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Cheng Sun

Associate Professor

Office:   220 Fluor Daniel Building
Phone: (864) 656-3292
Email: csun2@clemson.edu 

Cheng Sun joined the department as an associate professor in August 2023. Prior to joining Clemson University, he worked at Idaho National Laboratory as a senior scientist and served as the group lead in structural materials. His research addresses fundamental challenges in structural materials, with an emphasis on materials behaviors in extreme environments. The scientific goal is to establish fundamental relationships between atomic structures and mechanical behaviors at non-equilibrium conditions. The research in his group involves experimental techniques, such as additive manufacturing, electron microscopy, and mechanical testing as well as computational modeling including density-functional theory, molecular dynamics, and machine learning. 

Education

Ph.D. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (2013)
M.S. Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (2009)
B.S. Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China (2006)

Research Interests

Nanomechanics
Additive manufacturing
Irradiation damage and effects

Selected Publications

  1. Sun, C. Jiang, Y. Che, W.Y. Chen, A. M. Jokisaari, L. K. Aagesen, L. Shao, J. Gan, Unveiling the interaction of nanopatterned void superlattices with irradiation cascades, Acta Materialia, 239 (2022): 118282.
  2. Morgan, G. Pilania, A. Couet, B. P. Uberuaga, C. Sun, J. Li, Machine learning in nuclear materials research, Current Opinion in Solid States and Materials Science, 26 (2022): 100975.
  3. Xu, S. Y. Kim, D. Chen, J. P. Monchoux, T. Voisin, C. Sun, J. Li, Materials Genomics Search for Possible Helium-absorbing Nanophases in Fusion Structural Materials, Advanced Sciences, 2022, 2203555.
  4. Sun, Y. Wang, M. D. McMurtrey, N. D. Jerred, F. Liou, J. Li, Additive Manufacturing for Energy: A Review, Applied Energy, 282 (2021): 116041.
  5. Sun, D. Sprouster, Y. Zhang, D. Chen, Y. Wang, E. Ecker, J. Gan, Formation window of gas bubble superlattice in molybdenum under ion implantation, Physical Review Materials, 3 (2019): 103607.
Cheng Sun