2022.9-present, Research Assistant Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University

2018.9-2022.1, Materials Design Engineer, QuesTek Europe AB, Sweden

2017.9-2022.8, Product Development Engineer, Thermo-Calc Software AB, Sweden

2014.9-2017.8, Postdoctoral Researcher, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Materials Design supported by Materials Genome

Thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transformations

CALPHAD methodology, mechanistic modeling, first-principles calculations

Titanium alloys, advanced steels, cemented carbides, etc.

Hugo Carlsson Foundation for Scientific Research, 2016-2017

PSED Fellow, Northwestern University, 2010-2011

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7155-3567

Scopus author page: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57045064300

Selected Journal Papers:

· Jia-Yi Yan, John Ågren, Johan Jeppsson, “Pearlite in multicomponent steels: phenomenological steady-state modeling”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 51A (2020) 1978–2001. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-020-05679-3

· Jia-Yi Yan, Andrei V. Ruban, “Configurational thermodynamics of C in body-centered cubic/tetragonal Fe: A combined computational study”, Computational Materials Science 147 (2018) 293–303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2018.02.024

· Fei Huyan, Jia-Yi Yan, Lars Höglund, John Ågren, Annika Borgenstam, “Simulation of the growth of austenite from as quenched martensite in medium Mn steels”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 49A (2018) 1503–1060. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-018-4497-3

· Jia-Yi Yan, Gregory B. Olson, “Computational thermodynamics and kinetics of displacive transformations in titanium-based alloys”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 673 (2016) 441–454. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.02.251

· Jia-Yi Yan, Gregory B. Olson, “Molar volumes of bcc, hcp, and orthorhombic Ti-base solid solutions at room temperature”, Calphad 52 (2016) 152–158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.calphad.2016.01.003

Conference Papers:

· F. Yan, J. Yan, and D. Linder, “Understanding hot cracking of steels during rapid solidification: an ICME approach”, Mater. Proc. 2021, 3(1), 30. (The 1st International Electronic Conference on Metallurgy and Metals) https://doi.org/10.3390/IEC2M-09254

· F. Meng, J.-Y. Yan, and G.B. Olson, “TRIP titanium alloy design”, MATEC Web of Conferences 321, 11070 (2020). (The 14th World Conference on Titanium) https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/202032111070

· J.-Y. Yan and G.B. Olson, “Cahn-Rosenberg distortion and the orthorhombicity of titanium martensites”, in: M. Militzer, G. Botton, L.-Q. Chen, J. Howe, C. Sinclair, H. Zurob (Eds.) International Conference on Solid-Solid Phase Transformation in Inorganic Materials (PTM 2015), Whistler, Canada, 2015, pp. 477–484.

Patents:

· Jiayi Yan and Gregory B. Olson, “Computationally-designed transformation-toughened near-alpha titanium alloy”, US Patent No. 10053759.

· Jiayi Yan and Gregory B. Olson, “Computationally-designed transformation-toughened near-alpha titanium alloy”, US Patent No. 10544496.