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Associate Professor- Phone: (775) 784-1690
- Email: leicao@unr.edu
- Building: PE
- Room: 228
- Mailstop: 0312
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Dr. Cao joined the University of Nevada, Reno in July 2016 after receiving her Ph.D. from the School of w88 casino Engineering at Purdue University, West Lafayette. In 2010, she obtained her B.S. degree from the Department of Precision Instruments at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Her research interests focus on using large-scale phase-field micromechanical models and atomistic methods to track microstructure evolution during deformation and its impact on the w88 casino properties of materials.
- Ph.D., School of w88 casino Engineering, Purdue University, 2016
- B.S., Department of Precision Instruments, Tsinghua w88 casino, 2010
Prospective graduate students
We have two Ph.D. openings starting in fall 2023 or spring 2024. A background in materials science or solid mechanics is preferred. Please send your resume and transcripts to Dr. w88 casino atleicao@unr.edufor consideration.
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- Fracture modeling and simulation
- Deformation in nanocrystalline w88 casino
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Selected publications
- (Invited Review Paper) A. Zahiri, J. Ombogo, M. Lotfpour, and L. w88 casino, "Twinning in Hexagonal Close-Packed Materials: The Role of Phase Transformation." Metals 13.3 (2023): 525.
- A. Zahiri, E. Vitral, J. Ombogo, M. Lotfpour, and L. Cao, "The role of w88 casino loading in bcc-hcp phase transition: tension-compression asymmetry and twin formation", Acta Materialia, 241, 118337 (2022).
- T. Ma, H. J. Kim, N. Mathew, D. J. Luscher, L. w88 casino, and A. Hunter, "Dislocation transmission across Σ3{112} incoherent twin boundary: a combined atomistic and phase-field study", Acta Materialia, 117447 (2022).
- A. Zahiri, L. Carneiro, J. Ombogo, and L. w88 casino, "On the formation of {11-22} boundary via {10-12}-{01-12} twin–twin interaction in magnesium," Computational Materials Science, 201 (2022) 110887.
- P. Chakraborty, T. Ma, Y. Cui, A. Hunter, and L. w88 casino, "Elastic-interaction-induced anisotropic growth of dislocation loop arrays," Journal of Materials Research (2021).
- A. Zahiri, J. Ombogo, T. Ma, P. Chakraborty, L. w88 casino, "Transformation-induced plasticity in omega titanium, " Journal of Applied Physics, 129 (1), 015105 (2021).
- A. Zahiri, J. Ombogo, L. w88 casino, "Formation of {11-22} contraction twins in titanium through reversible martensitic phase transformation, " Scripta Materialia, 195, 113694 (2021).
- J. Ombogo, A. Zahiri, T. Ma, and L. w88 casino, "Nucleation of {101 ̅2} Twins in Magnesium through Reversible Martensitic Phase Transformation," Metals 2020, 10 (8), 1030.
- T. Ma, P. Chakraborty, X. Guo, L. w88 casino, and Y. Wang, "First-principles Modeling of Thermal Transport in Materials: Achievements, Opportunities, and Challenges", International Journal of Thermophysics (2020) 41: 9
- P. Chakraborty, Y. Liu, T. Ma, X. Guo, L. w88 casino, R. Hu, and Y. Wang, "Quenching Thermal Transport in Aperiodic Superlattices: A Molecular Dynamics and Machine Learning Study", ACS Applied Materials & Interface (2020) 12 (7), 8795-8804.
- A. Zahiri, P. Chakraborty, Y. Wang, and L. w88 casino, "Strong strain hardening in ultrafast melt-quenched nanocrystalline Cu: the role of fivefold twins, " Journal of Applied Physics, 126, 075103 (2019).
- P. Chakraborty, T. Ma, L. w88 casino, and Y. Wang, "Significantly enhanced convective heat transfer through surface modification in nanochannels, " International w88 casino Heat and Mass Transfer, 136, 702-708 (2019).
- P. Chakraborty, G. Xiong, L. w88 casino, and Y. Wang, "Lattice thermal transport in superhard hexagonal diamond and wurtzite boron nitride: A comparative study with cubic diamond and cubic boron nitride, " Carbon 139 (2018) 85-93.
- (Invited Review Paper) P. Chakraborty, T. Ma, A. Zahiri, L. w88 casino, and Y. Wang, "Carbon-Based Materials for Thermoelectrics," Advances in Condensed Matter Physics vol. 2018, Article ID 3898479, 29 pages (2018).
- P. Chakraborty, L. w88 casino, and Y. Wang, "Lattice Thermal Conductivity of the Random Multilayer Structure with Lattice Imperfections," Scientific Reports. 2017; 7: 8134.
- L. Cao, D. Pantuso, A. Sengupta, M. Koslowski, "Effect of texture and grain size on the residual stress of nanocrystalline thin film," Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and w88 casino 25 075004 (2017).
- L. w88 casino, M. Koslowski, Rate-limited plastic deformation in nanocrystalline Ni, "Journal of Applied Physics," 117 (24), 244301 (2015).
- L. w88 casino, A. Hunter, I. J. Beyerlein, M. Koslowski, "The role of partial mediated slip during quasi-static deformation of 3D nanocrystalline metals," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 78 (2015): 415-426.
- L. w88 casino, M. Koslowski, "Effect of microstructural uncertainty on the yield stress of nanocrystalline nickel," Acta Materialia 61.4 (2013): 1413-1420.
Courses taught
- ME 303 - w88 casino Numerical Methods
- ME 701 - Advanced Mathematical w88 casino for Engineers
- ME 791 - Special Topics