The AC group is looking for motivated undergraduates, as well as new MS and Ph.D. applicants with strong interests and backgrounds in materials, physics, chemistry, or related engineering fields to work on novel and challenging science and engineering problems of ceramic materials for various applications. Contact Dr. Z Cheng (zhe.cheng@colostate.edu) if interested.
Welcome to the Advanced Ceramics (AC) group in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University. The group is led by Dr. Zhe Cheng, who joined CSU in the fall of 2024, after 11 years at Florida International University (FIU).
The Advanced Ceramics group’s goals include the following:
i) Developing advanced functional as well as structural ceramic and ceramics-containing composite materials for different applications with a particular focus on energy conversion (e.g., solid oxide fuel cells, solid oxide electrolysis cells, and solar fuels) and extreme environments where ceramic materials excel over other choices
ii) Generating new fundamental knowledge about ceramic materials focusing on the interrelationships between composition (chemistry), macro- and micro-structure, synthesis and processing, and properties
iii) Educating and training next-generation scientists and engineers with expertise in advanced ceramic science and engineering and promoting awareness of ceramics and related fields among undergraduate students and the general South Florida community
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