Di Song, Associate Professor, 

School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, 

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

·         Ph.D., Solid Mechanics, School of Mechanics and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, China, Sep. 2010-Sep. 2015.

·         MA.Sc., Engineering Mechanics, School of Astronautics, Harbin  Institute of Technology, China, Sep. 2008-Jul. 2010.

·         B.Sc., Engineering Mechanics, School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology, China, Sep. 2004-Jul. 2008.

Ph.D. Topic: Study on the fatigue behavior and damage evolution model of super-elastic NiTi shape memory alloy microtubes.

(Supervisor #1: Prof. Guozheng Kang, Southwest Jiaotong University, China.

Supervisor #2: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Chuanzeng Zhang, University of Siegen, Germany.)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

·         Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, Nov. 2020-Apr. 2022.  

·         Associate Professor, School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Aug. 2018-present

·         Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Sep. 2015-Jul.2018

·         Joint Doctoral Candidate, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Siegen, Germany, Sep. 2012-Sep. 2013.

Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Topic: Multi-scale cyclic deformation and fatigue failure mechanism of high-Mn TRIP/TWIP steels: Experimental observations and damage-coupled constitutive model.

(Supervisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Vormwald, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany)

 RESEARCH INTERESTS

               ·   Damage Evolution and Fatigue Failure of Engineering Structure and Materials

               ·  Constitutive Relation of Solid Materials

               ·  Fatigue Mechanics of Advanced Functional Materials

HONORS & AWARDS

·         Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, 2020. (3 recipients in the Mechanics field)

·         Endeavour Australia-Cheung Kong Research Fellowship, Australian Government, Australia, 2018. (5 recipients among all Asian applicants).

·         Young academic and technical leaders in Sichuan Province, Sichuan Provincial Department of Science and Technology, China, 2022.

·         Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program, University of Electronic Science of Technology, 2020. 

·         Excellent Doctoral Dissertation, Southwest Jiaotong University, China, 2016. 

·     Outstanding Reviewer of Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology, 2021.

·         Top cited articles of Mechanics of Materials, 2014-2019. (Song et al., 2014, Ranking 7th)

·         Top cited articles of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters in 2018. (Kang, G. and Song, D., 2015, Ranking 3rd)

·      Best Paper Award of Acta Mechanica Sinica in 2021. (Yu, C., Kang, G., Song, D., and Xie X.)

FUNDINGS

·        Natural Science Foundation of China, “Study on the fatigue damage mechanisms and constitutive models of high-Mn TWIP steels”, 01/2024-12/2027,  (PI)

·    Natural Science Foundation of China, “Study on the thermo-mechanical coupled cyclic deformation of the NiTiHf high-temperature shape memory alloys: the macro- and micro- scopic experiments and constitutive model”, 01/2018-12/2020,  (PI)

·    National Key Laboratory Foundation of Special Environmental Composite Materials Technology, China, “Study on the fatigue behaviors and microstructure characterization of high-temperature shape memory alloys”, 01/2020-12/2022,  (PI)

·         National Key Laboratory Foundation for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, China, “Study on the meso-constitutive model of NiTi shape memory alloys”, 01/2018-12/2019, (PI)

·         Sichuan Science and Technology Program, China, “Study on the design and vibration control of the deployable-foldable structures based on two-way shape memory alloys”, 01/2020-12/2021,  (PI)

·      Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation, China, “Study on the multi-scale fatigue failure mechanism, damage-coupled constitutive models, and their FEM simulation of NiTi shape memory alloys. 10/2019-09/2022, (PI)

·         Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China, “Study on the cyclic deformation and fatigue failure of NiTi shape memory alloys”, 01/2016-12/2017, (PI)

·         National Key Project of China, “The intelligent operation and maintenance technologies for major equipment manufacturing”, 01/2019-12/2022, (Co-PI)

·         National Key Project of China, “The fatigue behavior analysis and early prediction method of high-speed trains”, 07/2016-06/2020, (Co-PI)