Yan Jin

- Experienced in failure analysis (fractography), texture analysis and design, fatigue life prediction and assessment, surface treatment, heat treatment, corrosion testing and analysis of metallic engineering alloys, such as Al alloys, Mg alloys, stainless steels, Mo alloys, Ni-based superalloys, Ti alloys, etc. - Experienced in aluminum alloy design and development, thermo-mechanical process improvement - Mechanical testing: tensile, compressive, fatigue (rich experience in servo-hydraulic testing systems, such as Instron and MTS), hardness, adhesion, toughness, and customizing testing system in harsh environments - Experienced in materials characterization techniques: Optical Microscope (OM), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM), Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD), Focused Ion Beam (FIB), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), etc. - Experienced in additive manufacturing (AM): Selective Laser Melting (SLM) and Direct Laser Deposition (DLD) - Experienced in non-destructive testing, including ultrasonic testing and acoustic emission (AE) - Knowledge in physical and mechanical metallurgy, additive manufacturing (AM), materials science and engineering, fracture mechanics, statistical analysis, 3-D model (Creo and FreeCAD), MATLAB and Finite Element Method (ABAQUS), etc.