Bai Cui
Professor Mechanical & Materials Engineering University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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NH W331
Lincoln NE 68588-0526 - Phone
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402-472-5740 On-campus 2-5740
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bcui@unl.edu
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Bai leads the Materials for Extreme Environments Laboratory. In next-generation nuclear energy, petroleum, and aeronautic systems, his lab aims to develop advanced materials that can withstand extreme environments, such as high temperature, irradiation, and corrosive gas or liquid. It also develops novel advanced manufacturing processes for these materials and reveals the fundamental mechanisms in manufacturing processes. His work has appeared in top journals such as Acta Materialia and the Journal of American Ceramic Society. He was recognized by the Global Star Awards from the Engineering Ceramics Division, American Ceramic Society (ACerS, 2022), the Faculty Research & Creative Activity Award from UNL College of Engineering (2021), and the Richard Brook Prize for Best Ph.D. in Ceramics in the UK (2012).
Bai received his Ph.D. from Imperial College London, UK (advisor: Prof. Bill Lee) and was a Postdoc at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (advisor: Prof. Ian Robertson).
Education
- PhD, Materials, Imperial College London, 2011
- M. Eng, Materials, Tsinghua University, 2008
- B. Eng, Materials, Tsinghua University, 2006
Research Interests
- Materials for extreme environments: high-entropy ceramics, high-entropy alloys, ODS alloys, ultra-high temperature ceramics, MAX phases
- Advanced Manufacturing: laser shock processing, pulsed electric current sintering/welding process, selective laser sintering, additive manufacturing
- Corrosion: stress corrosion cracking, high-temperature oxidation
- Irradiation damage: irradiation defects, irradiation-assisted stress corrosion cracking
- Microstructural characterizations: in-situ TEM deformation, irradiation, heating, and electrical experiments
Selected Publications
- F Wang, X Yan, L Liu, M Nastasi, Y Lu, B Cui. Surface strengthening of single-crystal alumina by high-temperature laser shock peening. Materials Research Letters, 9, 155-161 (2021).
- X Zhang, F Wang, Z Wu, Y Lu, X Yan, M Nastasi, Y Chen, Y Hao, X Hong, B Cui. Direct selective laser sintering of hexagonal barium titanate ceramics. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 104, 1271-1280 (2021).
- F Wang, X Yan, T Wang, Y Wu, L Shao, M Nastasi, Y Lu, B Cui. Irradiation damage in (Zr0.25Ta0.25Nb0.25Ti0.25)C high-entropy carbide ceramics. Acta Materialia, 195, 739-749 (2020).
- F Wang, X Zhang, X Yan, Y Lu, M Nastasi, Y Chen, B Cui. The effect of submicron grain size on thermal stability and mechanical properties of high‐entropy carbide ceramics. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 103, 4463-4472 (2020).
- X Zhang, M Khedmati, Y Kim, H Shin, J Lee, Y Kim, B Cui. Microstructural evolution during spark plasma sintering of FJS-1 lunar soil simulant. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 103, 899 (2020).
- X Yan, F Wang, K Hattar, M Nastasi, B Cui. Novel amorphous SiOC dispersion-strengthened austenitic steels. Materialia, 6, 100345 (2019).
- F Wang, X Yan, C Zhang, L Deng, Y Lu, M Nastasi, B Cui. Localized plasticity in silicon carbide ceramics induced by laser shock processing. Materialia, 6, 100265 (2019).
- X Yan, L Constantin, Y Lu, J Silvain, M Nastasi, B Cui. (Hf0.2Zr0.2Ta0.2Nb0.2Ti0.2)C high-entropy ceramics with low thermal conductivity. Journal of American Ceramic Society, 101 (10), 4486-4491 (2018).
- F Wang, C Zhang, X Yan, L Deng, Y Lu, M Nastasi, B Cui. Microstructure-property relation in alumina ceramics during post-annealing process after laser shock processing. Journal of American Ceramics Society, 101 (11), 4933-4941 (2018).
- Q Lu, Q Su, F Wang, C Zhang, Y Lu, M Nastasi, B. Cui. Influence of laser shock peening on irradiation defects in austenitic stainless steels. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 489, 203–210 (2017).
- F Wang, C Zhang, Y Lu, M Nastasi, B Cui, Laser Shock Processing of Polycrystalline Alumina Ceramics. Journal of American Ceramic Society, 100, 911-919 (2017).
- Q Su, B Cui, M Kirk, M Nastasi. In-situ observation of radiation damage in nanostructured amorphous SiOC/crystalline Fe composite. Scripta Materialia, 113, 79-83 (2016).
- M McMurtrey, B Cui, IM Robertson, D Farkas, GS Was. Mechanism of dislocation channel-induced irradiation assisted stress corrosion cracking in austenitic stainless steel. Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science, 19, 305-314 (2015).
- B Cui, M McMurtrey, GS Was, IM Robertson. Micromechanistic origin of irradiation-assisted stress corrosion cracking. Philosophical Magazine, 94, 4197-4218 (2014).
- B Cui, J Kacher, M McMurtrey, GS Was, IM Robertson. Influence of irradiation damage on slip transfer across grain boundaries. Acta Materialia, 65, 150-160 (2014).
- B Cui, R Sa, DD Jayaseelan, F Inam, MJ Reece, WE Lee. Microstructural evolution during high-temperature oxidation of spark plasma sintered Ti2AlN ceramics. Acta Materialia, 60, 1079-1092 (2012).
- B Cui, DD Jayaseelan, WE Lee. TEM study of the early stages of Ti2AlC oxidation at 900 oC. Scripta Materialia, 67, 830-833 (2012).
- B Cui, DD Jayaseelan, WE Lee. Microstructural evolution during high-temperature oxidation of Ti2AlC ceramics. Acta Materialia, 59, 4116-4125 (2011).