited talk at
International Conference on Materials for Dielectric Applications (MDA 2014)
to be held in Wroclaw, Poland from September 10 to 12, 2014. Ms. Logaen Ai-Karam left us
in January. Dr. Xiaozhong Du left us in January. 2013 Welcome Dr. Jianzhong Zhao to join us in December. Dr. Cheng is invited to be a member of Program
Committee for BIT’s 3rd Annual World Congress of Advanced
Materials – 2014 to be held in Chongqing, China. Congratulations to Patrick Bass for being selected as
the winner of departmental award during GERS Poster Competition. Congratulations to Lin Zhang – he passed his Ph.D.
defense in July. Welcome Ms. Wenfeng Li from China to join us in June. Welcome Ms. Logean Qadri from Iraq to join us in May. Dr. Cheng is invited to chair a session for
International Workshop on High-performance Piezo-/Ferro-electric Single
Crystal & China-Russia Workshop on Dielectric and Ferroelectric Materials
(Xi’an, China, May 17-19, 2013) Dr. Cheng is invited to deliver an invited talk on
Dielectric Composite for BIT’s 2nd Annual World Congress of
Advanced Materials (Suzhou, China, June 5-7, 2013). Dr.
Cheng is invited to chair the Session on Physical Behavior of Materials for
BIT’s 2nd Annual World Congress of Advanced Materials (Suzhou, China, June
5-7, 2013). Dr. Cheng is invited to deliver an invited talk on
Smart Materials for Bio-Medical Sensing Applications for IEEE RFID 2013 to be
held in Orlando, FL from April 30 to May 2, 2013. Welcome Yang Tong and Wenya Du to join us in
January. 2012 Welcome Dr. Xiaozhong Du to join us in December. Welcome Dr. Yaqin Tian to join us in December. Dr. Yongyang Li left Auburn
for China at the end of November. Dr. Cheng delivered talks on biosensors for agriculture
at IEEE Sensor, Oct. 31, Taipei. Dr. Cheng chaired the opening planetary session of
NMS-VIII & FCFP-XXII, Oct. 15, Xi’an, China Dr. Cheng delivered a keynote speak on Dielectric
Behavior of Newly Developed Composites and the Contribution of Interfacial
Layer, NMS-Viii & FCFP-XXII, Oct. 16, Xi’an, China. Welcome Dr. Yongtang Li from Taiyuan
University of Science and Technology to join us in September. Congratulations to Patrick Bass: he is selected as one
of NSF-IGERT Traineeship on Integrated Biorefining for Sustainable Production of Fuels and
Chemicals. Welcome Dr. Zhaoxian Xiong from Xiamen University, who visited us and
delivered a seminar on Microwave Dielectrics and Theirs Applications (July –
August). Welcome Dr. Lixia Wang to join us (May). Congratulations to Wei Wang for her graduation in May. Dr. Cheng is invited to chair a session for CIMTEC,
June 10-15, Italy. Dr. Cheng will deliver an invited talk on Interfacial
layer and their role in newly developed high-performance electroactive
polymers and composites, CIMTEC, June 10-15, Italy. Professor Jiang from Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute,
China, visited in April. Dr. Cheng delivered an invited talk on Magnetostrictive
resonance as sensors and actuators, The International Workshop on
Piezoelectric Materials and application (IWPMA), April 22-25, Hirosaki, Japan. Dr. Cheng delivered a seminar on Polymer-based
Dielectric Composites at TYUST (March). Dr. Cheng gave guest lectures on Polymer Science and
Technology for graduate students at Xi’an Jiaotong
University (March). Welcome Drs. Yong Hu and Xiaogang
Wang to join us (Feb) 2011 Dr. Cheng was invited to be a member of International Advisory
Board for Symposium C: Electroactive Polymers, Advances in Materials and
Devices, June 10-15, 2012, Italy Dr. Cheng was invited to co-chair Symposium A:
Adaptive, Active and Multifunctional Smart materials System, CIMTEC, June
10-15, 2012, Italy. Dr. Cheng delivered an invited talk on The role of
interfacial layer in composites, International Conference on Smart Materials
and Nanotechnology in Engineering, Dec. 3-8, Shenzhen, China. Dr. Cheng chaired a session for International
Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering, Dec. 3-8,
Shenzhen, China. Dr. Cheng was elected to be the inaugural
President-Elect of Auburn University Chapter of NAI (National Academy of
Inventors) (May). Dr. Cheng delivered an invited talk on Development
of Wireless Biosensors for in-situ and in-field Detection of Pathogen in Food,
International Symposium on Applications of Nanotechnology and Biosensors in
Agriculture and Food, April 14-16, Hangzhou, China. 2010 Dr. Cheng delivered an invited talk on Dielectric study of
interfacial layer in nanocomposites with polymer matrix, 2010 MRS Fall
Meeting, Dr. Cheng was the leading organizer of Symposium on
Polymer based Smart Materials: Process, Characterization, and Applications,
2010 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA. 2009 Dr. Cheng delivered an invited talk on Role of Interfacial
Layer in Newly Developed High-performance Electroactive Polymers and
Composites, 12th International Meeting on Ferroelectricity
(IMF-12), Dr. Cheng was invited to chair a session for 12th
International Meeting on Ferroelectricity (IMF-12), Xi’an, China. Dr. Cheng was invited as a member of Nanotechnology-Enabled Sensing Workshop
for the Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology Subcommittee of
National Science and Technology Council’s Committee on Technology (May 5-7,
Sheraton National Hotel, Arlington, Virginia). Dr. Cheng delivered an invited talk on Structure and
Properties of CCTO-based Ceramic-Polymer 0-3 Composites, 6th
International Conference on High-Performance Ceramics, Dr. Cheng delivered an invited talk on Wireless Micro/Nano-Biosensor
for in-situ Detection of Bacteria in Water, PittCon
Conference 2009, Chicago. 2008 Dr. Cheng delivered an invited talk on Magnetostrictive
Nanowires for Biosensors, 3rd
International Conference on Smart Materials, Structural and System
(CIMTEC 2008), Italy Dr. Cheng was invited to chair a session for CIMTEC,
Italy. Dr. Cheng was the leading organizer of Symposium on
Polymer based Smart Materials: Process, Characterization, and Applications,
2008 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA. Dr. Cheng was invited to chair a session for ISIAMOE-2,
Shanghai, China. Dr. Cheng was awarded 3M Faculty Award, 3M Center, Dr. Cheng was invited to be a member of SPIE Defense
& Security Executive Committee, SPIE. Dr.
Cheng was the co-Chair of Conference on Micro(MEMS) and Nanotechnologies for
Space Applications, 2008 SPIE Defense and Security, FL. Dr. Cheng was invited to serve as a member of
International Advisory Aboard, CIMTEC 2008. 2007 Dr. Cheng was awarded 3M Faculty Award, 3M Center, Dr. Cheng was invited to be a member of International
Advisory Board of third International Conference on Smart Materials,
Structure and Systems, Italy. Dr. Cheng delivered an invited talk on Electromechanical
Properties and Mechanism in newly Developed Electroactive Polymers,
Semiconducting and Insulating Materials Conference XIV, Dr. Cheng was invited to be a member of National
Organizing Committee (NOC) of Semiconducting & Insulating Materials
Conference (SIMC) XIV, AK. Dr. Cheng was invited to a member of SPIE Defense &
Security Executive Committee, SPIE. Dr. Cheng was the co-Chair of Conference on Micro(MEMS)
and Nanotechnologies for Space Applications, 2007 SPIE Defense and Security,
FL. Dr. Cheng was awarded the Faculty Research Award,
Auburn Alumni Engineering Council. Dr. Cheng was selected to be Who’s Who in Science and
Engineering, 10th edition 2006 Dr. Cheng was selected by AMS as the Outstanding Faculty
Member of Materials Engineering Dr. Cheng was an organizer of Symposium on Smart
Dielectric Polymers: Properties, Characterization, and Their Applications,
2006 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA. Dr. Cheng was the co-Chair of Conference on Micro(MEMS)
and Nanotechnologies for Space Applications, 2006 SPIE Defense and Security,
FL. Dr. was awarded 3M Faculty Award, 3M Center, Dr. Cheng was invited to a member of SPIE Defense &
Security Executive Committee, SPIE. Dr. Cheng was awarded Outstanding Oversea Chinese
Scholar Award, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Dr. Cheng was awarded 3M Faculty Award, 3M Center, 2005 Dr. Cheng was invited to be one of four instructors for an MRS
tutorial on Smart Materials –
Fundamentals and Applications Most outstanding paper, MRS Proc. Vol. 889. Dr. Cheng was an organizer of Symposium on Electroresponsive Polymers and Their Applications, 2005
MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA. 2003 Dr. Cheng was invited to be a member of International
Organizing Committee of First World Congress on Biomimetics
and Artificial Muscles, Albuquerque, NM. 1996 Dr. Cheng was awarded International Union of Crystallography
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