Yanqing Su

Assistant Professor

Email: yanqing.su@ou.edu
Phone: (405) 325-3176
Office: Felgar Hall 208
Office Hours: Tuesday 2:00pm-4:00pm

Education
Ph.D., Geophysics (2017)
Georgia Institute of Technlogy, Atlanta GA
M.S., Computational Science and Engineering (2016)
Georgia Institute of Technlogy, Atlanta GA
M.S., Space Plasma Physics (2012)
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
B.S., Space Plasma Physics (2010)
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

Research Focus

Mechanics and materials in extreme environments, e.g., solid-state batteries, aircraft engines, and nuclear reactors
Advanced manufacturing processes of functional and structural materials
Hydrogeology, such as transport and contamination processes of trace metals in ground-water and microplastics in river systems
Fluid/solid interactions, hydraulic fracturing

Experience and Awards

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, UT (2020-2025)
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA (2018-2020)
Junior Specialist, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA (2017-2018)

Travel Grant ,Society of Engineering Science Annua lTechnical Meeting, Metals (2022)
Travel Fellowship, DowMI-MRL, UC Santa Barbara (2020)
Registration Award, World Congress on High Entropy Alloys (2019)
Scholarship, San Diego Supercomputer Center Summer Institute (2019)
Travel Grant, Society of Exploration Geophysicists Annual Meeting (2016)

Recent Publications

Arjun S. Kulathuvayal†, Yi Rao, Yanqing Su, Elemental diffusion coefficient prediction in conventional alloys using machine learning, Chem. Phys. Rev. 5 (2024) 041402 [Featured]
Shuozhi Xu, Mohammad Younes Araghi, Yanqing Su, Physics-based modeling of metal additive manufacturing processes: A review, Int. J. Adv. Manuf. Tech. 134 (2024) 1–13
Tianyi Wang, Jiuyin Li, Mian Wang, Chengzhi Li, Yanqing Su, Shuozhi Xu, Xiang-Guo Li, Unravelling dislocation-based strengthening in refractory multi-principal element alloys, npj Comput. Mater. 10 (2024) 143
Mahshad Fani, Wu-Rong Jian, Yanqing Su, Shuozhi Xu, Confined layer slip process in nanolaminated Ag and two Ag/Cu nanolaminates, Materials 17 (2024) 501
Weisen Ji, Wu-Rong Jian, Yanqing Su, Shuozhi Xu, Irene J. Beyerlein, Role of stacking fault energy in confined layer slip in nanolaminated Cu, J. Mater. Sci. 59 (2024) 4775–4787
Jacob Weiss, Yanqing Su, Brandon A. McWilliams, Irene J. Beyerlein, Marko Kneze- vic, Embedding strain-rate sensitivities of multiple deformation mechanisms to predict the behavior of a precipitate-hardened WE43 alloy under a wide range of strain rates, Mech. Mater. 187 (2023) 104843