Dean, College of Engineering
Professor

261 Glenbrook Road, Unit 3237
Storrs, CT 06269-3237

Phone: 860-486-2221
Email: jczhao@uconn.edu

• Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, October 1995
• M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Hunan, China, June 1988
• B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Hunan, China, June 1985

• Member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), Class of 2023. Citation: For contributions to computational alloy design, integrated computational materials engineering, and high-throughput methods leading to impactful industrial products.
• Clark Distinguished Chair Professor (2023-Present)
• Fellow of TMS (The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society), Class of 2023. Citation: For contributions to high-throughput research and diffusion studies in metals and early implementation of computational alloy design in turbine industry leading to high-impact alloy deployment.
• 2023 J. Willard Gibbs Phase Equilibria Award from ASM International. Citation: For developing highly efficient methods that employ combinatorial principles, and successfully applying them to the determination of phase diagrams, diffusion coefficients, and physical properties in alloy systems.
• Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), Class of 2022
• Fellow of AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Class of 2022
• Humboldt Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Stiftung), 2022 https://www.mpie.de/4775573/ji-cheng-zhao-humboldt-award
• 2021 William Hume-Rothery Award from TMS – “This award is presented annually to recognize a scientific leader for exceptional scholarly contributions to the science of alloys.” A 3-day symposium was held in his honor on March 15-17, 2021 during the 150th TMS Annual Meeting. Citation: For development of groundbreaking methodologies for systematic
  measurements of phase-based properties for the understanding of a very large number of alloy systems.