Associate Professor

Ph.D., Structural Engineering, University of California San Diego, 2015

M.S., Condensed Matter Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, 2011

B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 2009

01/2020 - present, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University

02/2016 - 09/2019, Post-doctoral Researcher, Argonne National Laboratory

Microstructural evolution in metal additive manufacturing

Scalable micro/nano-manufacturing

Synchrotron radiation-based x-ray imaging and scattering

清华大学先进工作者，2023

中国新锐科技人物突出成就奖，2021

Outstanding Postdoctoral Performance Award in Applied Science, Argonne National Laboratory, 2018.

President Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2011.

Selected Publications

[1] Cang Zhao*, Bo Shi, Shuailei Chen, Dong Du, Tao Sun, Brian J. Simonds, Kamel Fezzaa, and Anthony D. Rollett, Laser melting modes in metal powder bed fusion additive manufacturing. Reviews of Modern Physics 94, 045002 (2022).

[2] Cang Zhao*, Yuanqi Yang, Bo Shi, Wenjie Shao, and Shuailei Chen, Operando monitoring microstructures and defects in laser fusion additive manufacturing of metals (in Chinese). Chinese Science Bulletin 67, 3036-3053 (2022).

[3] Cang Zhao*, Niranjan Parab, Xuxiao Li, Kamel Fezzaa, Wenda Tan, Anthony Rollett*, and Tao Sun*, Critical instability at moving keyhole tip generates porosity in laser melting. Science 370, 1080-1086 (2020).

[4] Ross Cunningham^#, Cang Zhao^#, Niranjan Parab, Christopher Kantzos, Joseph Pauza, Kamel Fezzaa, Tao Sun, and Anthony Rollett*, Keyhole threshold and morphology in laser melting revealed by ultrahigh-speed x-ray imaging. Science 363, 849-852 (2019).

[5] Cang Zhao, Qilin Guo, Xuxiao Li, Niranjan Parab, Kamel Fezzaa, Wenda Tan*, Lianyi Chen*, and Tao Sun*, Bulk-explosion-induced metal spattering during laser processing. Physical Review X 9, 021052 (2019).

[6] Cang Zhao, Kamel Fezzaa, Ross Cunningham, Haidan Wen, Francesco De Carlo, Lianyi Chen, Anthony Rollett, and Tao Sun*, Real-time monitoring of laser powder bed fusion process using high-speed X-ray imaging and diffraction. Scientific Reports 7, 3602 (2017).

[7] Amir Mostafaei*, Cang Zhao*, Yining He, Seyed Reza Ghiaasiaan, Bo Shi&, Shuai Shao, Nima Shamsaei, Ziheng Wu, Nadia Kouraytem, Tao Sun, Joseph Pauza, Jerard V. Gordon, Bryan Webler, Niranjan D. Parab, Mohammadreza Asherloo, Qilin Guo, Lianyi Chen, and Anthony D. Rollett*, Defects and anomalies in powder bed fusion metal additive manufacturing. Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science 26, 100974 (2022).

[8] Cang Zhao* and Yu Qiao, Characterization of nanoporous structures: from three dimensions to two dimensions. Nanoscale 8, 17658-17664 (2016).

[9] Cang Zhao and Yu Qiao*, Fast-condensing nanofoams: Suppressing localization of intense stress waves. Materials Science and Engineering: A 676, 450-462 (2016).

[10] Cang Zhao, Kaiwen Tian, and Ning Xu*, New jamming scenario: from marginal jamming to deep jamming, Physical Review Letters 106, 125503 (2011).

(*Corresponding author. ^#Equal authorship.)