Personal Information
Surname: Yang Given name: Ke
Gender: Male Date & place of birth: February 5, 1961, Liaoning, China
Marital state: Married
Employer: Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Position: Professor, Head of Specialized Materials & Devices Division
Address: 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, China
Tel: 0086-24-23971628
Fax: 0086-24-23891320
E-mail: kyang@imr.ac.cn
Education
April 1989- Ph.D in Material Science & Engineering, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China, Supervisors: Prof. Changxu Shi and Prof. Xiaojing Wan, Dissertation: Diffusion and trapping of hydrogen in iron.
May 1985- M.S. in Material Science & Engineering, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China, Supervisor: Prof. Xiaojing Wan, Dissertation: Study of hydrogen embrittlement in titanium alloys.
August 1982- B.S. in Physical Metallurgy, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China.
Work Experience
January 1993-current, Professor, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China, mainly working on R& D of novel metallic biomaterials, advanced structural steels and hydrogen storage alloys.
September 1991-January 1993, China Research Fellow of the Royal Society, Department of Materials, University of Oxford, UK, working on fabrication of Ti composites with hydrogen as a temporary alloying element.
May 1989-September 1991, Research Associate, Associate Professor (November 1990), Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China, mainly working on study of hydrogen resistant steels.
Research Focus
♦ Novel metallic biomaterials, including nickel-free austenitic stainless steel, Cu-bearing stainless steels, biodegradable magnesium alloys, antibacterial metals (stainless steels, titanium alloys, Co-based alloys), bio-functionalized metals, and applications of novel metallic biomaterials in orthopedics, dentistry and coronary stents.
♦ Advanced structural steels, including high strength pipeline steels, heat resistant steels, ultra-high strength maraging steels, high nitrogen stainless steels.
♦ Hydrogen storage alloys and applications, including LaNi5 based alloys, TiZr based alloys, Mg based alloys, hydrogen purification, hydrogen gas pressuring, metal hydride refrigeration.
Academic Posts
• Standing Member of Chinese Society for Biomaterials
• Chair of Metallic Biomaterials Branch, Chinese Society for Biomaterials
• Standing Member of Intervention Branch, Chinese Society for Bio-medical Engineering
• Member of Editing Board of Acta Metallurgical Sinica
• Member of Editing Board of Journal of Iron & Stee Research
• Member of Editing Board of Regenerative Biomaterials
• Member of Editing Board of Frontier of Materials Science
• Invited Professors of Northeast University, China Medical University, Nanjing University of Technology, Hubei University, etc.
Publications
More than 500 journal papers were published on Chinese and international journals, and more than 70 China Patents were awarded.
