1.  Mechanical properties and deformation mechanism of titanium alloys

2.  Development of advanced structural titanium alloys

2017.01 – Present    Xi'an Jiaotong University, China     Associate Professor

2016.12 – 2017.11   Kyoto University, Japan     Program-Specific Researcher

2013.04 – 2016.12   Xi'an Jiaotong University, China     Assistant Professor

2011.01 – 2013.03   Xi'an Jiaotong University, China     Postdoctor   

2005.9 – 2010.11   Xi'an Jiaotong University, China    MD-Ph.D combined program

2001.9 – 2005.07    Lanzhou University of Technology, China    B.Sc.

2016   Award for excellent Supervisor of bachelor thesis, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

2014   Award for excellent Supervisor of bachelor thesis, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Full publications list and Citation

http://mse.xjtu.edu.cn/info/1063/3096.htm

Selected Publications

1.  Wei Chen, Shuo Cao, Wenjuan Kou, Jinyu Zhang, Yue Wang, You Zha,Yan Pan, Qingmiao Hu, Qiaoyan Sun, Jun Sun, Origin of the ductile-to-brittle transition of metastable b-titanium alloys: Self-hardening of omega-precipitates, Acta Materialia, 2019, 170: 187-204

2.  Wei Chen, Jinyu Zhang,Cao Shuo, Yan Pan, Mingda Huang, Qingmiao Hu, Qiaoyan Sun, Lin Xiao, Jun Sun, Strong deformation anisotropies of omega-precipitates and strengthening mechanisms in Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al alloy micropillars: Precipitates shearing vs precipitates disordering, Acta Materialia, 2016, 117: 68-80

3.  Wei Chen, Zaiwang Huang, Shuo Cao, Yan Pan,Mingda Huang, Qingmiao Hu, Ding Xu, Qiaoyan Sun, Lin Xiao, Jun Sun, Strain rate-induced plasticity in bcc β-Ti alloy single crystal micropillars containing brittle ω-precipitates, Materials and Design, 2018,137: 404–413

4.  Wei Chen, Qiaoyan Sun, Lin Xiao, Jun Sun, Deformation-induced grain refinement and amorphization in Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al alloy, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 2012, 43: 316-326

5.  Wei Chen, Qiaoyan Sun, Lin Xiao, Jun Sun, Thermal stability of bulk nanocrystalline Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al alloy, Materials Science and Engineering A, 2012, 536: 223-230.

1.   Wei Chen, Qiaoyan Sun, Zhengchun He, Lin Xiao, Jun Sun, A new fabrication method of nanograin of hard-deformed materials under cryogenic temperature, China Patent, Patent Number: 201310127478.6.

2.   Jun Sun, Wei Chen, Qiaoyan Sun, Lin Xiao, A New fabrication technique of micro/submicro- pillars, China Patent, Patent Number: ZL200810017630.4.