Research Expertise

Theoretical and Multiscale Modeling of Mechanics of Materials;
Dislocation, Plasticity and Fracture in Engineering Metals and Alloys; 
Solid Solution and Precipitation Strengthening; 
HCP Metals and Alloys; 
Development of Interatomic Potentials with Density Functional Theory Validations

Honors and Awards

2017, Outstanding Reviewer, Acta Materialia, Elsevier
2013, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore
2004, DaimlerChrysler Gold Medal, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2001, Meinhardt Book Prize, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Recent Publications

1. Mechanistic origin and prediction of enhanced ductility in magnesium alloys, Z. Wu, R. Ahmad, B. Yin, S. Sandl?bes,  W.~A. Curtin, Science 359:447-452, 2018.
2. First-principles calculations of stacking fault energies in Mg-Y, Mg-Al and Mg-Zn alloys and implications for <c+a> activity, B. Yin, Z. Wu, W. A. Curtin, Acta Materialia, 136:249-261, 2017.
3. Comprehensive first-principles study of stable stacking faults in hcp metals, B. Yin, Z. Wu, W. A. Curtin, Acta Materialia, 123:223-234, 2017.
4. Mechanism and energetics of <c+a> dislocation cross-slip in hcp metals, Z. Wu, W. A. Curtin, PNAS, 113:11137-11142, 2016.
5. Energetics of dislocation transformations in hcp metals, Z. Wu, B. Yin, W. A. Curtin, Acta Materialia, 119:203-217, 2016.
6. The origins of high hardening and low ductility in magnesium, Z. Wu, W. A. Curtin, Nature, 526:62-67, 2015