Nong Gao

Biography

Dr Nong Gao is Lecturer within Engineering and the Environment at the University of Southampton.   Nong Gao is a Lecturer at the Materials Research Group of the Engineering Sciences and Associate Director of the Centre for Bulk Nanostructured Materials at the University of Southampton. He graduated with a BEng (Hons) in Materials Science from the Dalian University of Technology, PRC in 1982, and then studied at the College of Business Administration, University of Central Oklahoma, USA in 1985. He was awarded a Fellowship by The Royal Society in 1992 and obtained his PhD from the University of Sheffield in 1994. After several years research at the University of Strathclyde and the University of Sheffield as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate, he joined the University of Southampton as a Research Fellow in 2000, a Senior Research Fellow in 2003, and a Lecturer in 2007. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK.

Research Interest

Nanostructuring of light metals through severe plastic deformation (mainly ECAP and HPT) MEMS components formed from nanostructured metals Tribological behaviours of SPD-processed UFG alloys Microstructure-property relationships in microalloyed steels and Al-based alloys Interaction of creep-fatigue mechanisms and short crack growth modelling Surface defects analysis and rolling contact mechanisms