Welcome to Prof. Leijun Li's research group. We conduct sponsored research in physical metallurgy, welding metallurgy, and additive manufacturing by characterizing microstructure, measuring mechanical properties, and modeling the heat and mass transfer during non-equilibrium phase transformations.

News: Ravi Kopparthi wins the AWS Graduate Fellowship!

Our PhD candidate Ravi wins the prestigious American Welding Society Graduate Fellowship ($35,000 USD annually for two years) with a research proposal "Bond Formation Mechanism of High-Frequency Electric Resistance Welded X65 Pipeline Steel". Congratulations!
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