{"id":247,"date":"2022-07-11T21:00:47","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T01:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ychen103\/?page_id=247"},"modified":"2026-02-26T12:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:38:12","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ychen103\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #339966\"><strong>Materials &amp; Small-Scale Mechanics (MaSSM) Lab<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><span style=\"color: #339966\"><strong>&#8211; Emphasis on structural materials for energy applications<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Youxing Chen, Ph.D., <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Assistant Professor<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Energy&nbsp;Production &amp; Infrastructure Center&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">UNC Charlotte&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=e2NeSZUAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=e2NeSZUAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Google Scholar<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1111-4495\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1111-4495\">ORCID<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.researcherid.com\/rid\/P-5006-2016\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.researcherid.com\/rid\/P-5006-2016\">ResearcherID<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;font-size: 12pt\">Research interests<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Dr. Chen\u2019s group is interested in structural materials that can sustain load under extreme environments, such as radiation, and high temperature. The research includes advanced manufacturing and t<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">he fundamental relationship between materials structure and property across multiple length scales: from the atomic scale to the macroscopic scale. These materials are generally for energy applications.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Structural characterization of novel materials<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Advanced nanoindentation for strength, creep, and fatigue properties<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Radiation tolerance of structural materials for advanced nuclear energy<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Small-scale mechanical behavior<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">In situ and ex-situ electron microscopy<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Additive manufacturing of metals, ceramics, and composites<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Materials Removal Mechanisms during Precision Machining<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Service at MEES, UNCC<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Managing<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) Lab <\/span><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Lab<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Nanoindentation Lab<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;font-size: 12pt\">Education<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&amp;M University, 2015\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China, 2010<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, China,\u00a02006<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;font-size: 12pt\">Employment<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Assistant Professor, Dep. Mechanical Engineering &amp; Materials Science, 01\/2022 &#8211; present<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Research Assistant Professor, Dep. Mechanical Engineering &amp; Materials Science, 01\/2019-12\/2021<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Research Associate, Dep. Chem. Engr. &amp; Mater. Sci., Univerisity of Minnesota, 09\/2017-12\/2018<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Postdoctoral Researcher, CINT, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 05\/2015-09\/2017<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Graduate Intern, MST-8, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 12\/2013-09\/2014<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Professional activities<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Reviewers for peer-reviewed journals such as Science Advance; Nature Communications; Acta Materialia; International Journal of Plasticity; Journal of Nuclear Materials; Materials Research Letters; Scientific Reports; Journal of Applied Physics; Nanotechnology; Journal of Materials Research; Materials Science &amp; Engineering A; Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A; JOM; Applied Surface Science; Advanced Materials Interfaces; RSC Advances; Journal of Electronic Materials; Journal of Materials Science etc.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Courses offered at UNC Charlotte<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">#<\/span><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Course Name<\/span><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Semesters<\/span><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">1<\/span><\/td><td><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">MEGR 1100: Foundations of Math and Science for Engineers (4 credit hours)\u00a0<\/span><br><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">2021 Fall<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">2022 Fall<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">2<\/span><\/td><td><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">MEGR 6166\/8166: Mechanical Behavior of Materials<\/span><br><\/td><td><br>                  <span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">2020 Spring<\/span><br><p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">2021 Spring<\/span><\/p><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">3<\/span><\/td><td><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">MEGR 7090\/8090: Phase Transformation in Solids<\/span><br><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">2020 Fall<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">4<\/span><\/td><td><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">MEGR 7090\/8090: Introduction to Transmission Electron Microscopy<\/span><br><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">2019 Fall<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">5<\/span><\/td><td><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">MEGR 8090: Failure of Materials<\/span><br><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">2022 Spring<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;font-size: 12pt\">Contact Me \u200b<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Youxing Chen<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The University of North Carolina at Charlotte,&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Charlotte, North Carolina 28223<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Email: ychen103@charlotte.edu<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Materials &amp; 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