Education :

• M.S. and B.S., Lanzhou University of Technology, China, 2003 and 2006
• Ph.D., Department of Solid mechanics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, 2010

Projects :

Materials design through interface engineering

Awards :

• Scholarship (2002) and Outstanding graduates (2006) of Lanzhou University of technology
• Scholarship of Tang Zhaoqian (2010), and Peng Kang (2006) at Xi’an Jiaotong University

Selected publications :

W. Yu, Z. Wang. “Interactions between edge lattice dislocations and Σ 11 symmetrical tilt grain boundary in copper: a quasicontinuum method study”. Acta Materialia, 2012, 60:5010-5021  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359645412004090

W. Yu, Z. Wang. ““Positive” and “Negative” edge lattice dislocations simultaneously interacting with Σ11 GB during nanoindentation”. Computational Material Science, 2014, 87:150-159.

W. Yu, Z. Wang. “Interactions between edge lattice dislocations and Σ11 symmetrical tilt grain boundary: comparisons among several FCC metals and interatomic potentials”. Philosophical Magazine, 2014,94(20):2224-2246.