Ming Chen

Biography and information for students

Ming Chen joined University of Nevada, Reno, as an assistant professor in 2025. His research group concentrates on processing and physical metallurgy. Motivated students and researchers are welcome to join (Ph.D. candidate, postdoc and summer intern) by sending their CV and contact information (name, institution and emails) along with two to three references.

• Materials processing
  • Additive manufacturing of metals and ceramics
  • Freeze-casting of porous materials
  • Metallurgy for battery technology
• Advanced characterization
  • X-ray diffraction and tomography
  • In situ mechanical testing at micro-/nano-scales

Education

• Ph.D. of Materials Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH-Zurich), Switzerland, 2020
• Master of Science, Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, RWTH–Aachen University, Germany, 2015
• Bachelor of Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), 2012

Key publications

• Chen, L. Pethö, J.M. Wheeler, et. al., Achieving micron-scale plasticity and theoretical strength in Silicon, Nature Communications, (2020), 11(1), 2681.
• Chen, Y.Z. Xu, D.C. Dunand, et. al., Microstructure and properties of high-entropy-superalloy microlattices fabricated by direct ink writing, Acta Materialia, (2024), 120055.
• Chen, A. Pröschel , D.C. Dunand, et. al., Ink casting and 3D-extrusion printing of Yb14MnSb11 for high-temperature thermoelectric material, Advanced Functional Materials, (2024): 2415210.
• Chen, S. Pennell, D. C. Dunand, Tungsten's Role in Enhancing Sintering Resistance of Fe‐W Hierarchical Foams during Redox Cycling, Advanced Functional Materials, (2024), 2411085.
• Chen, S. Van Petegem, H. Van Swygenhoven, et. al., Microstructural engineering of a dual-phase Ti-Al-V-Fe alloy via in situ alloying during laser powder bed fusion, Additive Manufacturing, (2022), 59, 103173.

Classes

MSE 416/616/715 Structure of Materials