Min Yi, Professor

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E-mail: yimin（AT）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 15^th 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. Carbon, 78: 622-626 (2014).