Research Interest
●Radiation tolerance of metallic nanolayers and bulk nanostructured metals
●Layer-and twin-interface tailored strengthening and deformation mechanisms
●Magnetic shape memory alloy thin films for device applications
●Nanostructured materials for energy storage applications
●Multifunctional coatings (tribology and corrosion resistance)
●Bulk nanostructured metals by severe plastic deformation
 
Dr. Xinghang Zhang
Education    
Assistant Professor
●Ph.D. Materials Science & Engineering, North Carolina State

Office: 326 Engineering
University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 2001

/Physics Building Office Wing
●M. S. Materials Science & Engineering, Institute of Metal Research,
Phone: 979-845-2143
Shenyang, China, 1998  
Email: zhangx@tamu.edu
●B. S. Materials Science & Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun,
Fax: 979-845-3081
China, 1995
 
  Experience
  2005 - Present Assistant professor, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University  
  2002 - 2004 Postdoctoral fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory  
  1998 - 2001 Research assistant, North Carolina State University
  June 2001 Visiting scholar, Dept. of Materials, Oxford University (UK)
  
     
  Honors and Awards  
  NSF CAREER (DMR-Metals program, 2007-2012)    
  TMS Young Leader of Electronic, Magnetic, Photonic Materials Division (2003).  
  Director Funded Postdoctoral Fellowship at Los Alamos National Laboratory (2002 - 2004).