Areas of Focus
- Structural ceramics
- Novel colloidal forming of ceramics
- Ceramic powder spheroidization and hollowing
- Environmental and energy-saving material preparation and application
- Solid waste treatment and application technology
- Preparation and research of ultra-light materials
- History of ancient ceramic technology and scientific identification
- Preparation and performance study of ceramic radome materials
Work Experience
- 1990.04-1992.08 - Engineer at Shanxi Provincial Institute of Science and Technology Information
- 1996.08-1999.05 - Lecturer at Tsinghua University
- 1999.05-2000.08 - Postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zurich
- 1999.06-2004.11 - Associate Professor at Tsinghua University
- 2004.12-present - Professor at Tsinghua University
- 2006.07-present - Distinguished Professor at North University of China
- 2010.05-present - Part-time Professor at Dalian Jiaotong University
- 2011.10-2016.02 - Deputy Director at Tsinghua University Office of Academic Affairs
- 2013.12-2017.11 - Director at Tsinghua University-Yuanjian Lightweight New Materials Joint Research Institute
- 2014.05-present - Part-time Professor at Hebei University of Engineering
- 2015.06-2016.06 - Vice President at Hebei University of Engineering (temporary position)
- 2016.12-present - Deputy Director at Ministry of Culture and Tourism Key Laboratory of Traditional Crafts and Materials Research
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1987 - Bachelor's degree in Metal Materials and Heat Treatment from Beijing Institute of Technology
- 1990 - Master's degree in Metal Materials and Heat Treatment from North University of China
- 1996 - PhD in Inorganic Non-metallic Materials from Tsinghua University
- Postdoctoral research at ETH Zurich under Professor Gauckler, a renowned ceramics scientist
Publications
- Ultrastrong hierarchical porous materials via colloidal assembly and oxidation of metal particles, W. Huo, X. Zhang, E. Tervoort, S. Gantenbein, J. Yang, A. R. Studart, 2020
- Mechanically robust ZrO2 foams with 3D reticular architecture prepared from chemical-modified ZrO2 powder, Jingjing Liu, Bo Ren, Yuju Lu, Yedong Rong, Chao Wang, Lu Wang, Jinlong Yang, Yong Huang, 2020
Awards
- National Second Prize for Technological Invention, 2004
- Hebei Province Science and Technology Progress Second Prize, 2012
- Shanxi Province Natural Science Second Prize, 2013 and 2020
- Jiangxi Province Science and Technology Progress Second Prize, 2018
- Nuremberg International Invention Fair Gold Award, 2004
- China International Invention Exhibition Gold Award
- Geneva International Invention Exhibition Silver Award
