Contact Information
Email: z3cheng@mecheng1.uwaterloo.ca
Biographical Information
2006: Postdoctoral fellow, Centre for Advanced Materials Joining, University of Waterloo
1997: PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, China
1992: MSc in Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, China
1984: BSc in Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, China
Research Projects
Surface modification of resistance welding electrode
This work will first perform screening trials for different coating compositions (such as Cu-Ni-TiC and Cu-Ni-WC) with different coating process (such as arc coating and high velocity oxyfuel spraying). Second, the mechanisms on how coating chemistry affects coating quality and electrode life will be investigated. Third, the coating composition would be optimized, possibly for different coating processes. Electrode life tested and detailed metallurgical investigations (using scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction, etc.) of tested electrodes will be performed to study the effectiveness of the coatings.
Project sponsor(s)
- Huys Industries Ltd.
Project supervisor(s)
- Professor Y. Norman Zhou
Research Interests
- Surface modification, corrosion, joining, microstructure-property relation, synthesis and characteristics of nanomaterials
Selected Publications
- Zheng Chen, N.Q. Wu , J. Singh and S.X. Mao., “Effect of Al2O3 overlay on hot-corrosion behavior of yttria-stabilized zirconia coating in molten sulfate-vanadate salt.”, Thin Solid Films 443 (2003) 46-52