Associate Professor
Email: yang_zhangcan@hust.edu.cn
Academic Areas: Nuclear Materials
Research Interests: computational nuclear materials; multiscale modeling; radiation damage of materials; ion-material interactions; surface patterning; plasma facing components
Academic Degrees
Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering, 2013, Purdue University, USA;
B.E in Engineering Physics, 2008, Tsinghua University.
Professional Experience
Associate Professor (2016-present), Department of Nuclear Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology;
Postdoc Research Associate (2014-2016), Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee, USA;
Visiting Scholar (2013-2014), Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
Selected Publications
Papers
1. Z.C. Yang*, S. Blondel, K. D. Hammond and B. D.Wirth, “Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations of Helium Cluster Nucleation in Tungsten with Pre-Existing Vacancies”, Fusion Science and Technology, to appear (2017)
2. Z.C. Yang, M. Lively, and J.P. Allain, “Kinetic Monte Carlo simulation of self-organized pattern formation induced by ion beam sputtering using crater functions”, Physical Review B, 91, 075427 (2015)
3. Z.C. Yang, M. Lively, and J.P. Allain, “Atomistic simulation of ion beam patterning with crater functions”, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. B, 307, 189 (2013)
4. P.S. Krstic, J.P. Allain, A. Allouche, J. Jakowski, J. Dadras, C.N. Taylor, Z.C. Yang, K. Morokuma, and S. Maeda, “Dynamics of deuterium retention and sputtering of Li-C-O surfaces”, Fusion Engineering and Design, 87, 10, 1732 (2012)
5. C.N. Taylor, B. Heim, S. Gonderman, J.P. Allain, Z.C. Yang, R. Kaita, A.L. Roquemore, C.H. Skinner, and R.A. Ellis, “Materials analysis and particle probe: A compact diagnostic system for in situ analysis of plasma-facing components (invited)”, Review of Scientific Instruments, 83, 10, 10D703 (2012)
6. B. Heim, S. Gonderman, C.N. Taylor, J.P. Allain, Z.C. Yang, M. Gonzalez, E. Collins, C.H. Skinner, B. Ellis, W. Blanchard, L. Roquemore, H.W. Kugel, R. Martin, “The Materials Analysis Particle Probe (MAPP) diagnostic system in NSTX”, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 40, 3, 735 (2012)
7. X.-W. Kang, Y.-Q. Liu, J.-J. Cui, Z.-C. Yang, and Y.-J Jin, “Delay Model and Performance Testing for FPGA Carry Chain TDC”, Nuclear Electronics & Detection Technology, 3, 006 (2011)
Patent
1. Jean Paul Allain, Lisa Reece, Zhangcan Yang, Rocco Armonda, Ravindra Kempaiah, and Teodoro Tigno, “System and stent for repairing endovascular defects and methods of use”, application number: PCT/US2012/059151
Awards and Honors
1. Best Poster Award, 18th International Conference on Ion Beam Modifications of Materials (IBMM 2012)
