Prof. FAN Cuncai
Assistant Professor
- Ph.D., Purdue University, 2019
- M.S., University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2015
- B.S., Wuhan University, 2012
Research Interests
- Radiation Damage Effects
- Nuclear Materials
- Small-scale Mechanical Testing
- In-situ Transmission/Scanning Electron Microscope
- Helium Ion Microscope
Education
| Ph.D. | Purdue University (USA) |
| M.S. | Institute of Mechanics-Chinese Academy of Sciences (China) |
| B.S. | Wuhan University (China) |
Professional Experience
| 2022 – present | Assistant Professor | Mechanical Engineering | CityU (Hong Kong) |
| 2021 – 2022 | Postdoc | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong | HKU (Hong Kong) |
| 2019 – 2020 | Postdoc | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory | (USA) |
Honors and Awards
| 2021/22 | Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship |
| 2018/19 | The Graduate School of Purdue University, Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship |
Publications
- Cuncai Fan, Zhongxia Shang, Meimei Li, Haiyan Wang, Anter El-Azab, and Xinghang Zhang. "The influence of helium and heavy ion irradiations on radiation responses of single crystal Cu with nanovoids: An in situ TEM study." Acta Materialia 240 (2022): 118293.
- Cuncai Fan, and Xunxiang Hu. "Recovery and recrystallization of warm-rolled tungsten during helium thermal desorption spectroscopy annealing." Journal of Nuclear Materials 569 (2022): 153914.
- Cuncai Fan, Yutai Katoh, and Xunxiang Hu. "Impact of helium irradiation on the crystallographic orientation change in single-crystalline tungsten." Nuclear Fusion 61.7 (2021): 076011.
- Cuncai Fan, Congyi Li, Chad M Parish, Yutai Katoh, and XunxiangHua. "Helium effects on the surface and subsurface evolutions in single-crystalline tungsten." Acta Materialia 203 (2021): 116420.
- Cuncai Fan, Rayaprolu Goutham Sreekar Annadanam, Zhongxia Shang, Jin Li, Meimei Li, Haiyan Wang, Anter El-Azab, and Xinghang Zhang. “Irradiation induced void spheroidization, shrinkage and migration in Cu at elevated temperatures: An in situ study.” Acta Materialia 201 (2020): 504-516.
- Cuncai Fan, Qiang Li, Jie Ding, Yanxiang Liang, Zhongxia Shang, Jin Li, Ruizhe Su, Jaehun Cho, Di Chen, Yongqiang Wang, Jian Wang, Haiyan Wang, and Xinghang Zhang. “Helium irradiation induced ultra-high strength nanotwinned Cu with nanovoids.” Acta Materialia 177 (2019): 107-120.
- Cuncai Fan, Dongyue Xie, Jin Li, Zhongxia Shang, Youxing Chen, Sichuang Xue, Jian Wang, Meimei Li, Anter El-Azab, Haiyan Wang, Xinghang Zhang. “9R phase enabled superior radiation stability of nanotwinned Cu alloys via in situ radiation at elevated temperature.” Acta Materialia 167 (2019): 248-256.
- Cuncai Fan, Rayaprolu Goutham Sreekar, Zhongxia Shang, Jin Li, Meimei Li, Haiyan Wang, Anter El-Azab, and Xinghang Zhang. “Radiation induced nanovoid shrinkage in Cu at room temperature: An in situ study.” Scripta Materialia 166 (2019): 112-116.
- Cuncai Fan, Zhongxia Shang, Tongjun Niu, Jin Li, Haiyan Wang, and Xinghang Zhang. “Dual Beam In Situ Radiation Studies of Nanocrystalline Cu.” Materials 12, no. 17 (2019): 2721.
- Cuncai Fan, Youxing Chen, Jin Li, Jie Ding, Haiyan Wang, and Xinghang Zhang. “Defect evolution in heavy ion irradiated nanotwinned Cu with nanovoids.” Journal of Nuclear Materials 496 (2017): 293-300.
Position Available
I am currently seeking for highly motivated PhD students and postdocs to join my group. The candidates are expected to have a background in Materials Science and Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Mechanics, or related field. Those who are specialized in transmission electron microscope and small-scale mechanical testing (e.g. nanoindentation, micropillar compression) are preferred. If you are interested, please send your inquiry and CV to cuncafan@cityu.edu.hk.