I study deformation and bonding mechanisms in metals subjected to supersonic metal microparticle impacts. These impacts generate ultra-high strain-rate plastic deformation and extreme interfacial pressures, driving coupled mechanical and chemical processes at the nanoscale and producing bonded interfaces with properties that can surpass those of the base metals. My work combines in-situ laser-induced microprojectile impact tests, in-situ micromechanical measurements, and nanoscale characterizations to resolve the mechanical properties, microstructures, and chemical compositions of individual bonded interfaces, and to establish mechanistic understandings between these features and the impact processes. My current focus is on the nanochemistry of impact-induced mixing at particle-substrate interface and its role in governing interfacial strength.

2025 KIC Graduate Fellowship, Kavli Institute at Cornell 
2024 Overall Best Presentation award of Sibley Graduate Research Symposium 
2022 Highest Scientific Merit award of Cornell Additive Manufacturing Day Poster Competition

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 2019, Northwestern University, USA
Bachelor of Science in Vehicle Engineering, 2017, Chongqing University, China