AWARDEE OF TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES PRIZE

LU KE

Abstract

Prof. Lu Ke, material scientist, was born on May 23, 1965 in Gansu Province. He graduated from Nanjing University of Science and Technology in 1985, got his Master degree of science in 1988 and his Ph.D. in Materials science in 1990 in Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He was promoted as an associate professor in 1990 and a full professor in 1993 in IMR. During 1993-1999, Dr. Lu has been a visiting professor in Max-Planck-Institut fuer Metallforschung (Germany), University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA), University of Technology of Troyes (France), and National University of Singapore. His present position is a professor and director of State Key Laboratory for Rabidly Solidified Non-equilibrium Alloys (RSA) in IMR of CAS.
Prof. Lu has involved in the field of non-equilibrium processing and metastable materials since 1985, especially concentrated on research of nanostructured and amorphous materials. His research activity deals with synthesis and processing, microstructure characterization, physical and mechanical properties, phase transformation (e.g., crystallization, amorphization, and melting) and thermal stabilities of the non-equilibrium materials. Based on the crystallization kinetics and thermodynamics, he developed a new method for synthesizing porosity-free nanocrystalline materials, i.e., the complete crystallization method, which is one of three effective synthesis approaches for this kind of new material. He has extensively investigated the structure and property of nanocrystalline materials and discovered the abnormal Hall-Petch relationship and lattice distortion phenomenon. These finds expand the understanding of the fundamental correlation between the microstructure and properties of solids. In study of melting and superheating of solids, Dr. Lu developed a kinetic stability limit theory for superheated crystals that has been successfully applied in predicting the degree of superheating of confined crystals.
He authored and co-authored 170 international journal publications and held 8 patents. Dr. Lu has presented 21 invited lectures at international conferences or symposia, and was invited for a review article to the leading review journal in materials science: Materials Science and Engineering R: Reports, on nanocrystalline materials crystallized from amorphous solids. His publications on nanostructured materials have been frequently cited in recent years. He was elected and served as an Associate Editor of Nanostructured Materials (Acta Metallurgica Inc.), an Editorial Advisory Board Member for International Journal of Non-equilibrium Processing, and an Editorial Board Member for Chinese Journal of Materials Research. Dr Lu is also a member of International Committee on Nanostructured Materials, a member of The Asia-Pacific Academy of Materials (APAM), and an International Advisory Committee Member for International Symposium on Metastable, Mechanical Alloyed and Nanocrystalline Materials (ISMANAM). In recent years, he was served as a chairman for several international conferences and symposia. Owing to his outstanding academic achievements, Dr. Lu has been awarded by several prizes including National Nature Science Award, CAS Nature Science Award, Qiushi Distinguished Young Scientist Award, ISMANAM'98 Gold Medal, etc. Recently, his research group was appointed as the Max-Planck-Society Young Scientist Partner Group.