Dr. Zhengdong Long,
Associate Director
zlong@engr.uky.edu
Dr.
Zhengdong Long is the Associate Director for the Center for Aluminum
Technology. Dr. Long joined CAT with nine years experience
on superalloys and Aluminum alloys. He has a strong background in
R&D of new materials development and quality control. Dr. Long
has extensive knowledge and experience in physical and mechanical
metallurgy of Aluminum and Special Alloys, ingot casting, forging,
hot rolling, cold rolling, heat treatment, inspection and application.
He has strong skills in materials characterization by microstructure,
texture, mechanical properties, formability and corrosion evaluation
using modern testing and analysis facilities including SEM, TEM with
EDS, X-ray diffraction, MTS 810 and DSC. He also has strong skills
in FEM modeling by using ProCAST software and thermodynamic calculation
by ThermoCalc software.
