Amir Zahiri joined Prof. Qi's group in August 2022. He is working on atomistic simulations of deformation defects in transition metal alloys.
Email: azahiri@umich.edu
Address: 2158 H. H. Dow
Zhucong Xi joined Prof. Qi's group in 2020. He graduated from Shandong University, China in 2018 with a B.Eng. degree in Materials Chemistry. He earned his Masters degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2020. Currently, he is investigating the growth mechanisms of solute clusters in multicomponent Al alloys using atomistic simulations and machine learning techniques.
Email: zhucongx@umich.edu
Address: 2158 H. H. Dow
Ganlin Chen was born in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, P.R. China. He received the B.S. in New Energy Materials and Devices (Sino-foreign Cooperation) from Soochow University (Suzhou, P.R. China) in 2019. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan. Ganlin previously worked in the field of energy materials synthesis and applications in lithium-ion battery. His current research interest is exploring mechanisms behind twinning and phase transformation in Ti alloys.
Email: gavincgl@umich.edu
Address: 2158 H. H. Dow
Vaidehi Menon received a B. Tech. degree in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) from the Indian Institute of Technology - Kanpur in 2018. She did her masters in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Akron, graduating in 2020. She is now pursuing a PhD in MSE at the University of Michigan. Her current research investigates dislocation-grain boundary interactions in Mg alloys using atomistic simulations and first-principles calculations.
Email: menonv@umich.edu
Address: 2158 H. H. Dow