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Ming Chen

Assistant Professor

Biography and information for students

Ming Chen joined Βι¶ΉΣ³»­, as an assistant professor in 2025. His research group concentrates on processing and physical metallurgy. Motivated students and researchers are welcome to join (Ph.D. candidate, postdoc and summer intern) by sending their CV and contact information (name, institution and emails) along with two to three references.

  • Materials processing
    • Additive manufacturing of metals and ceramics
    • Freeze-casting of porous materials
    • Metallurgy for battery technology
  • Advanced characterization
    • X-ray diffraction and tomography
    • In situ mechanical testing at micro-/nano-scales

Education

  • Ph.D. of Materials Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH-Zurich), Switzerland, 2020
  • Master of Science, Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, RWTH–Aachen University, Germany, 2015
  • Bachelor of Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), 2012

Key publications

  • Chen, L. Pethö, J.M. Wheeler, et. al., , Nature Communications, (2020), 11(1), 2681.
  • Chen, Y.Z. Xu, D.C. Dunand, et. al., , Acta Materialia, (2024), 120055.
  • Chen, A. Pröschel , D.C. Dunand, et. al., , Advanced Functional Materials, (2024): 2415210.
  • Chen, S. Pennell, D. C. Dunand, , Advanced Functional Materials, (2024), 2411085.
  • Chen, S. Van Petegem, H. Van Swygenhoven, et. al., , Additive Manufacturing, (2022), 59, 103173.

Classes

MSE 416/616/715 Structure of Materials