Name：Yi Meirong Title：Associate Professor

Email：yimr18@ncu.edu.cn

Supervisor：Master Supervisor

Courses Taught: Engineering Drawing, Surface Technology

Research Profile：

Primary research focuses on tribology and surface engineering of critical mechanical components, molecular dynamics and mechanical simulation, and tribology with reliable service performance in rail transit braking systems.

Education：

(1) Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Sep 2014- Jul 2018, Tsinghua University

(2) M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Sep 2010- Jan 2013, University of Science and Technology Beijing

(3) B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Sep 2006 - Jul 2010, Nanchang University

Research Projects (Last Five Years)

(1) Principal Investigator, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Study on the Interface Formation of Magnetically Induced Oriented BN@Fe3O4 and Biomimetic Mineral Bridge SiCNWs and Their High-Temperature Braking Mechanism.

(2) Principal Investigator, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Construction of Oriented Graphene/Ti3SiC2/Copper Friction Materials and Study on the Synergistic Regulation Mechanism of Their Braking and Wear Resistance Performance.

(3) Principal Investigator, Jiangxi Provincial Ganpo Juncai Support Plan, Interface Regulation of Multi-component Synergistically Enhanced Copper-based Friction Materials and Study on Their Braking Friction and Wear Mechanism Across a Wide Temperature Range.

(4)Principal Investigator, Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation, Study on the Ultralow Friction Mechanism of Multi-hydroxy Polymers and Nano Two-dimensional Ti3C2Tx Synergistically Enhancing Water-based Minimum Quantity Lubrication for Titanium Alloys.

(5) Principal Investigator, Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation, Study on the Mechanism of In-situ Surface Functionalized Two-dimensional Nano-sheet MoS2 in DLC Film Solid-Liquid Composite Lubrication System.

Major Achievements

Research focuses on surface engineering of key components in mechanical equipment under extreme operating conditions. As project leader, has presided over two National Natural Science Foundation projects and two Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation projects, undertaken multiple enterprise-sponsored research projects, and was selected for the Jiangxi Provincial “Ganpo Jun Cai – Young Science and Technology Talent Cultivation” Plan. Has published over 20 papers in important academic journals such as Tribology International and Wear, and been granted over 10 national invention patents.