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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Canada
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
82
Citations
24216
World Ranking
184
National Ranking
11

Materials Science

D-Index
86
Citations
27074
World Ranking
2063
National Ranking
34

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Canada Leader Award
  • 2011 - ASM Fellow "For sustained contributions in innovative research and development in advanced materials joining technology and in the education of materials science students."

Overview

Y. Zhou is affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada, focusing their research primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research encompasses a broad array of advanced topics. Key areas of focus include Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses, Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis, High Temperature Alloys and Creep, High Entropy Alloys Studies, Advanced Memory and Neural Computing, Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes, and High-Temperature Coating Behaviors.

Y. Zhou has contributed extensively to the academic literature, publishing numerous papers across respected journals and venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Materials Science and Engineering A
  • Journal of Manufacturing Processes
  • Materials Characterization
  • Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A

Several of Y. Zhou's recent papers include:

  • "Moisture-Enabled Electricity Generation: From Physics and Materials to Self-Powered Applications," 2020, Advanced Materials
  • "Synaptic devices based neuromorphic computing applications in artificial intelligence," 2021, Materials Today Physics
  • "Steel-copper functionally graded material produced by twin-wire and arc additive manufacturing (T-WAAM)," 2021, Materials & Design
  • "Wire and arc additive manufacturing of 316L stainless steel/Inconel 625 functionally graded material: development and characterization," 2022, Journal of Materials Research and Technology
  • "Biomemristors as the next generation bioelectronics," 2020, Nano Energy

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including E. Biro, M. Shehryar Khan, Peng Peng, W. W. Duley, and Xiaojuan Sun, each with numerous joint publications.

Y. Zhou was recognized as an ASM Fellow in 2011, cited for sustained contributions in innovative research and development in advanced materials joining technology and in the education of materials science students.

Best Publications

  • Self-Powered Wearable Electronics Based on Moisture Enabled Electricity Generation.

    Daozhi Shen;Ming Xiao;Guisheng Zou;Lei Liu

  • Secondary phases in AlxCoCrFeNi high-entropy alloys: An in-situ TEM heating study and thermodynamic appraisal

    J. C. Rao;J. C. Rao;H. Y. Diao;V. Ocelík;D. Vainchtein

  • Generation of oxygen vacancies in visible light activated one-dimensional iodine TiO2 photocatalysts

    Wenjuan Li;Wenjuan Li;Robert Liang;Anming Hu;Anming Hu;Zhaohui Huang

  • Low temperature sintering of Ag nanoparticles for flexible electronics packaging

    A. Hu;J. Y. Guo;H. Alarifi;G. Patane

  • Joining of Silver Nanomaterials at Low Temperatures: Processes, Properties, and Applications

    Peng Peng;Anming Hu;Adrian P. Gerlich;Guisheng Zou

  • Moisture-Enabled Electricity Generation: From Physics and Materials to Self-Powered Applications.

    Daozhi Shen;Walter W Duley;Peng Peng;Ming Xiao

  • Modelling of transient liquid phase bonding

    Y. Zhou;W. F. Gale;T. H. North

  • Growth behavior of Cu/Al intermetallic compounds and cracks in copper ball bonds during isothermal aging.

    C.J. Hang;C.J. Hang;C.Q. Wang;M. Mayer;Y.H. Tian

  • Effects of Heat Input and Martensite on HAZ Softening in Laser Welding of Dual Phase Steels

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  • Preparation of PVP coated Cu NPs and the application for low-temperature bonding

    Yan Jianfeng;Zou Guisheng;Hu Anming;Y. Norman Zhou

  • Synaptic devices based neuromorphic computing applications in artificial intelligence

    Bai Sun;Bai Sun;Tao Guo;Guangdong Zhou;Shubham Ranjan

  • Microstructure and mechanical properties of laser welded DP600 steel joints

    N. Farabi;D.L. Chen;J. Li;Y. Zhou

  • Microjoining and Nanojoining

    Y. Zhou

  • Tempering of Martensite in Dual-Phase Steels and Its Effects on Softening Behavior

    V. H. Baltazar Hernandez;V. H. Baltazar Hernandez;S. S. Nayak;Y. Zhou

  • Microstructure and mechanical properties of laser welded dissimilar DP600/DP980 dual-phase steel joints

    N. Farabi;D.L. Chen;Y. Zhou

  • Pressureless bonding process using Ag nanoparticle paste for flexible electronics packaging

    Jianfeng Yan;Guisheng Zou;Ai-ping Wu;Jialie Ren

  • Self-Assembly of Large-Scale and Ultrathin Silver Nanoplate Films with Tunable Plasmon Resonance Properties

    Xiao-Yang Zhang;Anming Hu;Anming Hu;Tong Zhang;Wei Lei

  • Laser joining of NiTi to Ti6Al4V using a Niobium interlayer

    J.P. Oliveira;J.P. Oliveira;B. Panton;Z. Zeng;Z. Zeng;C.M. Andrei

  • The effects of triple junctions and grain boundaries on hardness and Young’s modulus in nanostructured Ni–P

    Y Zhou;U Erb;K.T Aust;G Palumbo

  • Effects of weld microstructure on static and impact performance of resistance spot welded joints in advanced high strength steels

    M.I. Khan;M.L. Kuntz;Y. Zhou

  • Resistance and friction stir spot welding of DP600: a comparative study

    M. I. Khan;M. L. Kuntz;P. Su;A. Gerlich

  • Influence of microstructure and weld size on the mechanical behaviour of dissimilar AHSS resistance spot welds

    Baltazar V. H. Hernandez;M. L. Kuntz;M. I. Khan;Y. Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Anming Hu
Anming Hu University of Tennessee at Knoxville
D.L. Chen
D.L. Chen Toronto Metropolitan University
Sushanta Kumar Panda
Sushanta Kumar Panda Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Adrian P. Gerlich
Adrian P. Gerlich University of Waterloo
João Pedro Oliveira
João Pedro Oliveira Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Peng Peng
Peng Peng University of Waterloo
S.D. Bhole
S.D. Bhole Toronto Metropolitan University
Rosa Maria Mendes Miranda
Rosa Maria Mendes Miranda Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Kerstin Perez
Kerstin Perez Columbia University

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