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Ya Meng

Ph.D. student
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Advisor: Professor Brian G. Thomas

Office Address: Metals Processing Simulation Laboratory

E-mail: email

Research Interests: Designing and modeling materials processing, heat transfer, conducting mechanical structure and materials properties analysis

 

Research Area:


Modeling interfacial slag layer phenomena in the shell/mold gap in continuous casting of steel

Education:

Bachelors Materials Science & Engineering, Central South University of Technology, P.R.China 1995
Masters Materials Science & Engineering, Central South University of Technology, P.R.China 1998
Ph.D. Materials Science & Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2004

Selected Publications:

Y. Meng, C Li, J. Parkman, and B.G. Thomas: “Simulation of Shrinkage and Stress in Solidfying Steel Shells of Different Grades”, TMS annual Meeting 2004--Solidification Processes and Microstructures symposium, Charlotte, NC, Mar. 14-18, 2004

Y. Meng and B.G. Thomas: “Heat Transfer and Solidification Model of Continuous Slab Casting: CON1D”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, Vol. 34B (5) 2003, pp. 685-705

Y. Meng and B.G. Thomas: “Modeling Transient Slag Layer Phenomena in the Shell/Mold Gap in Continuous Casting of Steel”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, Vol. 34B (5) 2003, pp. 707-725

Y. Meng and B.G. Thomas: “Interfacial Friction-Related Phenomena in Continuous Casting with Mold Slags”, ISSTech 2003 Conference Proceedings, Indianapolis, IN, Apr. 27-30., 2003, pp.589-606

Y. Meng, X. Zhang and Z. Zhou: “Effects of Fe Impurity on Recrystallization textures and Specific Heat Capacitances of High Pure Aluminum Foils”, Chinese Journal of Nonferrous Metals (China), 9, (1), Mar. 1999, pp.19-24