Zonghan Xie

Biography

Zonghan Xie is a Professor in Materials Science and Surface Engineering. He grew up in Huaibei (淮北), a small town in eastern China's Anhui Province, and studied Materials Science and Engineering at Northeastern University (东北大学) and Southeast University (东南大学), both in China. In 2004 he received his PhD (Materials Science and Engineering) from the University of NSW (UNSW), supported by the IPRS scholarship program of the Australian Government. At the same year he was awarded the Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Australian Research Council. Later Dr Xie worked as a researcher at the University of Sydney and the Centre for Integrated Nanotechnologies of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, USA before returning to Australia in 2008 to assemble and lead a materials research group at ECU, WA. In July 2012 Dr Xie joined the University of Adelaide to undertake materials research and teaching at the School of Mechanical Engineering. Currently he is also serving as Associate Dean (International) in the Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences (ECMS) and provides academic leadership of its international research, education and engagement activities. Zonghan Xie is a Professor in Materials Science and Surface Engineering. He grew up in Huaibei (淮北), a small town in eastern China's Anhui Province, and studied Materials Science and Engineering at Northeastern University (东北大学) and Southeast University (东南大学), both in China. In 2004 he received his PhD (Materials Science and Engineering) from the University of NSW (UNSW), supported by the IPRS scholarship program of the Australian Government. At the same year he was awarded the Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Australian Research Council. Later Dr Xie worked as a researcher at the University of Sydney and the Centre for Integrated Nanotechnologies of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, USA before returning to Australia in 2008 to assemble and lead a materials research group at ECU, WA. In July 2012 Dr Xie joined the University of Adelaide to undertake materials research and teaching at the School of Mechanical Engineering. Currently he is also serving as Associate Dean (International) in the Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences (ECMS) and provides academic leadership of its international research, education and engagement activities.

Research Interest

Biological and bio-inspired materials, including nanomaterials and hierarchically structured materials Surface science and engineering for self-cleaning and antibacterial purposes Deformation and fracture mechanisms of engineering structural materials over multiple length scales  Wear and corrosion of materials, including thin films and coatings Materials characterization techniques: Nanoindentation, electron microscopy, Synchrotron, X-ray Diffraction, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, and u-CT First-principles calculations and finite element modelling of material behaviours