Qizhen (Katherine) Li
Associate ProfessorMaterials Science and Engineering
University of Nevada, Reno
1664 North Virginia, M/S: 388
Reno, Nevada 89557
Office: LMR 467
Phone: 775-784-4507
Fax: 775-327-5059
Email: qizhenl@unr.edu
| Courses | Research and Publications | Education and Professional Appointments | Honors, Awards, and Grants |
- MSE 361 Thermodynamics of Materials
- MSE 232 Principles of Metallurgical Engineering
- MSE 101 Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering I
- MSE 721 Alloy Selection and Failure Analysis
- MSE 474/674 Fundamentals of MEMS/NEMS
- MSE 460 Physical Metallurgy I
- MSE 415/615 Materials Characterization
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Design and manufacture of advanced materials (e.g., light weight materials and structures, nanoporous materials, nanocomposites, nanostructured multilayered thin films, lattice block structures) for structural, energy, and bio-applications;
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Nano and micro fabrication, and materials synthesis/processing;
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Mechanical behavior of materials, Nano/micro-mechanics, Fatigue and Fracture;
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Relationship among processing, structure and property of advanced materials;
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Biomaterials and biomechanics, bone/dental implant materials, biomedical applications of shape memory alloys, magnesium alloys, and titanium alloys.
- Q. Yu, J. Zhang, Y.Y. Jiang, Q.Z. Li, Effect of strain ratio on cyclic deformation and fatigue of extruded AZ61A magnesium alloy, International Journal of Fatigue 44, 2012, pg. 225-233
- Q.Z. Li, Fatigue behavior and microstructure of 0001 and -1014 magnesium single crystals under compression-compression cyclic loading, Materials Science and Engineering A 556, 2012, pg. 301-308
- Q.Z. Li, Mechanical Properties and Microscopic Deformation Mechanism of Polycrystalline Magnesium under High-Strain-Rate Compressive Loadings, Materials Science and Engineering A 540, 2012, pg. 130-134
- Q.Z. Li, B. Tian, Mechanical properties and microstructure of pure polycrystalline magnesium rolled by different routes, Materials Letters 67 (1), pg. 81-83, 2012
- Q. Yu, J. Zhang, Y. Jiang, and Q.Z. Li, An Experimental Study on Cyclic Deformation and Fatigue of Extruded ZK60 Magnesium Alloy, International Journal of Fatigue, 2011, Vol.36, pp.47-58
- Q.Z. Li, Dynamic mechanical response of magnesium single crystal under compression loading: Experiments, model, and simulations, Journal of Applied Physics 109, 103514 (2011)
- B. Tian, F. Chen, Y.X. Tong, L. Li, Y.F. Zheng, Y. Liu, Q.Z. Li, Phase transition of Ni-Mn-Ga alloy powders prepared by vibration ball milling, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 509:4563-4568, 2011
- Q.Z. Li, Q. Yu, J. Zhang, Y.Y. Jiang, Microstructure and Deformation Mechanism of Mg6Al1ZnA Alloy Experienced Tension-Compression Cyclic Loading, Scripta Materialia, 64: 233-236, 2011
- J. Zhang, Q. Yu, Y.Y. Jiang, Q.Z. Li, An Experimental Study of Cyclic Deformation of Extruded AZ61A Magnesium Alloy, International Journal of Plasticity, 27 (5): 768-787, 2011
- Q. Yu, J. Zhang, Y.Y. Jiang, Q.Z. Li, Multiaxial Fatigue of Extruded AZ61A Magnesium Alloy, International Journal of Fatigue, 33: 437-447, 2011
- Q.Z. Li, Q. Yu, J. Zhang, Y.Y. Jiang, Effect of Strain Amplitude on Tension-Compression Fatigue Behavior of Extruded Mg6Al1ZnA Magnesium Alloy, Scripta Materialia, 62:778-781, 2010
- Q.Z. Li, Thickness Distribution of Superplastic Formed Titanium-based Domes, JOM, 62: 25-27, 2010
- Q. Li, E. Chen, D. Bice, and D. Dunand, "Mechanical Properties of Cast Ti-6Al-2Sn-4Zr-2Mo Lattice Block Structures," Advanced Engineering Materials, 10 [10] 939-942 (2008).
- Q. Li, E. Chen, D. Bice, and D. Dunand, "Mechanical properties of cast Ti-6Al-4V lattice block structures," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 39 [2] 441-449 (2008).
- Q. Li, "Modeling of Transformation Superplastic Forming of Ti Alloys," Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 17 [3] 363-368 (2008).
- Q. Li, E. Chen, D. Bice, and D. Dunand, "Transformation Superplasticity of Cast Titanium and Ti-6Al-4V," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 38 [1] 44-53 (2007).
- Q. Li and P.M. Anderson, "Dislocation-based Modeling of the Mechanical Behavior of Epitaxial Metallic Multilayer Thin Films," Acta Materialia, 53 [4] 1121-1134 (2005).
- Q. Li and P.M. Anderson, "A Three-dimensional Cellular Automaton Model of Dislocation Motion in FCC Crystals," Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 12 [5] 929-943 (2004).
Research Interests
Education and Professional Appointments
- 2012-, Associate Professor, Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno
- 2006-2012, Assistant Professor, Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno
- 2004-2006, Postdoctoral Fellow, Materials Science and Engineering Department, Northwestern University
- 2000-2004, PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University
- NSF CAREER award
- TMS Young Leader Professional award
- Nevada Regents Rising Researcher Award
- UNR Junior Faculty Research Award
- DOE Research Grant
- NASA EPSCoR Research Grant
College of Engineering
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
University of Nevada, Reno