Studying and Working Experience
2021 Chongqing University Associate Professor
2019-2021 KTH Royal Institute of Technology Researcher
2014-2018 KTH Royal Institute of Technology Research assistant/Researcher
2013-2018 KTH Royal Institute of Technology PH.D.
2010-2014 Northeastern University PH.D.
Professional affiliations
Youth Editor of Journals including 《Journal of Iron and Steel Research, International》,《Journal of Iron and Steel Research》(in Chinese),《Tungsten》, etc., and Served as an peer review expert for dozens of Journals, including Acta Mater., Script Mater., Metall Mater Trans A etc.
The courses
Main Research areas
My research interest focuses on the phase transformation and its related phenomena during thermal processing and deformation in metals, by means of multi-scale advanced material characterization technology and thermal and dynamic calculations methods, guided by the principles of physical metallurgy. The purpose is to gain a fully understanding of the tuning mechanism in both composition and micro/nano structure in metastable/stable phase, with features of inhomogeneous, heterogeneous interface, by which pave efficient theory and strategy for new- generation high-performance materials design. The mainly involved materials are:
1. Advanced high-performance steel, martensitic tool steel, wear-resistant steel, hot-pressing steel, duplex stainless steel, etc.
2. Co-free Cemented Carbide
3. High-entropy alloy
4. 3D-printing titanium alloy
Research projects
He has been acted as principle investigator/ main participant involved in several Sweden, European projects, such as supported by VINNOVA, EIT Raw Materials, Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF), Jernkontoret, as well as NSFC projects. He applies the acquired physical insights to design new alloys with exceptional properties in collaboration with leading industries, such as Sandvik, SSAB, Uddeholm AB, OUTO KUMPU, Thermo-Calc AB, SWERIM.
Publications & Patents
More than 30 peer reviewed Journal papers including Acta Mater., Scripta Mater.，Metall Mater Trans A，etc., 11 times oral presentation on conference or seminar
5 Key publication in past 3 years：
1. Deng B; Hou Z Y*; Wang G D, Yi H L; “Toughness improvement in a novel martensitic stainless steel achieved by quenching-tempering and partitioning”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A,52; 4852–4864; (2021);
2. Wang W; Hou Z Y*; Lizarraga R; Tian Y; Babu R P; Holmström E; Mao H H; Larsson H, “An experimental and theoretical study of duplex fcc plus hcp cobalt based entropic alloys”, Acta Materialia; 176; 11-18; 2019;
3. Hou Z Y*; Linder D; Hedström P; Ström V; Holmström E; Borgenstam A, “Evaluating magnetic properties of composites from model alloys - Application to alternative binder cemented carbides”, Scripta Materialia; 168; 96-99; 2019;
4. Hou Z Y*; Babu R P; Hedström P; Odqvist J, “Early stages of cementite precipitation during tempering of 1C-1Cr martensitic steel”, Journal of Materials Science; 54; 9222-9234; 2019;
5. Hou Z Y*; Linder D; Hedström P; Borgenstam A; Holmström E; StrömV, “Effect of carbon content on the Curie temperature of WC-NiFe cemented carbides”, International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials; 78; 27-31;2019;
(See: Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ziyong-Hou
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.jp/citations?user=TZw5hAEAAAAJ&hl=zh-CN&oi=ao)
Awards
JSPS Fellowship
CSC
National scholarship for Postgraduates
Outstanding graduates’ doctoral student and “three-good” student of Northeast University
Research team
Prof. Xiao-xu Huang’ Team at Chongqing University;
International Joint Laboratory for Light Alloys (Ministry of Education);
Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science
