Jianqi Xi
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Education
- Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 2017
Academic Positions
- Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Nuclear Materials, 01/2024-Present
- Scientist III, ThermoFisher Scientific, Ion Beam Radiation, 01/2023-12/2023
- Scientist, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Nuclear Materials, 07/2021-01/2023
- Postdoc, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Nuclear Materials, 11/2017-07/2021
- Postdoc, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Nuclear Materials, 08/2017-11/2017
Other Professional Employment
- Session Chair of Conference Symposium “Ceramics Modeling, Genome and Informatics”, ICACC-2019
Research Interests
- Synergistic effects of radiation and corrosion on structural materials
- Chemical degradation of claddings in corrosive environments (e.g., molten salt, high-temperature water, and air)
- Multiscale modeling of microstructure evolutions of materials under irradiation
- Data-driven/ML material design with desirable radiation/corrosion-resistant properties
Research Areas
- Nuclear Materials
Chapters in Books
Selected Articles in Journals
- J. Xi, H. Zhang, R. Su, S. Wei, X. Hu, B. Queylat, T. Kim, A. Couet, I. Szlufarska, "Coupling of radiation and grain boundary corrosion in SiC", NPJ Mater. Degrad. 8, 16 (2024)
- X. Hu, N. Liu, V. Jambur, S. Attarian, R. Su, H. Zhang, J. Xi, H. Luo, J. Perepezko, I. Szlufarska, "Amorphous shear bands in crystalline materials as drivers of plasticity", Nat. Mater. 22, 1071-1077 (2023)
- J. Xi, I. Szlufarska, "Control of surface chemical reactions through solid stiffness", Phys. Rev. Lett., 129, 106101 (2022)
- J. Xi, C. Liu, D. Morgan, I. Szlufarska, "Deciphering water-solid reactions during hydrothermal corrosion of SiC", Acta Mater., 209, 116803 (2021)
- J. Xi, H. Jiang, C. Liu, D. Morgan, I. Szlufarska, "Corrosion of Si, C, and SiC in molten salt", Corr. Sci., 146, 1-9 (2019)
Honors
- Outstanding Reviewer in the Journal of Semiconductor Science and Technology (2018 )
- Joseph E. Spruiell Award for Excellence in Research, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2017 )
Recent Courses Taught
- NPRE 445 (NPRE 521) - Interact of Radiation w/Matter