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Xiang (Shawn) Chen received her Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida in 2016. She is currently an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her lab designs multifunctional materials from nano- to meso-scale based on multiscale predictive computer simulations as well as collaborations with experiments. Her current research focuses on the dynamic interplay between materials microstructures and their transport properties.
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Education/Academic qualification
Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., University of Florida
2011 → 2016
Research Interests
- atomistic simulation
- multiscale simulation
- phonon heat transfer
- dislocation
- grain boundary
- multiscale modeling
- molecular dynamics
- finite element analysis
- thermal conductivity
- lattice dynamics
Disciplines
- Mechanical Engineering
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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CAREER: Explore Defect-Engineering-Facilitated Phonon Localization/Delocalization and Its Impact on Ion Diffusion in Ionic-Conducting Superlattices
Chen, X. (PI)
2/1/25 → 1/31/30
Project: Research project
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CAREER: Explore Defect-Engineering-Facilitated Phonon Localization/Delocalization and Its Impact on Ion Diffusion in Ionic-Conducting Superlattices
Chen, X. (PI)
2/1/25 → 1/31/30
Project: Research project
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Understanding the Effect of Microstructures on the Reversibility of Shape Memory Alloys
Chen, X. (PI)
1/1/21 → 1/1/24
Project: Research project
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Development of Solid-State Electrolyte for Safe and Ultra-High Capacity Batteries for NASA’s Future Missions
Chen, X. (CoPI)
1/1/21 → 1/1/24
Project: Research project
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How compositional segregation can enhance the strength of complex concentrated alloys at the atomic level
Sharifi, H., Ding, H., Zhang, X., Zhang, B., Meng, W. J., Meng, A. C., Chen, X. & Wick, C. D., Jan 1 2026, In: Acta Materialia. 302, 121666.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Atomistic-Informed and Machine Learning-Assisted Crystal Plasticity Modeling for Material Interfaces
Altarabsheh, I. & Chen, X., Jan 1 2025, In: Journal of Engineering Mechanics. 151, 1, 04024098.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Probabilistic prediction of stress-strain curves at the nanoscale: A multi-output Gaussian process approach with molecular dynamics simulations
Altarabsheh, I., Altarabsheh, A. & Chen, X., Jun 14 2025, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 137, 22, 224304.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dynamic interaction between phonons and edge dislocations in LiF
Li, Y., Zheng, Z., Chen, X. & Chen, Y., Nov 21 2023, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 134, 19, 195104.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effect of a Long-Range Dislocation Pileup on the Atomic-Scale Hydrogen Diffusion near a Grain Boundary in Plastically Deformed bcc Iron
Peng, Y., Ji, R., Phan, T., Chen, X., Zhang, N., Xu, S., Bastawros, A. & Xiong, L., Aug 2023, In: Crystals. 13, 8, 1270.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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