Mengying Liu
Mengying Liu teaches courses in materials and mechanics. Her research background is in hydrogen embrittlement behavior of alloy 725, investigating the localized plasticity on the surface of the hydrogen embrittled materials in situ with scanning electron microscope. She received her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Texas A&M University.
Mengying Liu teaches courses in materials and mechanics. Her research background is in hydrogen embrittlement behavior of alloy 725, investigating the localized plasticity on the surface of the hydrogen embrittled materials in situ with scanning electron microscope. She also had experience in the field of localized corrosion of metals; surface deformation analysis around indents; and synthesizing polymer derived ceramics. She received her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Texas A&M University.
Education
- Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering – Texas A&M University
- B.Eng. in Materials Science and Engineering – Tianjin University, China
Research
- Hydrogen embrittlement in Ni alloys
- Assessing materials mechanical properties via digital image correlation
- Scanning electron microscopy
Teaching
- ENGN 178 Introduction to Engineering
- ENGN 203 Statics
- ENGN 260 Materials Science and Engineering
- ENGN 301 Solid Mechanics
- ENGN 351 Solid Mechanics Lab
Selected Publications
- M. Liu, I. McCue, M.J. Demkowicz, Quantifying surface deformation around small-scale indents by digital image correlation. Journal of Materials Research (2021)
- M. Liu, M. Seita, M.J. Demkowicz, Preferential corrosion of coherent twin boundaries in pure nickel under cathodic charging. Physical Review Materials 3(6), 063606 (2019)
- M. Liu, L. Jiang, M. J. Demkowicz, Role of slip in hydrogen-assisted crack initiation in Ni-based alloy 725. Science Advances 10(29), eado2118 (2024).