Dr Yi Huang joined Bournemouth University in 2018. She received her PhD in Metallurgy and Materials from the University of Birmingham. After that, she worked as a research fellow and senior research fellow at the University of Southern California, University of Cambridge, University of Strathclyde and University of Southampton. She also has a span of industrial working experience as a Materials Engineer in a company, JVM Castings Ltd. Dr Huang’s research covers a wide range of materials (Ni-based superalloys, Al alloys, Mg alloys, Ti alloys, Fe alloys and metal matrix composites). She has undertaken many research projects, which were sponsored by the US Army Research Office, US Department of Energy, EPSRC, Royal Society and ERC. She is interested in the relationship between the microstructure and mechanical properties of advanced engineering materials for aerospace, automotive, marine and biomedical applications. Dr Huang is a Fellow of Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IMMM) and a member of EPSRC Peer Review College. She has published a total of 145 peer reviewed journal papers, with 3345 citations and a hi-index of 34 (Data source: Google Scholar).

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