Jie Song
Research Assistant Professor
- Ph.D., 2014, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
- M.S., 2009, Materials Science & Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- B.S., 2006, Materials Science & Engineering, Hefei University of Technology,

Aerospace & Ocean Engineering (MC0203)
Virginia Tech Swing Space, Room 202
1600 Innovation Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24060
Virginia Tech Swing Space, Room 202
1600 Innovation Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24060
- Development of high temperature alloys through physical metallurgy, thermomechanical properties evaluation and enhancement, and heat treatment
- Surface modification using laser shock peening
- Manufacturing techniques including high pressure die casting, solidification of metallic materials, additive manufacturing of plastic and metallic materials, grain refinement techniques
- Advanced microstructure characterization, transmission electron microscope (TEM) and high resolution (HR) TEM analysis
- Physical vapor deposition (PVD) coating, coating evaluation and assessment
Member, Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS)
Journal Reviewer
- Metallurgical and Material Transaction
- International Journal of Materials and Product Technology
- Journal of Computational Physics
- International Journal of Impact Engineering
- International Journal of Computational Materials
- Journal of Materials Science and Surface Engineering
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds
- Scientific Reports
- Scripta Materialia
- Purdue University Travel Grant, NADCA Die Casting Congress & Tabletop, 2012
- Scholarship for Excellent students, Tsinghua University, China (2007)
- Outstanding Graduate Award, Hefei University of Technology, China (2006)
- Research Associate, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 2018-2021
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2014-2018
- Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2010-2014
- Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2006-2009