Prof. Zhengyi Fu is the director of the State Kay Lab of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing of Wuhan University of Technology, China. He is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a member of the European Academy of Sciences, an academician of the World Academy of Ceramics. He is the vice-president of the International Ceramic Federation, an editor-in-chief of the Interdisciplinary Materials and an editor-in-chief of the Ceramics International. His research fields are focused on multifunctional ceramics and ceramic-based composites, structural/functional integrative composites, novel materials structure and properties, in-situ reaction synthesis and processing, fast and ultra-fast sintering, bioprocessing-inspired synthesis and processing. He has published 550 papers and obtained 100 patents. He has been awarded two Second-class Award of National Technology Invention Prizes (2012, 2015) and one Third-class Award of National Science and Technology Progress Prize (1997) issued by the State Council of China. He has been awarded the John Jeppson Award of the American Ceramic Society (2020), Ross Coffin Purdy Award of the American Ceramic Society (2019), Samuel Geijsbeek International Award of the American Ceramic Society (2019), Engineering Valour of the Russian Academy of Engineering (2018).
- In-situ reaction synthesis and preparation technology
- Efficient sintering and processing technology
- Bioprocess-inspired synthesis and preparation technology
- Advanced ceramics and ceramic matrix composites
- Structure/function integrated ceramic materials
- Exploration of new structures and systems for multifunctional composites
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PhD in Materials Science, 1994
Wuhan University of Technology
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Master in Inorganic Non-metallic Materials, 1987
South China University of Technology
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Bachelor in Inorganic Non-metallic Materials, 1984
South China University of Technology