Zhenying (Eva) Yang
PhD Candidate
Aerosol Deposition, Nanocrystalline Coatings, Alumina
email: zhenying.yang@mail.utoronto.ca
Biosketch
Zhenying received her B.A.Sc. in Materials Science & Engineering from the University of Toronto in 2020. In 2018, Zhenying worked as a process engineering intern in Air Liquide Laboratories in Japan for one year, focusing on redesigning an atomic layer deposition (ALD) setup and fabricating thin films for semiconductor industries. After graduation, she joined CACT as a Ph.D. student under the co-supervision of Prof. Coyle and Prof. Dolatabadi in Sept 2020.
Research
My project involves designing and constructing an aerosol deposition (AD) system for fabricating advanced ceramic coatings. My research focuses on characterizing the aerosol deposited coatings to demonstrate the deposition mechanism and the powder – process – microstructure – property relationship.
Photo of the AD system designed and constructed by Zhenying (Eva) Yang
Thick, dense Al2O3 coatings deposited on different substrates (left: glass, right: Si
3D Schematic of the AD system
Al2O3 coating growth on a micropatterned Si substrate