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Principle Investigator 

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  Dr. Xianming (David) Bai
  Assistant Professor, Thomas G. Digges and Thomas G. Digges Jr. Faculty Fellow
  Department of Materials Science and Engineering
  Phone: (540) 231-9881 / E-mail: xmbai@vt.edu

  Education:
  Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology
  M.S. Johns Hopkins University
  B.S. Fudan University (China)

  Honors & Awards:
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Thomas G. Digges and Thomas G. Digges Jr. Faculty Fellow, Virginia Tech, 2020
 - Outstanding New Assistant Professor, Dean's Awards for Excellence, Virginia Tech, 2020
 - ICTAS Junior Faculty Award, Virginia Tech, 2020
 - National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, 2019
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ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, 2018
                                                            - TMS Young Leader Professional Development Award, 2015

   Google Scholar 
                                                             Past Experience:
                                                             Prior to his current post, Dr. Bai was a Senior Staff Scientist at Idaho National Laboratory.
                                                             He did his postdoctoral research at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Northwestern
                                                             University.

Graduate Students

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             Jarin French
               PhD Student, DOE-IUP Graduate Fellow
               Department of Materials Science and Engineering
   
               Email: jarinf@vt.edu
    
               Education:
               B.S., Brigham Young University–Idaho

           


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          Weiming Chen
           PhD Student
           Department of Materials Science and Engineering
 
           Email:
weimingc@vt.edu
    
           Education:
           B.S.,
Wuhan University of Technology
           M.S.Eng., Carnegie Mellon University          

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           Axel Alcocer Seoane
           PhD Student, VT-ICTAS Doctoral Scholar
           Department of Materials Science and Engineering
   
           Email:
aseoane@vt.edu
    
           Education:
           B.S., Brigham Young University–Idaho


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             Ziqi Xiao
             PhD Student

             Department of Materials Science and Engineering
   
             Email:
xiaolight@vt.edu
    
             Education:
             B.S., 
Wuhan University of Technology
             M.S., University of Florida


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             Wenjiang Huang
             PhD Student
             Department of Materials Science and Engineering

             Email: wenjiang0716@vt.edu
   
             Education:
             B.S., Ningbo University

             M.S., Arizona State University         

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             Jason Brown
             Master Student
             Department of Materials Science and Engineering

             Email: jbrown20@vt.edu
   
             Education:
             B.S., Virginia Tech

      


Undergraduate Students
 None


Alumni

        Yaxuan Zhang, PhD Student (PhD 2020), 2016 - 2020

        
Patrick Finley, Undergraduate Researcher, 2019 - 2020

         Dat Le,
Undergraduate Researcher, 2020 - 2020

         Fengai Zhao
, Visiting PhD Student, 2017 - 2019

        
Bilal Ahmed, Undergraduate Senior Design, 2018 - 2019

         Rachel Yanoschak, Undergraduate Senior Design, 2018 - 2019
 
          Tyler Flournoy, Undergraduate Senior Design, 2018 - 2019

          Jonghyuk Park, Undergraduate Senior Design, 2018 - 2019

          James Clouse, Undergraduate Senior Design, 2017 - 2018

           Patrick Brown, Undergraduate Senior Design, 2017 - 2018

           Tristan Knight, Undergraduate Senior Design, 2017 - 2018

           Weijia Guo, Visiting Undergraduate Senior Design, 2017

          Michael Whalen, Undergraduate researcher, 2019

          Kyle Nelson, Undergraduate researcher, 2017

          Corinne Wells, Undergraduate researcher, 2016

          Thomas Kronenberg, Undergraduate researcher, 2017
© Dr. Xianming (David) Bai
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061

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