Min Yi, Professor

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E-mail: yimin@nuaa.edu.cn
Mailing Address: 325# No.29 Yudao Street, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 210016, Nanjing, China

Introduction

   Min Yi, male, born in 1987, is currently a full Professor in College of Aerospace Engineering at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), Nanjing, China. He has been funded by the 15th Thousand Youth Talents Program of China. From 2015 to 2019, he conducted his postdoctoral research and acted as a principal investigator (PI) at TU Darmstadt, Germany. In 2019 he joined NUAA. His research interests are focused on the applied mechanics, extreme mechanics, and multi-scale/physics mechanics in functional materials & devices and advanced manufacturing, as well as exploring the application of functional materials in the design of advanced/intelligent aircraft.

Education background

2019-present, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), College of Aerospace Engineering, Professor

2015-2019, Technical University of Darmstadt, Group of Mechanics of Functional Materials, Postdoc+PI

2010-2015, Beihang University (BUAA), School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, PhD degree

2013-2015, Technical University of Darmstadt, Group of Mechanics of Functional Materials, visiting PhD student

2010-2015, Beihang University (BUAA), School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, Bachelor degree

Research experience

   The main methodology & theory he used include: phase field model, micromagnetics, finite element method, first-principle calculation, atomistic spin model, molecular dynamics, etc.

Research interest

   His research interests are focused on the applied mechanics, extreme mechanics, and multi-scale/physics mechanics in functional materials & devices and advanced manufacturing, as well as exploring the application of functional materials in the design of advanced/intelligent aircraft, mainly including: multi-scale/physics mechanics of magneto-electric materials; phase-field model & simulation of microstructure and properties in functional materials; physical mechanics in spintronic devices; multi-physics mechanics in additive manufacturing; predicting component-processing-microstructure-properties correlation by machine learning; influence of space extreme environment on magneto/electric functional materials; exploring the application of functional materials in designing stealth aircraft; fundamental research on functional materials based electric propulsion, information/data storage and actuator in advanced/intelligent aircraft; atom-oxygen erosion of aircraft materials; mechanical preparation and application of low-dimensional materials; etc.

Representative works

1.  M Yi*, B-X Xu, O Gutfleisch. Computational study on microstructure evolution and magnetic property of laser additively manufactured magnetic materials. Computational Mechanics, 64(4): 917-935 (2019).

2. Y Yang, O Ragnvaldsen, Y Bai, M Yi*, BX Xu*. 3D non-isothermal phase-field simulation of microstructure evolution during selective laser sintering. npj Computational Materials 5: 81 (2019).

3. Q Gong, M Yi*, RFL Evans, B-X Xu, O Gutfleisch. Calculating temperature-dependent properties of Nd₂Fe₁₄B permanent magnets by atomistic spin model simulations. Physical Review B, 99, 214409 (2019).

4. M Yi*, H Zhang, B-X Xu. Voltage-driven charge-mediated fast 180 degree magnetization switching in nanoheterostructure at room temperature. npj Computational Materials, 3: 38 (2017).

5. M Yi, H Zhang, O Gutfleisch, B-X Xu. Multiscale examination of strain effects in Nd-Fe-B permanent magnets. Physical Review Applied, 8(1): 014011 (2017).

6.  M Duerrschnabel, M Yi, K Uestuener, M Liesegang, M Katter, H-J Kleebe, B Xu, O Gutfleisch, L Molina-Luna. Atomic structure and domain wall pinning in samarium-cobalt based permanent magnets. Nature Communications, 8: 54 (2017).

7.  M Yi*, Z Shen*. A review on mechanical exfoliation for scalable production of graphene. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3(22):11700-11715 (2015).

8.  M Yi, B-X Xu, Z Shen. 180^o magnetization switching in nanocylinders by a mechanical strain. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 3: 66-71 (2015).

9.  M Yi, B-X Xu. A constraint-free phase field model for ferromagnetic domain evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society A-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 2171: 20140517(p1-p19) (2014).

10. M Yi, Z Shen. Kitchen blender for producing high-quality few-layer graphene.