Group Leader
Dr. Zhe Cheng
Ph.D. Materials Science & Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S. Materials Science & Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, Tsinghua University, China
3317 W Vine Dr.
Fort Collins, CO 80521
Tel: +1-970-491-0246
Email: zhe.cheng@colostate.edu
Dr. Cheng CV
Before joining Colorado State University, Dr. Cheng worked as an assistant and then associate professor at Florida International University (FIU) for 11 years. Earlier, he was a research scientist at the Central Research & Development department of the industrial conglomerate – E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) in Wilmington, Delaware on various projects including advanced metallization materials for silicon solar cells. Dr. Cheng’s expertise is in the design, synthesis, processing, and characterization of advanced functional ceramic and ceramic-metal hybrid materials for solid-state energy conversion (such as solid oxide fuel cells and solar cells) and applications under extreme conditions (such as high temperature or high pressure)
Ph.D. Students
Zhen (Zain) Guo
CSU 2024 Aug –
FIU 2024 Jan – 2024 Apr
B.S. Chemical Engineering & Technology, Heilongjiang University, China (2023)
Current Project: New materials for solid-state energy conversion & storage
Raiyan Bin Sabroj
CSU 2024 Aug –
FIU 2023 Jan – 2024 Jul
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Bangladesh (2021)
Email: raiyan.sabroj@colostate.edu
Resume
Current Project: Fundamentals for flash sintering of refractory materials