Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Education
Postdoc, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida 6/2016 鈥 11/2017
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida 1/2011 鈥 5/2016
B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University 9/2006 鈥 7/2010
Research Interests
Physical Metallurgy, Solidification, Phase Transformations, Diffusion in Multicomponent Solids, Additive Manufacturing, Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Gas Atomization, Superalloys, Lightweight Alloys, Materials Characterization via Electron Microscopy, Mechanical Testing
Publications
L. Zhou, T. Huynh, S. Park, H. Hyer, A. Mehta, S. Song, Y. Bai, B. McWilliams, K. Cho, Y. Sohn, 鈥淎dditive manufacturing of Al-10Ce alloy by laser powder bed fusion鈥, Journal of Materials Science, 55, 14611鈥14625, 2020.
H. Hyer, L. Zhou, S. Park, G. Gottsfritz, G. Benson, B. Tolentino, B. McWilliams, K. Cho, Y. Sohn, 鈥淯nderstanding the laser powder bed fusion of AlSi10Mg alloy鈥, Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis, 9, 484鈥502, 2020.
A. Mehta, L. Zhou, D.D. Keiser, Y. Sohn, 鈥淎nomalous growth of Al8Mo3 phase during interdiffusion and reaction between Al and Mo鈥, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 539, 152337, 2020.
L. Zhou, H. Hyer, S. Thapliyal, R.S. Mishra, B. McWilliams, K. Cho, Y. Sohn, 鈥淧rocess-dependent composition, microstructure, and printability of Al-Zn-Mg and Al-Zn-Mg-Sc-Zr alloys manufactured by laser powder bed fusion鈥, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 51, 3215鈥3227, 2020.
S. Thapliyal, M. Komarasamy, S. Shukla, L. Zhou, H. Hyer, S. Park, Y. Sohn, R.S. Mishra, 鈥淎n integrated computational materials engineering-anchored closed-loop method for alloy design for additive manufacturing鈥, Materialia, 9, 100574, 2020.
H. Hyer, L. Zhou, G. Benson, B. McWilliams, K. Cho, Y. Sohn, 鈥淎dditive manufacturing of dense WE43 Mg alloy by laser powder bed fusion鈥, Additive Manufacturing, 33, 101123, 2020.
K.H. Arachchilage, M. Haghshenas, S. Park, L. Zhou, B. McWilliams, K. Cho, Y. Sohn, R. Kumar, 鈥淣umerical simulation of high-pressure gas atomization of two-phase flow: Effect of gas pressure on droplet size distribution鈥, Advanced Powder Technology, 30 (11), 2726-2732, 2019.
L. Zhou, H. Hyer, H. Pan, Y. Bai, K. Rice, Y. Sohn, 鈥淢icrostructure and mechanical properties of modified AA5083 manufactured by laser powder bed fusion鈥, Additive Manufacturing, 28, 485-496, 2019.
L. Zhou*, A. Mehta, B. McWilliams, K. Cho, Y. Sohn, 鈥淢icrostructure, precipitates and mechanical properties of powder bed fused Inconel 718 before and after heat treatment鈥, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 35, 1153-1164, 2019.
L. Zhou, H. Pan, H. Hyer, S. Park, Y. Bai, B. McWilliams, K. Cho, Y. Sohn, 鈥淢icrostructure and tensile property of a novel AlZnMgScZr alloy additively manufactured by gas atomization and laser powder bed