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Contact Information. Xueyan Song Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering West Virginia University 304-2933111, Ext: 2569 xueyan.song@mail.wvu.edu. Experience / Expertise. 2008-present: Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, WVU
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Contact Information Xueyan Song Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering West Virginia University 304-2933111, Ext: 2569 xueyan.song@mail.wvu.edu
Experience / Expertise 2008-present: Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, WVU 2003-2008: Research Scientist, UW-Madison 2000-2003: Research Associate, UW-Madison 1998: Ph.D, in Materials Science and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Dissertation: Crystallography Analysis of AB2 and AB5 Type Hydrogen Storage Materials by Means of TEM and HREM. • Research Field and Interest: • Materials Science and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) • Extensive Research Experience on: • Ceramic Superconductors • Hydrogen Storage Materials • Compound Semiconductors • Publications: • Over 30 peer-reviewed Journal publications, including the publications in Nature, Nature Materials, Physical Review and Applied Physics Letters.
GaAsSb GaAsN 20 nm 2 nm 1 nm Y-Ba Cu-O Materials-Related Facilities and Other Assets JEOL JEM 2100F The-state-of-the-art Hybrid TEM/STEM, imaging individual atoms! Imaging Resolution HREM 0.182 nm STEM 0.13 nm Structure and chemistry characterization by TEM Electron diffraction Diffraction contrast imaging Phase contrast HREM imaging Z-contrast imaging EDX and EELS analysis
Future Research Interests in the Energy-Related Materials Area • Development and TEM Microstructure & Chemistry Characterization of advanced energy Materials for • Semiconductors for solid state lighting • Interface atomic structure and chemistry status of epitaxial multi-quantum well LEDs • Defects reduction in the active layers of InGaN and GaN based LEDs by substrate engineering. • Solid oxide fuel cells • Effect of impurity grain boundary segregation on the structure and performance of SOFC. • Superconductors • Grain boundary transport and flux-pinning mechanism of high temperature superconductor YBCO, newly discovered Iron based superconductor and MgB2. • Hydrogen storage materials • Light weight hydrogen storage materials for onboard application.