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Dr. Rong Xu

Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, 94305

Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Office: Mccullough building, Room 209

Academic Appointments

07/2019-
Postdoctoral Fellow
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Advisor: Prof. Yi Cui

➢ Design high-toughness solid electrolytes for solid-state batteries utilizing synergistic electrochemical and mechanical modifications.
➢ Develop in situ AFM to trace the mechanical and morphological evolutions of solid electrolyte interface on high-capacity electrodes.
➢ Model the electrochemical processes in the energy storage and electrocatalytic systems.

Education

08/2014-12/2018
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Advisor: Prof. Kejie Zhao
Thesis: Theories and Experiments on the Electro-Chemo-Mechanics of Battery Materials

09/2011-07/2014
M.Eng. in Aerospace Engineering
Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
Advisor: Tiejun Wang

09/2007-07/2011
B.Eng. in Aerospace Engineering
Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China

Awards and Recognitions

  • ExxonMobil Emerging Energy Research Fellow, 2019-2022
  • Most cited articles published on Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids (since 2018), 2020-2021
  • Most cited articles published on Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2019
  • CoE Outstanding Research Award, Purdue, 2018
  • Ward A. Lambert Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Purdue, 2018.
  • Drs. Helen and Marvin Adelberg Fellowship, Purdue, 2017.
  • The outstanding abstract for the 2016 MRS Spring conference, Phoenix, 2016.
  • The outstanding graduate award, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, 2014.
  • National scholarship, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, 2008, 2009 & 2013.

Synergistic Activities

Symposium Co-chair:

2018 Midwest Society of Experimental Mechanics Student Conference, Purdue University.
2017 Prospective Graduate Student Visitation Research Posters Session, Purdue University.

Member of professional community:

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Materials Research Society (MRS), the Society of Engineering Science (SES), Stanford Strategic Energy Alliance

Editorial Board Members:

International Journal of Computational Materials Science and Surface Engineering (IJCMSSE)

Committee Members:

Student Committee for Ph.D. admission, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University

Journal Reviewer:

Nature Communications, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Joule, Nano Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, Acta Materialia, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials, Extreme Mechanics Letters, Electrochimica Acta, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, APL Materials, Materials and Design, Journal of Energy Storage, AIP Advances, Journal of Materials Science, Vacuum, International Journal of Computational Materials Science and Surface Engineering, Science China Technological Sciences.