TITLE/POSITION

Professor

WEBPAGE

https://www.x-mol.com/groups/cao

EMAIL

scao@shu.edu.cn

Research and Education

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of West Florida, USA;

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, China.

Research Interests

Dr. Cao worked as an Assistant Professor at the University of West Florida. Prior to that, Dr. Cao did her further research in the Department of Material Science and Engineering at MIT and University of California, Berkeley on nature-inspired materials. As a faculty member in Shanghai by courtesy, her research focuses on:

1）Nature-inspired Hierarchical Materials Design and manufacturing; 

2）3D-printed materials and its performance; 

3）Big Data in High-Entropy Alloys; 

4）Materials Informatics and Sustainability

Significant Professional Service

Symposium Organizers, High-entropy Materials, The Materials Research Society (MRS), 2021-2023;

Symposium Session Chair, High-entropy Alloys, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), 2020;

Organizing Co-Chair, IEEE- International Conference on Micro/Nano Sensors for AI, Healthcare, and Robotics, 2019.

Fellow, VEBLEO Fellow (Jr) Award

Fellow, Higher Education Academy Fellow Award

Selected Publications

Year of 2023

1. Xiong, Wei, Amy XY Guo, Shuai Zhan, Chain-Tsuan Liu, and Shan Cecilia Cao*. "Refractory high-entropy alloys: A focused review of preparation methods and properties." Journal of Materials Science & Technology 142 (2023): 196-215. IF: 10.9；ESI Highly Cited Paper

2. Guo, Amy XY, Bin Xiao, Qiling Xiao, and Shan Cecilia Cao*. "Revisiting deformation anisotropy of ω-variants via microcompression of< 110> β oriented Ti85Nb15 alloy." Journal of Materials Research and Technology 23 (2023): 3119-3125.IF: 6.4

3. Guo, Amy XY, Qiling Xiao, Zihan Wang, Xiao Ma, and Shan Cecilia Cao*. "Thermal stability of Ti-Nb-Fe ternary nanocrystalline alloys related to grain boundary segregation." Vacuum 213 (2023): 112142. IF: 6.4

4. Guo, Amy XY, Bin Cao, Zihan Wang, Xiao Ma, and Shan Cecilia Cao*. "Fabricated High-Strength, Low-Elastic Modulus Biomedical Ti-24Nb-4Zr-8Sn Alloy via Powder Metallurgy." Materials 16, no. 10 (2023): 3845. IF: 3.4

5. Zamani, Mohammad Reza, Hamed Mirzadeh, Mehdi Malekan, Shan Cecilia Cao, and Jien-Wei Yeh. "Grain growth in high-entropy alloys (HEAs): A review." High entropy alloys & materials 1, no. 1 (2023): 25-59.

6. Cao, Shan Cecilia, Amy XY Guo, Guilin Wu, Yudong Wang, Jian Lu, and Xiaochun Zhang. "A novel multiple impact model for predicting the residual stress state." Journal of Materials Research and Technology 23 (2023): 4779-4789. IF: 6.4

7. Lin, Junxiong, Zhiying Chen, Minglin Li, Jing Luo, Bo Wu, Shan Cecilia Cao, and Wen Jung Li. "Nb-doped NCM622 shows improved capacity under high-temperature cycling—An experimental and theoretical study." Materials Today Communications 36 (2023): 106701. IF: 3.8

8. Xiong, Wei, Liangjie Cheng, Shuai Zhan, Amy XY Guo, Peter K. Liaw, and Shan Cecilia Cao. "Recent Advances on Lightweight High-Entropy Alloys: Process, Design, and Applications." High Entropy Alloys & Materials (2023): 1-20.

9. Lv, Zhi, Minglin Li, Junxiong Lin, Jing Luo, Bo Wu, Ruoyu Hong, and Shan Cecilia Cao. "First-principles study on LiMn0. 5Fe0. 5PO4 doping to decrease the Jahn-Teller effect." Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry (2023): 1-11.

10. Wang, Y., Zhu, J., Chen, A., Guo, X., Cui, H., Huang, Z., Wang, D., Liang, G. and Shan Cecilia Cao, 2023. Spider Silk‐Inspired Binder Design for Flexible Lithium‐Ion Battery with High Durability. Advanced Materials, 35(47), p.2303165. IF: 32.1

11. Zhao, Yuwei, Hu Hong, Leheng Zhong, Jiaxiong Zhu, Yue Hou, Shipeng Wang, Haiming Lv and Shan Cecilia Cao, "Zn‐Rejuvenated and SEI‐Regulated Additive in Zinc Metal Battery via the Iodine Post‐Functionalized Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework‐90." Advanced Energy Materials 13, no. 28 (2023): 2300627. IF: 29.7

Year of 2022

12. Guo, Amy XY, Liangjie Cheng, Shuai Zhan, Shouyang Zhang, Wei Xiong, Zihan Wang, Gang Wang, and Shan Cecilia Cao*. "Biomedical applications of the powder‐based 3D printed titanium alloys: A review." Journal of Materials Science & Technology 125 (2022): 252-264. IF: 10.9

13. Zhan, Shuai, Amy XY Guo, Shan Cecilia Cao*, and Na Liu. "3D printing soft matters and applications: a review." International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23, no. 7 (2022): 3790. IF: 5.6

14. Guo, Amy XY, Yue Wu, Zihan Wang, Qiling Xiao, and Shan Cecilia Cao*. "Strengthening and toughening of Ti–Nb films by adjusting internal stress." Vacuum 202 (2022): 111127. IF: 4.0

15. Liu, Lu, Tao Han, Shan Cecilia Cao*, Yanjie Liu, Jintao Shu, Chen Zheng, Tongxin Yu, Ziqiang Dong, and Yi Liu. "Enhanced wearing resistance of carbide reinforced FeCoNiCrMn high entropy alloy prepared by mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering." Materials Today Communications 30 (2022): 103127. IF: 3.8

Year of 2021 and before

16. Shan Cecilia Cao*, Xiaochun Zhang, Yuan Yuan, Pengyau Wang, Lei Zhang, Na Liu, Yi Liu, and Jian Lu. "A constitutive model incorporating grain refinement strengthening on metallic alloys." Journal of Materials Science & Technology 88 (2021): 233-239. IF: 10.9

17. Shan Cecilia Cao, X. Zhang, Y. Wang, F. Cheng, S.-Q. Shi, J. Lu and R. O. Ritchie, “Predicting Surface Deformation during Mechanical Attrition of Metallic Alloys”, npj Computational Materials, vol. 5, March 15, 2019, p. 36; doi.org/10.1038/s41524-019-0171-6. IF: 12.256

18. Shan Cecilia Cao, Linli Zhu, Jiabin Liu, Ge Wu, Wenxuan Huang, Jian Lu*, Light-weight isometric-phase steels with superior Strength- hardness-ductility combination, Scripta Materialia, 154 (2018) 230–235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2018.06.012; IF: 6.302

19. Shan Cecilia Cao, Jiabin Liu, Ling Li, Ming Dao, Jian Lu*, Robert O. Ritchie*. Nature-inspired Hierarchical Steels, Scientific Reports, 2018. p.5088. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23358-7; IF: 4.6

20. Shan Cecilia Cao, Xiaochun Zhang, Lawrence David Mao, Yongli Wang, Albert J. Qu, Yiteng Zhang, Hui Yang, Linli Zhu, Yudong Wang, and Jian Lu. "Numerical and experimental comparison of two nano-structuring processing techniques on making stronger stainless steels." Materials Today Communications 24 (2020): 100419. IF: 3.8

21. Bernoulli, Daniel, Shan Cecilia Cao, Jian Lu*, and Ming Dao*. Enhanced repeated frictional sliding properties in 304 stainless steel with a gradient nanostructured surface, Surface and Coatings Technology, 2018. 339, 14-19. IF: 4.86

22. Yudong Wang, Shan Cecilia Cao*, Congcong Yuan, Jin Shi, Bin Yang, Yongnian Dai*, Division of the combustion stage using the pre-exponential factor and preparation of low-sulfur biomass fuels, Catalysis Today, 2018. 318, 66-72 IF: 6.56

23. Zhou Dan, Xuechao Qiu, Feng Liang, Shan Cecilia Cao, Yaochun Yao, Xiaopeng Huang, Wenhui Ma, Bin Yang, and Yongnian Dai*. Comparison of the effects of FePO4 and FePO4· 2H2O as precursors on the electrochemical performances of LiFePO4/C, Ceramics International 43, no. 16, 2017: 13254-13263. IF:5.2

24. Huang, W., Kitchaev, D.A., Dacek, S.T., Rong, Z., Urban, A., Cao, S., Luo, C. and Ceder, G., 2016. Finding and proving the exact ground state of a generalized Ising model by convex optimization and MAX-SAT. Physical Review B, 94(13), p.134424. IF:3.7

25. Kang, Yao, Fengmei Su, Qingkai Zhang, Feng Liang, Keegan R. Adair, Kunfeng Chen, Dongfeng Xue et al. "Novel high-energy-density rechargeable hybrid sodium–air cell with acidic electrolyte." ACS applied materials & interfaces 10, no. 28 (2018): 23748-23756. IF:15.7

* Corresponding Author

[1] S.C. Cao, A.X.Y. Guo, Preparation method of high entropy ceramic composite coating based on magnetron sputtering;

[2] S.C. Cao, Jien-Wei Yeh, Preparation method of high entropy alloy with corrosion resistance and wear resistance;

[3] S.C. Cao, Jien-Wei Yeh, An equal phase control technology of high-strength, high-toughness and high-hardness wear-resistant alloy;

[4] Lingjie Yi, Na Liu, S.C. Cao, Multi-channel adjustable pipetting device and cupping system;

[5] Huayang Ren, Na Liu, S.C. Cao, A kind of anti-pollution batch test tube opening structure;

[6] Yi Liu, Lu Liu, S.C. Cao, Yanjie Liu. Preparation method of carbide-reinforced high entropy alloy composite