Research Interests                                                                              

1．Additive manufacturing and 3D printing.

2．Alloy design and metal matrix composites.

3．Aerospace and biomedical materials.

Educational Background         

1． 2011.09-2015.07 Harbin Institute of Technology, B.E. in Automobile Transportation Engineering.

2． 2015.09-2017.06 Syracuse University (USA), M.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

3． 2017.09-2021.09 Joint program of Birmingham University (UK) and Southern University of Science and Technoogy, Ph.D. in Materials and Metallurgy.

Journal Papers                                                                                  

1． Chuan Guo, Zhengrong Yu, Chang Liu, Xinggang Li, Qiang Zhu*, R. Mark Ward*, Effects of Y2O3 nanoparticles on the high-temperature oxidation behaviour of IN738LC manufactured by laser powder bed fusion, Corrosion Science 171 (2020) 108715.

2． Chuan Guo, Sheng Li, Shi Shi, Xinggang Li, Xiaogang Hu, Qiang Zhu*, R. Mark Ward*, Effect of processing parameters on surface roughness, porosity and cracking of as-built IN738LC parts fabricated by laser powder bed fusion, Journal of Materials Processing Technology 285 (2020) 116788.

3． Chuan Guo, Yang Zhou, Xinggang Li, Xiaogang Hu, Zhen Xu, Enjie Dong, Qiang Zhu*, R. Mark Ward*, A comparing study of defect generation in IN738LC superalloy fabricated by laser powder bed fusion: Continuous-wave mode versus pulsed-wave mode, Journal of Materials Science & Technology 90 (2021) 45-57.

4． Chuan Guo, Zhen Xu, Yang Zhou, Shi Shi, Gan Li, Hongxing Lu, Qiang Zhu*, R. Mark Ward*, Single-track investigation of IN738LC superalloy fabricated by laser powder bed fusion: Track morphology, bead characteristics and part quality, Journal of Materials Processing Technology 290 (2021) 117000.

5． Chuan Guo, Zhengrong Yu, Xiaogang Hu, Gan Li, Zhen Xu, Shuang Han, Yang Zhou, R. Mark Ward*, Qiang Zhu*, Y2O3 nanoparticles decorated IN738LC superalloy manufactured by laser powder bed fusion: Cracking inhibition, microstructures and mechanical properties, Composites Part B 230 (2022) 109555.

6． Chuan Guo, Gan Li, Sheng Li, Xiaogang Hu, Hongxing Lu, Xinggang Li, Zhen Xu, Yuhan Chen, Qingqing Li, Jian Lu*, Qiang Zhu*, Additive manufacturing of Ni-based superalloys: Residual stress, mechanisms of crack formation and strategies for crack inhibition, Nano Materials Science (2022) 0044.

7． Chuan Guo, Zhuoyu Li, Yuhe Huang, Gan Li, Qingqing Li, Yang Zhou, Fan Zhou, Gang Ruan, Wangqing Wu*, Qiang Zhu*, Hierarchical structure in a Ni-based superalloy with tailoring mechanical properties produced by a twin laser powder bed fusion system, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 927 (2022) 166983.

8． Chuan Guo, Gan Li, Fan Zhou, Xinggang Li, Zhen Xu, Chang Liu, Xiaogang Hu, Hongxing Lu, Zhong Li, Qiang Zhu*, Understanding the significant effect of boron content on the printability of IN738LC superalloy fabricated using laser powder bed fusion, Optics and Laser Technology 159 (2023) 108954.