Mingxing Zhang

Professor Mingxing Zhang's research interests are in the additive manufactruring of metals and MAX phase mateirals, high entropy alloys, new alloy design through machine learning and application of crystallography to engineering materials, surface engineering of metals, and grain refinement for cast metals. Prof Zhang is a world leader in the area of crystallography of phase transformations and its applications in engineering materials, and is recognised as one of the top researchers in the areas of phase transformations, grain refinement for cast metals, additive manufacturing of metals, and surface engineering. Prof Zhang obtained his Bachelor of Engineering from the Inner Mongolian University of Science and Technology and Master of Engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical University, China. In 1997 he was awarded his PhD degree by The University of Queensland. His research expertise and interests include crystallography of phase transformations, grain refinement and alloy development of aluminum and magnesium alloys, surface modification and coatings, bainitic transformation and bainitic steels. Prof Zhang's research hopes are to apply his fundamental research results to develop new generation metallic materials and to improve the current materials processing techniques. His research outcomes will also offer materials scientists a totally new way to undertake surface treatment for metallic materials, therefore to significantly improve the surface durability of this type of materials. For example, the recently developed new packed powder diffusion coating technique for titanium alloys will enable the replacement of the highly costive superalloys with Ti alloys. The research also hopes to enhance Australia's competitive ability in international markets in light metals and contribute significantly to material science with the study of the mechanism of phase transformations in solids. Crystallography of phase transformations in solids; Additive manufacturing of metals; High entropy alloys; Design of new alloys through machine learning; MAX phase compound materials; Grain refinement of cast metals; Surface treatment of metallic materials

[2026] Grain refinement in ceramic additive manufacturing: Mechanisms, strategies and performance implications [2026] Structure-property regulation of Ag-NiTi interpenetrating-phase composites with transformation-induced elasticity [2026] Strength–ductility synergy via mutual-precipitation in a cost-effective duplex heterostructured high-entropy alloy [2026] Effect of trace Ho alloying on hydrogen storage performance of Mg-Ni-Gd alloys [2026] Strong and corrosion-resistant 3D-printed steel by self-assembled core-shell nanoparticles [2026] Harnessing non-isothermal annealing to unlock the microstructure-property nexus in solid-state additively manufactured age-hardenable aluminum alloy [2026] Mechanical behaviour of an optimised novel Ti6Al4V lattice structure fabricated via LPBF: “An exper