Research Interests

Design, processing, assessment and application of advanced aluminum alloys for modern transportation

Education Background

Apr. 2005-Apr. 2008 Ph. D, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hiroshima University, Japan

Sep. 2002-Mar. 2005 M.E. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metals and Materials, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Sep. 1998-Jul. 2002 B.E. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, China

Work Experience

Jul. 2021-present Professor, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metals and Materials, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Sep. 2012-Jun. 2021 Associate professor, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metals and Materials, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

May 2008-Mar. 2012 Postdoctor researcher, Joining and Welding Research Institute, Osaka University, Japan

Selected Publications

（1）Haoran Liu, Zeyu Zhao, Di Zhang*, Jishan Zhang*, Mechanical property and microstructure evolution of novel Al-Mg-Zn(-Cu) alloys under dynamic impact, Materials Science and Technology, Vol. 37, 2021, 852-862.

（2）Di Zhang*, Xin Zhao, Yanlin Pan, Hongxiang Li, Li Zhou, Jishan Zhang, Linzhong Zhuang, The suppression of solidification cracking of Al welds by regulating Zn/Mg ratio, Welding in the World, Vol. 65, 2021, 691-698.

（3）Xuebing Liu, Di Zhang*, Hui Wang, Yu Yan, Xinfang Zhang*, Regulating solute partitioning utilized to decorate grain boundary for improving corrosion resistance in a model Al-Cu-Mg alloy, Corrosion Science, Vol. 181, 2021, 109219.

（4）Di Zhang*, Xu Wang, Yanlin Pan, Shengli Hou, Jishan Zhang, Linzhong Zhuang, Li Zhou, Friction stir welding of novel T-phase strengthened Zn modified Al-Mg alloy, Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 56, 2021, 5283-5295.

（5）Yanlin Pan, Di Zhang*, Haoran Liu, Linzhong Zhuang, Jishan Zhang*, Precipitation hardening and intergranular corrosion behavior of Al-Mg-Zn-Cu alloys, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 853, 2021, 157199.

（6）Shengli Hou, Di Zhang*, Yanlin Pan, Qingwei Ding, Weimin Long, Jishan Zhang, Linzhong Zhuang*, Dependence of microstructure, mechanical properties, and inter-granular corrosion behavior of Al-5.1Mg-3.0Zn-0.15Cu alloys with high temperature pre-treatment, Materials Characterization, Vol. 168, 2020, 110512

（7）Yingxin Geng, Di Zhang*, Jishan Zhang, Linzhong Zhuang, Zn/Cu regulated critical strain and serrated flow behavior in Al–Mg alloys, Materials Science & Engineering A, Vol. 795, 2020, 139991.

（8）Yanlin Pan, Di Zhang*, Haoran Liu, Zhaorui Zhang, Hongxiang Li, Linzhong Zhuang, Jishan Zhang*, Reducing welding hot cracking of high-strength novel Al–Mg–Zn–Cu alloys based on the prediction of the T-shaped device, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, Vol. 25, 2020, 483-489.

（9）Di Zhang*, Zhen Zhang, Yanlin Pan, Yanbin Jiang, Linzhong Zhuang, Jishan Zhang, Xinfang Zhang* Current-driving intergranular corrosion performance regeneration below the precipitates solvus temperature in Al-Mg alloy, Journal of Materials Science and Technology, Vol. 53, 2020, 132-139.

（10）Yingxin Geng, Di Zhang*, Jishan Zhang, Linzhong Zhuang, On the suppression of Luders elongation in high-strength Cu/Zn modified 5××× series aluminum alloy, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 834, 2020, 155138.

（11）Qingwei Ding, Di Zhang*, Yu Yan, Linzhong Zhuang, Jishan Zhang*, Role of subgrain stripe on the exfoliation corrosion of Al-4.6Mg-3.1Zn(wt%) alloy, Corrosion Science, Vol. 169, 2020, 108622.

（12）Di Zhang*, Xin Zhao, Yanlin Pan, Hongxiang Li, Li Zhou, Jishan Zhang, Linzhong Zhuang, Liquation cracking tendency of novel Al-Mg-Zn alloys with a Zn/Mg ratio below 1.0 during fusion welding, Metals, Vol. 10, 2020, 222.

（13）Shengli Hou, Di Zhang*, Qingwei Ding, Jishan Zhang, Linzhong Zhuang*, Solute clustering and precipitation of Al-5.1Mg-0.15Cu-xZn alloy, Materials Science & Engineering A, Vol. 759, 2019, 465-478.

（14）Qingwei Ding, Di Zhang*, Yanlin Pan, Shengli Hou, Linzhong Zhuang, Jishan Zhang*, Strengthening mechanism of age-hardenable Al-xMg-3Zn alloys, Materials Science and Technology, Vol. 35, 2019, 1071-1080.

（15）Qingwei Ding, Di Zhang*, Jinrong Zuo, Shengli Hou, Linzhong Zhuang, Jishan Zhang*, The effect of grain boundary character evolution on the intergranular corrosion behavior of advanced Al-Mg-3wt%Zn alloy with Mg variation, Materials Characterization , Vol. 146, 2018, 47-54.

（16）Qibiao Ma, Di Zhang*, Linzhong Zhuang, Jishan Zhang, Intergranular corrosion resistance of Zn modified 5××× series Al alloy during retrogression and re-aging treatment, Materials Characterization, Vol. 144, 2018, 264-273.

（17）Chunyan Meng, Di Zhang*, Pingping Liu, Linzhong Zhuang, Jishan Zhang, Microstructure characterization in a sensitized Al–Mg–Mn–Zn alloy, Rare Metals, Vol. 37, 2018, 129-135.

（18）Shengli Hou, Di Zhang*, Jishan Zhang, Linzhong Zhuang*, Precipitation hardening behavior and microstructure evolution of Al–5.1 Mg–0.15Cu alloy with 3.0Zn (wt%) addition, Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 53, 2018, 3846-3861.

（19）Yulong Cai, Suli Yang, Shihua Fu*, Di Zhang*, Qingchuan Zhang*, Investigation of Portevin–Le Chatelier band strain and Elastic shrinkage in Al-based alloys associated with Mg contents, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, Vol. 33, 2017, 580-586.

（20）Cheng Cao, Di Zhang*, Linzhong Zhuang, Jishan Zhang, Improved age-hardening response and altered precipitation hardening behavior of Al-5.2Mg-0.45Cu-2.0Zn (wt%) with pre-aging treatment, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 691, 2017, 40-43.

（21）Cheng Cao, Di Zhang*, Xu Wang, Qibiao Ma, Linzhong Zhuang, Jishan Zhang, Effects of Cu addition on the precipitation hardening response and intergranular corrosion of Al-5.2Mg-2.0Zn (wt.%) alloy, Materials Characterization, Vol. 122, 2016, 177-182.

（22）Cheng Cao, Di Zhang*, Zhanbing He, Linzhong Zhuang, Jishan Zhang, Enhanced and accelerated age hardening response of Al-5.2Mg-0.45Cu (wt%) alloy with Zn addition, Materials Science & Engineering A, Vol. 666, 2016, 34-42.

（23）Chunyan Meng, Di Zhang*, Linzhong Zhuang, Jishan Zhang, Correlations between stress corrosion cracking, grain boundary precipitates and Zn content of Al-Mg-Zn alloys, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 655, 2016, 178-187.