Yunfeng Shi
Assistant
Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
School of Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
MRC RM114, 110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180
Email: shiy2@rpi.edu
Office: (518) 276-2174
Fax: (519) 276-8554
Education
08/2002 - 02/2006
Ph.D.,
Materials Science
Department
of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Thesis
title: “Strain localization of
non-crystalline solids”
08/2000 - 08/2002
M.S.,
Materials Science
Department
of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
IL
Thesis
title: “First principle studies of
metal-semiconductor interfaces”
09/1996 - 07/2000
B.E.,
Materials Science
Department
of Materials Science and Engineering
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Professional Experience
08/2008 - present Assistant
Professor
Department of
Materials Science
and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
05/2006 - 08/2008 Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of
Materials Science
and Engineering, North Carolina State University
08/2002 - 05/2006 Research Assistant
Department of
Materials Science
and Engineering, University of Michigan
08/2000 - 08/2002 Research Assistant
Department of
Materials Science
and Engineering, University of Illinois
Research Interests
·
Plasticity of non-crystalline solids
·
Structural model and transportation
for nanoporous materials
·
Shock-defect interactions, hotspot
formation in energetic materials
· Chemomechanical coupling in molecular motors
·
Metal-semiconductor interfaces
Honors and Awards
·
Albert
Yee Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Research,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2005
·
Young
Researcher Fellowship Award, the Third M.I.T. Conference on
Computational
Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Boston, 2005
·
Rackham Conference Travel Grant,
University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2005
·
Rackham Conference Travel Grant,
University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2004
·
MRS Best
Poster Award, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, 2002
·
Tsinghua Student Award for Social
Work, Beijing,
1998
·
Tsinghua Excellent Student
Scholarship, Beijing,
1996
Professional Services
·
Reviewer for Journal of Physics:
Condensed
Matter, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, Journal of Physics:
Applied
Physics, Scripta Materialia, International Journal of Solids and
Structures.
Selected Publications
6. Y. F. Shi, L. P. Huang, D.
W. Brenner, "Computational Study of
Nanometer-Scale Self-Propulsion Enabled by Asymmetric Chemical Catalysis",
Journal of Chemical Physics (in
press, preprint available).
5. Y. F. Shi, "A mimetic porous
carbon model by quench
molecular dynamics simulation", Journal
of Chemical Physics, 128, 234707 (1-11) (2008). (pdf)
4. Y. F. Shi,
M. B. Katz,
H. Li, M. L. Falk, "Evaluation of
the 'disorder temperature' and free volume formalisms via simulations
of shear
banding in amorphous solids",
Physical Review Letters, 98, 185505
(1-4) (2007). (pdf)
3. Y. F. Shi,
M. L. Falk,
"Shear
localization and percolation
of stable structure in amorphous solids", Physical
Review Letters, 95, 095502 (1-4) (2005). (pdf)
2. Y. F. Shi,
M. L. Falk,
"Structural
transformation and
localization during simulated nanoindentation of a non-crystalline
metal film",
Applied Physics Letters, 86, 011914 (1-3)
(2005). (pdf)
1. J. Bording, B. Li, Y. F. Shi, J. M.
Zuo, "Size- and
shape-dependent energetics of
nanocrystal interfaces: Experiment and simulation", Physical
Review Letters, 90, 226104 (1-4)
(2003). (pdf)
Complete Publication List
(Peer
Reviewed)
19. Y. F. Shi, L. P. Huang, D.
W. Brenner, "Computational Study of
Nanometer-Scale Self-Propulsion Enabled by Asymmetric Chemical Catalysis",
Journal of Chemical Physics (in
press, preprint available).
18. Y. F. Shi, D. W. Brenner, "Molecular Simulation of
the Influence of Interface Faceting on the Shock Sensitivity of a Model
Plastic Bonded Explosive", Journal of Physical
Chemistry B, 112, 14898-14904 (2008). (pdf)
17. Y. F. Shi,
"A
mimetic porous carbon model by quench
molecular dynamics simulation", Journal
of Chemical Physics, 98, 185505 (1-4) (2008). (pdf)
16. Y. F. Shi,
D. W.
Brenner, "Jetting
and detonation
initiation in shock induced collapse of nanometer scale voids", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112,
6263-6270 (2008). (pdf)
15. Y. F. Shi, D. W. Brenner, "Hotspot formation in shock induced void collapsing", Solid State Phenomena, 139, 77-82 (2008).
14. Y. F. Shi,
M. L.
Falk, "A computational
analysis of
the deformation mechanisms of a nanocrystallite-metallic glass
composites”,
Acta Materialia, 56, 995-1000 (2007). (pdf)
13. Y. F. Shi,
D. W.
Brenner, "Simulated
thermal
decomposition and detonation of nitrogen cubane by molecular dynamics",
Journal of Chemical Physics, 127,
134503 (1-7) (2007). (pdf)
12. Y. F. Shi,
M. B.
Katz, H. Li, M. L. Falk, "Evaluation
of the 'disorder temperature' and free volume formalisms via
simulations of
shear banding in amorphous solids", Physical
Review Letters, 98, 185505 (1-4) (2007). (pdf)
11. Y. F. Shi,
M. L.
Falk, "Stress-induced
structural transformation and shear banding during simulated
nanoindentation of a metallic glass",
Acta Materialia, 55, 4317-4324
(2007). (pdf)
10. Y. F. Shi,
M. L.
Falk, "Simulations
of
nanoindentation in a thin amorphous metal film", Thin
Solid Films, 515, 3179-3182 (2007). (pdf)
9. Y. F. Shi,
M. L. Falk,
"Atomic-scale
simulations of strain
localization in three-dimensional model amorphous solids", Physical Review B, 73, 214201 (1-10)
(2006). (pdf)
8. Y. F. Shi,
M. L. Falk,
"Does
metallic glass have a
backbone? The role of percolating short range order in strength and
failure",
Scripta Materialia, 54, 381-386
(2006). (pdf)
7. Y. F. Shi,
M. L. Falk,
"Shear
localization and percolation
of stable structure in amorphous solids", Physical
Review Letters, 95, 095502 (2005). (pdf)
6. Y. F. Shi,
M. L. Falk,
"Atomic-scale
simulations of strain
localization in a single-component three-dimensional model amorphous
solid",
Mat. Res. Soc. Proc., 903E, Z16.05.1-6
(2005).
5. Y. F. Shi,
M. L. Falk,
"Structural
transformation and
localization during simulated nanoindentation of a non-crystalline
metal film",
Applied Physics Letters, 86, 011914
(1-3) (2005). (pdf)
4. J. Bording, B. Li, Y.
F.
Shi, J. M. Zuo, "Size- and
shape-dependent energetics of nanocrystal interfaces: Experiment and
simulation",
Physical Review Letters, 90, 226104 (1-4)
(2003). (pdf)
3. M. L. Falk, Y.
Shi,
"Strain
Localization in a
Molecular-Dynamics Model of a Metallic Glass", Mat.
Res. Soc. Proc., 754, CC6.20.1-6 (2003).
2. B. Q. Li, Y. F.
Shi,
J. Bording, J. M. Zuo, "Nanocluster
Epitaxy by Annealing: Ag on H-terminated Si(111) Surfaces", Mat. Res. Soc. Proc., 749, W2.10.1-6
(2003).
1. J. M. Zuo, Y.
F. Shi,
"Complementary Structural
Information from Diffraction Patterns in STEM: Accurate Thickness
Measurement
with Pattern Matching", Microscopy
and Microanalysis, 7, S224-225 (2001).
Other Publications
2. Y. F. Shi, M. L. Falk, "Uniaxial tensile test on an amorphous solid with embedded quasi-crystallites: a molecular dynamics study", Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, ed. by K. J. Bathe, 485-487, Elsevier (2005).
1. Y. F. Shi, M. L. Falk, "Shear
Banding and Short Range Order in Simulated nanoindentation of a
Metallic Glass", Proceedings of the Third International Conference
on
Multiscale Materials Modeling, September 18-22, 2006, Freiburg,
Germany, pp.
296-301.
Invited Seminars
7. Y. F. Shi, "Artificial Nanomotors Design via
Molecular-level Simulations", Materials Science &
Engineering Program Colloquium, SUNY, Binghamton University, Binghamton
(2009).
6. Y. F. Shi, "Simulating non-equilibrium phenomena at the
atomic scale: from
high explosives to molecular motors",
College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany,
Albany
(2008).
5. Y. F. Shi, "Simulating non-equilibrium phenomena at the
atomic scale: from
high explosives to molecular motors",
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute, Troy (2008).
4. Y. F. Shi, "Strain Localization of Non-crystalline
Solids", Nonlinear physics group , Department of Physics, North
Carolina State University, Raleigh (2007).
3. Y. F. Shi, "Strain Localization of Non-crystalline
Solids", T-12 group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos
(2006).
2. Y. F. Shi, "Visualization for Computer Simulations", Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent (2006).
1. Y. F. Shi, "Strain Localization of Non-crystalline
Solids", special department seminar for the Albert Yee Award,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of
Michigan, Ann
Arbor (2005).
Presentations in
Conferences or
Workshops
14. Y. F. Shi, D. W. Brenner, "A Molecular Dynamics Study of Model Energetic Crystals under Shock Loading", MRS Fall Meeting, Boston (2007)
13. M. L. Falk, Y. F.
Shi, "Atomistic Simulations of Shear Banding in
Metallic Glasses", MRS Fall Meeting, Boston (2007)
12. Y. F. Shi, B. Broom, Y. H. Hu, D. W. Brenner, "Atomic simulations of heterogeneous detonation dynamics", Multiscale Modeling to Predict Sensitivity of Energetic Materials-MURI Review Meeting, Aberdeen (2007)
11. Y. F. Shi, M. L.
Falk,
"Mechanical behaviors of
nanocrystallites-amorphous matrix", MRS Fall Meeting, Boston (2006).
10. Y. F. Shi, M. L.
Falk,
"Atomic-scale simulations of
localization during nanoindentation of metallic glasses", MRS Fall
Meeting, Boston (2005).
9. Y. F. Shi, M. L.
Falk, "Localization
and Percolation of Short Range Ordering in Bulk Metallic Glasses",
MRS Fall Meeting, Boston (2005).
8. Y. F. Shi, M. L.
Falk, "Uniaxial tensile test on an amorphous solid
with embedded quasicrystallites", Third M.I.T. Conference, Boston
(2005).
7. Y. F. Shi, M. L.
Falk, "Shear Localization and Percolation in a
Simulated Model Metallic Glass", TMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco
(2005).
6. Y. F. Shi, M. L.
Falk, "Simulations of Nanoindentation in Thin
Amorphous Metal Films", TMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco (2005).
5. J. M. Zuo, Y. F.
Shi, J.K.
Bording, B. Q. Li, "Structure of
supported Ag nanoclusters on silicon surfaces, theory and experiment",
APS March Meeting, Montreal, Canada (2004).
4. Y. F. Shi, M. L. Falk, "Shear Localization and Defect Dynamics in a Model 2D Binary Glass", APS March Meeting, Montreal, Canada (2004).
3. M. L. Falk, F.
Albano, Y. F.
Shi, "Relating Structure to
Mechanical Properties in Simulation Studies of Model Metallic Glasses",
Fluctuation Electron Microscopy and Nanoscale Ordering in Amorphous
Materials,
Urbana-Champaign (2003)
2. Y. F. Shi, M. L.
Falk, "A Technique for the Creation of Aperiodic
Large-Scale Glass Systems", APS March Meeting, Austin (2003).
1. Y. F. Shi, J. K.
Bording, B.
Q. Li, J. M. Zuo, "A Molecular
Dynamics Study of the alignment of silver nano-clusters on H-terminated
Si(111)",
APS March Meeting, Indianapolis (2002).
Poster Presentations
6. Y. F. Shi, D. W.
Brenner, "Detonation sensitivity of defected energetic
crystals under shock loading", Gordon Research Conferences
(Energetic
Materials), Tilton, NH (2008).
5. Y. F. Shi, M. L.
Falk, "Structural transformation and localization
during simulated nanoindentation of a non-crystalline metal film",
Gordon Research Conferences (Physical Metallurgy), Plymouth (2004).
4. Y. F. Shi, M. L.
Falk, "Structural transformation and localization
during simulated nanoindentation of a non-crystalline metal film",
ASM-Detroit Chapter University Night, Ann Arbor (2004).
3. M. L. Falk, Y. F.
Shi, "Strain Localization in a Molecular-Dynamics
Model of a Metallic Glass", MRS Best Poster Award Winner, MRS Fall
Meeting, Boston (2002).
2. Y. F. Shi, J. K.
Bording, B.
Q. Li, J. M. Zuo, "Molecular
Dynamics Study of the Growth of Silver Clusters on H-Si(111) Surfaces",
MRS Fall Meeting, Boston (2002).
1. J. K. Bording, Y. F. Shi, B. Q. Li, J. M. Zuo, "Finite Size Effects on Interface Energy",
MRS Fall Meeting, Boston (2002).
Memberships
American Physical Society (APS)
Materials Science Society (MRS)
Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS)