Group's research includes the following areas:

• Phase-field method and software development
• Multiscale modeling integrating density functional theory (DFT) calculations, thermodynamic analysis, and phase-field simulations
• Domain structures and switching in ferroelectric, ferromagnetic, ferroelastic and multiferroic thin films and devices
• Interactions between electronic/ionic defects and ferroelectric domains, dielectric degradation and breakdown
• Ion transport and microstructure evolution in solid electrodes and electrolytes in Li-ion batteries and solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC)
• Phase-field simulations of structural and diffusional phase transformations, grain growth, and Ostwald ripening in alloys
• Interactions between dislocations, plasticity, and phase microstructures
• Co-evolution of microstructure and properties
• Application of information technology to materials simulation and modeling
• Integrated computational materials science and engineering

Research projects:

• Phase-field modeling of dielectric degradation and breakdown
• Computational thermodynamic modeling and phase field simulations for property prediction in advanced material systems
• Materials World Network: new insights into ferroelectric domain walls: extended nanoscale structure, Bloch-Like and Neel-Like
• Phase-field Models of piezoelectric and multiferroic responses of ferroelectric and multiferroic nanostructures
• Structure and dynamics of domains in ferroelectric nanostructures: phase-field modeling
• Phase-field Model of Microstructure Evolution in Ti-Alloys
• Investigating the impact of additive manufacturing process parameters on material properties
• Simulations of microstructure and stress evolution during solidification and solution treatment of Ni-base superalloys
• Computational Materials and Chemical Sciences Network: Computational Microstructural Science”, DOE Basic Sciences
• Cathode evolution by coarsening
• GOALI: Understanding and predicting Li dendrite formation in Li-ion batteries
• Multifunctional interfacial materials by design
• Modeling effect of second-phase particles on grain growth kinetics