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Professor Yuyuan Zhao BEng MSc DPhil FIMMM CEng

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    About

    Personal Statement

    I graduated with a BEng in 1985 and MSc in 1988 from Dalian University of Technology, China, and a DPhil in Materials from Oxford University in 1996. I was a Lecturer at Dalian University of Technology from 1988 to 1991, a Research Associate at the MADYLAM Laboratory of CNRS, France in 1995, and a Research Fellow at Birmingham University from 1995 to 1998. I joined Liverpool University in 1998 as a Lecturer and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2005, Reader in 2010 and Professor in 2015.

    I pioneered the Sintering and Dissolution Process (SDP) for manufacturing aluminium foam, which inspired the subsequent developments of several powder-based space-holder methods for manufacturing metal foams. I further invented the Lost Carbonate Sintering (LCS) process, a more versatile and cost-effective method for producing micro-porous metals. The LCS technology has led to the creation of Versarien, a highly successful start-up company which mass produces micro-porous copper for thermal management applications.

    I was awarded the Ivor Jenkins Medal in 2015 for an outstanding contribution to powder metallurgy in developing and commercialising innovative powder based technologies for manufacturing metal foams.

    My current research is focused on the manufacture, characterisation and applications of porous metals and metal matrix syntactic foams.

    Prizes or Honours

    • Ivor Jenkins medal (Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, 2015)
    • Sir Alastair Pilkington Award (University of Liverpool, 2005)

    Other Personal Distinctions

    • Plenary Lecture (70th Annual Technical Meeting of Indian Institute of Metals, 2016)