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.
Her research focuses on thermodynamics, kinetics, phase stability and phase transformation on microstructure and mechanical behavior of metals and alloys.
Awards
2024 ORNL Materials Science and Technology Division Distinguished Staff Award
2024 ORNL Innovation Award
2023 DOE Vehicle Technologies Office Team Awards
2022 R&D100 award winner, https://www.ornl.gov/news/seven-ornl-technologies-win-rd-100-research-a…
2022 ORNL Inventor Award
2022 ORNL Materials Science and Technology Division Team Science Award
2021 UT-Battelle Outstanding Scholarly Output award
2009 TMS Young Leader Professional Development Award
2003 TMS Best Student Poster at the 2003 Annual Meeting
Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison (2004): Thermodynamic Modeling and Experimental Study of Mo-Si-B Based Alloys.
Professional Affiliations
- 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