2022-, Professor, Tsinghua University

2006-2022, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Tsinghua University

2002-2005, Research Officer, Swansea University

2000-2002, Postdoctoral Fellow, Tsinghua University

1998-2000, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Science and Technology Beijing

1. Vice chairman, Squeeze Casting Committee, China Foundry Association

2. Committee member, The Special Casting and Non-ferrous Alloys Committee, Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society

3. Committee member, The Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) Committee, TMS

4. Member of editorial board, Special Casting and Non-ferrous Alloys

1. Advanced casting technology

2. Lightweight materials and processing

3. Integrated computational materials engineering

Dr. Zhiqiang Han focuses his research on multi-scale and multi-discipline modeling and computation of solidification and casting processes, including fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, thermo-mechanical phenomena, and thermodynamics and kinetics of nucleation and growth. His research interest also includes through-process modeling and integrated computational materials engineering, including microstructure simulation and property prediction for casting and heat treatment of aluminum and magnesium alloys as well as advanced solidification and casting process, such as squeeze casting, low-pressure casting, and large and heavy steel casting. Dr. Han is the PI or co-PI of research projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Science and Technology Major Project of China, and National Key Research and Development Program of China.

1. Machinery Industry Science and Technology Award, China Machinery Industry Federation and Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, 2022

2. Excellent Scientific Research Achievement Award, Ministry of Education, China, 2018

3. Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Supervisor, Tsinghua University, 2019

4. Excellent Undergraduate Class Advisor, Tsinghua University, 2013

5. Excellent Undergraduate Class Advisor, Tsinghua University, 2009

Selected publications

1. The microstructure, fracture mechanism and their correlation with the mechanical properties of as-cast Mg-Nd-Zn-Zr alloy under the effect of cooling rate, Materials Science and Engineering A, 2021, Vol.801, 140382.

2. Phase-field simulation on the influence of cooling rate on the solidification microstructure of Mg-Gd-Y ternary magnesium alloy, Rare Metal Materials and Engineering, 2020, Vol. 49, No.11, 3709-3717.

3. Study on the relationship between interfacial heat transfer coefficient and interface pressure in squeeze casting by using microscopic contact model, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2020, Vol.152, 106300.

4. Experimental study and cellular automaton simulation on solidification microstructure of Mg-Gd-Y-Zr alloy, Rare Metals, 2019. doi.org/10.1007/s12598-019-01355-7.

5. Characterization on the three-dimensional morphology and microstructure of eutectics in as-cast Mg-Gd-Y-Zr alloys by using X-ray tomography technique, Materials Characterization, 2019, Vol.158, 109933.

6. On the interfacial heat transfer and pressure transmission in squeeze - a case study of the sensitivity to materials, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019, Vol.133, 52-61.

7. In-situ observation and phase–field simulation on the influence of pressure rate on dendritic growth kinetics in the solidification of succinonitrile, Journal of Materials Science, 2019, Vol.54, 3111–3124.

8. Study on the response of dendritic growth to periodic increase-decrease pressure in solidification via in situ observation using succinonitrile, Journal of Crystal Growth, 2018, Vol. 498, 85-92.

9. Phase-field modeling on effect of pressure on growth kinetics of Mg-Al-Sn alloy, Materials Science and Technology, 2018, Vol.34, No.11, 1362-1369.

10. Experimental study on the effect of cooling rate on the secondary phase in as-cast Mg-Gd-Y-Zr alloy, Advanced Engineering Materials, 2017, Vol.20, No.3, 1700717.

11. Experimental study on the heat transfer behavior and contact pressure at the casting-mold interface in squeeze casting of aluminum alloy, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2017, Vol.112, 1032-1043.

12. A phase field model coupled with pressure-effect-embedded thermodynamic modeling for describing microstructure and microsegregation in pressurized solidification of a ternary magnesium alloy, Computational Materials Science, 2017, Vol.136, 264-270.

13. Study on dendritic growth in pressurized solidification of Mg-Al alloy using phase field simulation, Journal of Materials Science and Technology, 2016, Vol.32, 68-75.

14. Microstructure characteristics and effect of aging process on the mechanical properties of squeeze-cast AZ91 alloy, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2015, Vol.641, 56-63.

15. Large-scale three-dimensional phase-field simulation of multi-variant β-Mg17Al12 in Mg–Al-based alloys, Computational Materials Science, 2015, Vol.101, 248-254.

16. Three-dimensional phase-field simulation and experimental validation of β-Mg17Al12 phase precipitation in Mg-Al-based alloys, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 2015, Vol.46A, 948-962.

17. Study on pressurized solidification behavior and microstructure characteristics of squeeze casting magnesium alloy AZ91D, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 2015, Vol.46B, 328-336.

18. A phase field model for simulating the precipitation multi-variant β-Mg₁₇Al₁₂ in Mg-Al based alloys, Scripta Materialia, 2013, Vol.68, No.9, 691-694.

19. A quantitative model for describing crystal nucleation in pressurized solidification during squeeze casting, Scripta Materialia, 2012, Vol.66, No.5, 215-218.

20. Study on the effect of pressure on the equilibrium and stability of the solid-liquid interface in solidification of binary alloys, Science China Technological Sciences, 2011, Vol.54, No.2, 479-483.