Ying Yang

Bio

Ying Yang received her BS (1996) and MS (1999) from the Central South University (China) and Ph.D. (2004) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, major in Materials Science and Engineering. She then worked as a Material Scientist at CompuTherm LLC from 2005 to 2010. She joined the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 2012 as a research staff member in the Alloying Behavior and Design Group.

Education:

• Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison (2004): Thermodynamic Modeling and Experimental Study of Mo-Si-B Based Alloys.

Research areas:

• Coupling Computational Materials Engineering with experimental study to understand thermodynamics, kinetics, phase stability and phase transformation of metals and alloys.

Professional Activities:

• Member of Alloy Phase Diagram (APD) Committee, ASM
• Member of Alloy Phase Committee, TMS
• Member of Young Leader Committee, TMS
• Membership of TMS, ASM, and MRS