Yunfeng Shi
Assistant Professor
Contact & Personal Information
Phone: 276-6729
Fax: 276-8554
Email: shiy2@rpi.edu 
Mailing Address:
Materials Research Center
rm: 311
110 8th Street
Troy, New York
12180
Education
Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Materials Science and Engineering
M.S., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Materials Science and Engineering
B.S., Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Materials Science and Engineering
Professional Background
Dr. Shi received his Ph.D. degree in Materials Science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 2006. Prior to joining Rensselaer, he spent two years in North Carolina State University as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. Dr. Shi's research focuses on simulation and modeling of advanced materials systems. His recent interests include nanoporous carbon, molecular motors and energetic materials. Dr. Shi also received the Best Poster Award from the Materials Research Society in 2002 and the Albert Yee Award from the University of Michigan in 2005.
Research
Nanomaterials
Energy
Computational Modeling
Research Bio
Aim to elucidate molecular-level mechanisms in advanced materials systems and design active nanostructures for energy applications. Areas of interests include molecular motors, nanoporous materials, energetic materials, metallic glasses and metal-semiconductor interfaces.
Awards
- Albert Yee Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2005
- Young Researcher Fellowship Award, the Third M.I.T. Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Boston, 2005
- MRS Best Poster Award, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, 2002
Publications
- A mimetic porous carbon model by quench molecular dynamics simulation (2008)
Type: Article
Topic: Computational Modeling - Evaluation of the 'disorder temperature' and free volume formalisms via simulations of shear banding in amorphous solids (2007)
Type: Article
Topic: Computational Modeling - Structural transformation and localization during simulated nanoindentation of a non-crystalline metal film (2005)
Type: Article
Topic: Computational Modeling - Shear localization and percolation of stable structure in amorphous solids (2005)
Type: Article
Topic: Computational Modeling - Size- and shape-dependent energetics of nanocrystal interfaces: Experiment and simulation (2003)
Type: Article
Topic: Computational Modeling
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