Introduction about Alumnus Mr.Zhang Lifeng 

Mr. Zhang Lifeng, male, born in Fengrun, Hebei province in August 1971, professor, doctoral supervisor.He is now the standing committee member and vice president of Yanshan University.

Education: Bachelor's degree in metallurgy and material engineering from Chongqing University in 1993;Doctor's degree in metallurgy from University of Science and Technology of Beijing, 1993-1998;2000-2001 postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Metallurgy, Klostahl Technical University, Germany.

Work experience: from 1998-2000, he was a special researcher for foreigners, Japan Academic Revitalization Association, Department of Engineering, Tohoku University;2001-2005, research assistant and researcher, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA;2005-2007, Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology. From 2007 to 2011, he served as assistant professor and associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology. From early 2012 to 2019, he returned to China as dean of School of Metallurgy and Ecological Engineering, University of Science & Technology Beijing. In September 2019, he became vice president of Yanshan University.

    He has published more than 230 scientific papers, of which more than 100 have been published in journals, and most of which have been published internationally.By September 2011, more than 50 of his articles had been indexed by SCI and 140 by EI.His published articles have been cited by others more than 500 times.

He has made more than 160 speeches at international and domestic conferences, enterprises and universities, among which he has been invited by the organizers for many times. He has been invited to review manuscripts for 26 international journals.

He has organized and hosted many international conferences, such as the annual international conference of The American Mineral, Metals and Materials Association (TMS), the annual international conference of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AIST), the international solar energy conference, the international conference on materials science and technology, the international recycling conference and so on.

He has undertaken and participated in more than 60 international research projects from the Natural Science Foundation of the United States, the Department of Energy of the United States, the Department of Defense of the United States, the Society of Mold Metallurgy of the United States, the Academic Council of Norway, the Research Fund of the European Union, the Research Council of Germany, the Academic Association of Japan, and some other world famous steel enterprises.

He has undertaken 9 longitudinal projects, including key projects of Natural Science Foundation; 36 enterprise projects, covering 18 domestic steel companies including Baosteel and Shougang;He has published 30 papers in English journals, 19 papers in Chinese journals and more than 60 papers in conferences at home and abroad.He has been authorized 3 invention patents, 27 utility model patents.He used to reviewed manuscripts for more than 60 domestic and foreign publications.

Talent cultivation: undergraduate courses:transport phenomena in metallurgy; steel-making part in steel metallurgy.

Honors and recognition: Outstanding Scientific Research Award of Missouri University of Science & Technology in 2010; best paper award at the 2010 US Steel Annual Conference;best paper award for continuous cast steel 2009, American Iron and Steel Association;American Society of Materials Science Young Leaders Award 2007; best paper award at the American Iron & Steel Association in 2001.