Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Rm 247, Reed-McDonald Building
College Station, TX 77843
USA
Dr. Kelvin Xie’s research focuses on understanding and designing materials at nano- and atomic-scales using advanced microstructural characterizations (e.g. TEM and atom probe tomography). Kelvin is currently an Assistant Professor at Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University. Before this appointment, he was working as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and then an Assistant Research Scientist with Prof. Kevin Hemker at Johns Hopkins University. He obtained his Ph.D. at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis under the supervision of Profs. Julie Cairney and Simon Ringer.
Research
- Advanced transmission electron microscopy
- Small-scale mechanics
- Atom probe tomography
- Ceramic engineering (boron carbide, silicon carbide, silicon oxycarbide, etc)
- Physical metallurgy (Mg alloys, Ti alloys, steels, high entropy alloys, etc)
Education
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Sydney, 2013
- B. Eng., Biomedical Engineering, University of Sydney, 2009
- B.Com., Finance, University of Sydney, 2009
Awards
- First Prize in Best Poster Competition for Characterization of Minerals, Metals and Material, TMS 2016, Nashville, TN, USA, 2016
- Best poster award, MACH Conference, Annapolis, MD, USA, 2015
- Postgraduate Research Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement, USYD, Australia, 2011
- Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) Scholarship, Australia, 2009
- First class honors and Dean’s list, USYD, Australia, 2009
- Taste of Research Scholarship at the UNSW, Australia, 2007
Experience
- Jan/2018 – Present: Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA
- Aug/2015 – Dec/2017: Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, USA
- Aug/2012 – July/2015: Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, USA
- Mar/2010 – Jun/2010: Technical Staff of Transmission Electron Microscopy, Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, University of Sydney, Australia
- Nov/2008 – Mar/2009: Summer Student Engineer at the Institute of Materials and Engineering Science, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, Australia
- Nov/2007 – Mar/2008: Summer Research Student at the School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Australia