Group Leader
Dr. Zhe Cheng
Ph.D. Materials Science & Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S. Materials Science & Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, Tsinghua University, China
FIU MME VH150B
Miami, Florida 33199
USA
Tel: +1-305-348-1973
Email: zhcheng@fiu.edu
Dr. Cheng CV
Before joining FIU, Professor Cheng worked in the area of advanced metallization materials for silicon solar cells at the Central Research & Development department of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) in Wilmington, Delaware. Dr. Cheng’s expertise is in the design, synthesis, processing, and characterizations of advanced functional ceramic and ceramic-metal hybrid materials for solid-state energy conversion (such as solid oxide fuel cells and solar cells) and applications under extreme conditions (such as high temperature or high pressure)
Ph.D. Students
Suprabha Das
2020 Aug –
M.S. University of Allahabad (a central university), Allahabad, India (2019)
B.S. Physics, University of Calcutta (2017)
Email: sdas014@fiu.edu
Resume
Current Project: Novel Rapid Processing of Advanced Ceramics
Major Publications & Presentations:
1. Das, Suprabha; Dubois, Diego; Sozal, Md Shariful Islam; Emirov, Yusuf; Jafarizadeh, Borzooye; Wang, Chunlei; Drozd, Vadym; Durygin, Andriy; Cheng, Zhe*. “Synthesis and flash sintering of zirconium nitride powder,” Journal of the American Ceramic Society (2022), 105, DOI:10.1111/jace.18421
Wenhao Li
2021 Aug –
M.S. Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China (2020)
B.S. Process Equipment and Control Engineering, Sichuan University, China (2017)
Email: wli041@fiu.edu
Resume
Current Project: New electrode and electrolyte materials for intermediate temperature proton-conducting solid oxide fuel cells (IT-PCSOFC)
Raiyan Bin Sabroj
2023 Jan –
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Bangladesh (2021)
Email: rsabr002@fiu.edu
Resume
Current Project: Flash sintering for tungsten and related materials
Md Shariful Sozal
2019 Aug –
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET), Bangladesh (2014)
Email: msoza005@fiu.edu
Current Project: Fundamentals for hydrogen electrode reaction of intermediate temperature proton-conducting solid oxide fuel cells (IT-PCSOFC)
Major Publications & Presentations:
1. Sozal, Md Shariful Islam; Tang, Wei; Das, Suprabha; Li, Wenhao; Durygin, Andriy; Drozd, Vadym; Zhang, Cheng; Jafarizadeh, Borzooye; Wang, Chunlei; Agarwal, Arvind; Ding, Dong; Cheng, Zhe*. “Electrical, thermal, and H2O and CO2 poisoning behaviors of PrNi0.5Co0.5O3-δ electrode for intermediate temperature protonic ceramic electrochemical cells,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2022)
47 (51), 21817-21827. DOI:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.05.011
Undergraduate Students