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Email: zhangyix@usc.edu
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Email: zhangyix@usc.edu
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
VHE-417B
3651 Watt Way
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089
Research Project
+ High-Temperature Polyimide-Matrix Composites
Publications
+ Zhang Y, Miyauchi M, et al, “Structure and Properties of a Phenylethynyl-Terminated PMDA-Type Asymmetric Polyimide”, High Performance Polymers 2018, DOI: 10.1177/0954008318762592.
+ Zhang Y, Jain A, et al., “Process Development for Phenylethynyl-Terminated PMDA–Type Asymmetric Polyimide Composites”, High Performance Polymers 2017, DOI: 10.1177/0954008317720802.
+ Zhang Y, Wang L, et al., “Synthesis and Simultaneous Self-Assembly of Multiblock Fluorinated Polyurethane in Iniferter Polymerization”, Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2013, 51(10): 2161-2170.
+ Zhang Y, Narayana SS, et al., “Thermal Cycling of Phenylethynyl-Terminated PMDA Type Asymmetric Polyimide Composites”, SAMPE Conference Proceedings. Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering, Long Beach, CA, May 21-24, 2018.
+ Zhang Y, Jain A, et al., “Processing and Properties of Phenylethynyl-Terminated PMDA Type Polyimide Composites”, SAMPE Conference Proceedings. Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering, Long Beach, CA, May 23-26, 2016.
+ Zhang Y, Miyauchi M, et al., “Process Optimization for Phenylethynyl-Terminated PMDA Type Polyimide Composites”, CAMX Conference Proceedings. The Composites and the Advanced Materials Expo, Dallas, TX, Oct 26-29, 2015.
+ Li X, Varma MP, Jin B, Miyauchi M, Zhang Y, Kotaki M, Jain A, Nutt SR, “Imidization and Crosslinking of a PMDA-Type PEPA-Terminated Polyimide in the Polymerization of Monomeric Reactants (PMR) Process with Different Chain Length”, SAMPE Conference Proceedings. Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering, Long Beach, CA, May 23-26, 2016.
+ Li X, Jin B, Grunenfelder LK, Varma MP, Miyauchi M, Zhang Y, Nutt SR, “Cure Kinetics of a Phenylethynyl-Terminated PMDA-Type Polyimide in the Polymerization of Monomeric Reactants (PMR) Process”, CAMX Conference Proceedings. The Composites and the Advanced Materials Expo, Dallas, TX, Oct 26-29, 2015.
Education
+ B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University (2010)
+ M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University (2013)
Positions
+ 2010 – 2013: Graduate Student Research Assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University.
+ 2013- Present: Graduate Student Research Assistant, Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California.