Jincheng Du
Jincheng Du is a materials scientist and academic whose work focuses on the computational and experimental study of glass, ceramic and amorphous materials. He is a University Distinguished Research Professor and chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of North Texas.
Du has been an editor of the Journal of the American Ceramic Society since 2020.[1][2]
Career
After completing his doctorate, Du worked as a postdoctoral research associate at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory from 2004 to 2006 and later as a research associate at the University of Virginia.[3]
Du joined the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of North Texas as an assistant professor in 2007.[4] He became an associate professor with tenure in 2012 and a professor in 2017.[5] Between 2012 and 2019, he held administrative roles in the department's graduate program, including graduate program director and associate department chair.[3]
Du was a Faculty Leadership Fellow of the UNT Provost Office from 2018 to 2019.[6] In 2024, he served as interim associate dean for research in the College of Engineering, was appointed University Distinguished Research Professor,[7] and became chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.[8]
His visiting appointments have included the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in 2014,[9] Meiji University in 2015,[10] and the Federal University of São Carlos in 2020, where he was a Fulbright U.S. Scholar.[11][12] In 2021, he was a Gordon S. Fulcher Sabbatical Fellow at Corning Inc.[13]
Honors
Du was elected a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society in 2020.[14] In 2021, he was named a Gordon S. Fulcher Distinguished Scholar at Corning Inc.[13] and elected a Fellow of ASM International.[15] He was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2025[16] and received the Varshneya–Mauro–Jain Guru–Chela Travel Fund Award from the American Ceramic Society in 2026.[17]
Books
- Massobrio, Carlo; Du, Jincheng; Salmon, Philip S.; Bernasconi, Marco, eds. (2015). Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Disordered Materials: From Network Glasses to Phase-Change Memory Alloys. Springer Series in Materials Science. Vol. 215. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-15674-3.
- Du, Jincheng; Cormack, Alastair N., eds. (2022). Atomistic Simulations of Glasses: Fundamentals and Applications. Wiley. ISBN 978-1-118-93906-2.
References
- ↑ "Du named editor for the Journal of American Ceramic Society". University of North Texas College of Engineering. 22 April 2020.
- ↑ "Editorial Board". Wiley and the American Ceramic Society.
- 1 2 "Jincheng Du". University of North Texas College of Engineering.
- ↑ "Dr. Jincheng Du named Fellow of ASM International". University of North Texas.
- ↑ "Functional Glasses and Materials Modeling". University of North Texas College of Engineering.
- ↑ "UNT Leadership Fellows". University of North Texas.
- ↑ "University Distinguished Research Professorships". University of North Texas.
- ↑ "Welcome Message From the Chair". University of North Texas.
- ↑ Piano triennale 2015–2017 (PDF) (Report) (in Italian). Department of Engineering “Enzo Ferrari”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. p. 6.
- ↑ "Researcher Mobility Grant 過年度の成果報告". Meiji University (in Japanese).
- ↑ "Jincheng Du". Fulbright Scholar Program. Institute of International Education.
- ↑ "Du to study advanced glass materials with Fulbright Scholarship". University of North Texas College of Engineering. 2 May 2019.
- 1 2 "Fulcher Sabbatical Scholar Energized, Inspired by Corning Experience". Corning Incorporated. 2021.
- ↑ "ACerS announces 2020 Class of Fellows". The American Ceramic Society. 8 June 2020.
- ↑ "ASM's 2021 Class of Fellows". ASM International.
- ↑ "2025 AAAS Fellows". American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
- ↑ McDonald, Lisa (30 April 2026). "'We are all connected' at the new six-Division Spring Meeting 2026". The American Ceramic Society.