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Bo MAO

Title：Associate Professor
Office：Room 413, Materials Building B
Email：bmao@sjtu.edu.cn
URL： https://faculty.sjtu.edu.cn/maobo/en/index.htm

Introduction

     Dr. Bo Mao is currently an Associate Professor and Ph.D./Post-Doctorate Associate supervisor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is among the awardees of Distinguished Overseas Young Scientist of NSFC and Leading Talents of Shanghai.  His research area is advanced materials processing and manufacturing.  His research specifically focuses on the laser processing, additive manufacturing, and the processing-microstructure-properties relationship of advanced metallic materials, such as titanium alloys and special steels.  He has authored or co-authored over 30 publications in the scientific journals and served as the editor or reviewer for more than 10 scientific journals.  He used to give over 20 technical presentations in high-level international conferences, including MS&T 2018, AeroMat2019, and MSEC 2019.  He has been awarded the differential fee fellowship in UNR and MSEC2019 student travel award sponsored by the US National Science Foundation. He was among the winners of the 2020 Exceptional Overseas Chinese Student Scholarship. He is the member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and honorable member of Institue of Roller Design (IRD) of the United States.

 

Biographical Information 

  • Professional Appointments

03/2023-present    Associate Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

03/2021-03/2023   Assistant Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

06/2020-01/2021  Research Scientist, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, NV, USA.

  • Education

08/2015-05/2020  Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, NV, USA

09/2011-03/2014  M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

09/2007-06/2011 B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

 

Research Interests

（1）Advanced Material Processing and Manufacturing of Titanium Alloys

（2）Laser Material Processing and Additive Manufacturing

（3）Mechanical Behavior of Metallic Materials

 

Selected Publications

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AOi7lcgAAAAJ&hl=en

1.  Yujie Wang, Bo Mao*, Shuangjie Chu, Sai Chen, Hui Xing, Haiyan Zhao, Shuyang Wang, Yuqian Wang, Jiao Zhang, and Baode Sun. " Advanced manufacturing of high-speed steels: a critical review of the process design, microstructural evolution, and engineering performance." Journal of Materials Research and Technology 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2022.03.053

2.  Yujie Wang, Shuangjie Chu, Bo Mao*, Hui Xing, Jiao Zhang, and Baode Sun. "Microstructure, residual stress, and mechanical property evolution of a spray-formed vanadium-modified high-speed steel processed by post-heat treatment." Journal of Materials Research and Technology 18 (2022): 1521-1533. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2022.03.053

3.  Shuangjie Chu, Bo Mao*, and Guangkui Hu. "Microstructure Control and Strengthening Mechanism of High Strength Dual Phase Steels for Automobile Applications." Acta Metallurgica Sinica (2022): 551-566. https://doi.org/10.11900/0412.1961.2022.00061

4.  Bo Mao, Yiliang Liao, and Bin Li. "Abnormal twin-twin interaction in an Mg-3Al-1Zn magnesium alloy processed by laser shock peening." Scripta Materialia 165 (2019): 89-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2019.02.028.

5.  Bo Mao, Xing Zhang, Pradeep L. Menezes, and Yiliang Liao. "Anisotropic microstructure evolution of an AZ31B magnesium alloy subjected to dry sliding and its effects on friction and wear performance." Materialia 8 (2019): 100444.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2019.100444.

6.  Bo Mao, Arpith Siddaiah, Xing Zhang, Bin Li, Pradeep L. Menezes, and Yiliang Liao. "The influence of surface pre-twinning on the friction and wear performance of an AZ31B Mg alloy." Applied Surface Science 480 (2019): 998-1007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.03.070.

7.  Bo Mao, Yiliang Liao, and Bin Li. "Gradient twinning microstructure generated by laser shock peening in an AZ31B magnesium alloy." Applied Surface Science 457 (2018): 342-351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.06.176.

8.  Bo Mao, Bin Li, Dong Lin, and Yiliang Liao. "Enhanced room temperature stretch formability of AZ31B magnesium alloy sheet by laser shock peening." Materials Science and Engineering: A 756 (2019): 219-225.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2019.04.054.

9.   Bo Mao, Arpith Siddaiah, Pradeep L. Menezes, and Yiliang Liao. "Surface texturing by indirect laser shock surface patterning for manipulated friction coefficient." Journal of Materials Processing Technology 257 (2018): 227-233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2018.02.041

10.  Bo Mao and Yiliang Liao. "Modeling of lüders elongation and work hardening behaviors of ferrite-pearlite dual phase steels under tension." Mechanics of Materials 129 (2019): 222-229.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmat.2018.11.015

11. Bo Mao, Arpith Siddaiah, Yiliang Liao, and Pradeep L. Menezes. "Laser Surface Texturing and Related Techniques for Enhancing Tribological Performance of Engineering Materials: A Review." Journal of Manufacturing Processes 53 (2020) 153:173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2020.02.009.

12. Bo Mao, Shuangjie Chu, and Shuyang Wang. "Effect of Grain Size on the Friction-Induced Martensitic Transformation and Tribological Properties of 304 Austenite Stainless Steel." Metals 10(2020)9:1246. https://doi.org/10.3390/met10091246.

13.  Bo Mao and Yiliang Liao. "Understanding the Laser-Matter Interaction and Plasma Dynamics in Nanosecond Pulsed Laser Shock Processing: A First Principle Study." In ASME 2019 14th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers Digital Collection.  https://doi.org/10.1115/MSEC2019-2848.

14.  Bo Mao, Yiliang Liao, and Bin Li. "Twinning Behavior in Magnesium Alloys Processed by Laser Shock Peening." In ASME 2019 14th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers Digital Collection. https://doi.org/10.1115/MSEC2019-2850.

15.  Bo Mao, Arpith Siddaiah, Pradeep L. Menezes, and Yiliang Liao. "A Novel Laser Shock Surface Patterning Process Toward Tribological Applications." In ASME 2019 14th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers Digital Collection.  https://doi.org/10.1115/MSEC2019-2849.

16.   Bo Mao, Xing Zhang, Yiliang Liao, and Bin Li. "Improving Room Temperature-Stretch Formability of Magnesium Alloys by Laser Shock Peening." In ASME 2019 14th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers Digital Collection.  https://doi.org/10.1115/MSEC2019-2910.

 

Research Projects

(1) National Natural Science Foundation of China: The mechanism of microstructure evolution of high-vanadium high speed steels fabricated by liquid metal additive manufacturing based on the melt impact solidification, 2022.01-2024.12

(2) National Natural Science Foundation of China: Solid state additive manufacturing, 2023.01-2025.12

(3) National Key Research and Development Program: Highly efficient processing of Titanium alloys, 2022.11-2025.10

 

Honors & Awards 

  • Distinguished Overseas Young Scientist of NSFC, 2022
  • Leading Young Talents of Shanghai, 2021
  • Chinese Government Outstanding Overseas Student Scholarship, 2020
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Student Fellowship, 2019
  • Institute Roll Design (IRD) Association of United States Scholarship, 2017
  • Differential Fee Fellowship of UNR, 2017
  • Graduate with Honor of SJTU, 2014