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Zhijiang (Justin) Ye, Ph.D.

Education

• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California-Merced, 2016
• M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2011
• B.S., Aerospace Power Engineering., Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2008

Research Interests

• Nanotribology (Atomic-scale friction, tribochemistry, frictional heating)
• Mechanics of nanomaterials
• Interfacial phenomena
• MEMS/NEMS device applications

Honors and Awards

• 2021 STLE Early Career Award, 2022
• Finalist, the 2022 Curtis W. McGraw Research Award, 2022
• 2021 CEC Outstanding Faculty Research Award at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University, 2021
• 2019 Junior Distinguished Scholar Award at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University, 2019
• 2017-2018 ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University CFR Award, 2017
• Finalist, UC Merced Legacy Award, 2016
• UC Merced 2015-2016 Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship, 2015
• 2015 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad 2015
• 2015 UC Merced Bobcat Award, University of California, Merced, 2015
• UC Merced 2014-2015 School of Engineering Dean’s Travel Award, 2015
• 2014 STLE Northern California Research Scholarship, 2014
• Poster Award, 2014 Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2014
• 2014 Bobcat Fellowship Award, University of California, Merced, 2014
• Young Tribologist Award, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE), 2013
• 2013 Graduate Fellowship Award, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM), University of California, Merced, 2013
• 3rd place in art zone contest of 2013 AVS 60th International Symposium and Exhibition, Long beach, CA, 2013
• 2013 MEAM Travel Fellowship Award, University of California, Merced, 2013
• Platinum Award in 2012 Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers 68th Annual Meeting & Exhibition poster competition, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, 2012
• Spring 2012 Graduate Division General Fellowship, University of California, Merced, 2012
• 1st place in 2011 ASME/STLE International Joint Tribology Conference poster competition, Los Angeles, California, United States, 2011
• Winner of graphical abstract contest, September issue, Microelectronic Engineering (Journal), 2011
• Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics Summer Fellowship, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

Scientific and Professional Societies

• Member, Society of Tribologist and Lubrication Engineers (STLE)
• Member, Materials Research Society (MRS)

Professional Service

1. Planning Committee (2016~present), International Annual Workshop on Tribology in Automotive Industry
2. Editorial Board Member (2020~present), Advances in Materials, Science Publishing Group, USA
3. Committee Chair (2020~2021) of technical committee for Nanotribology section, 75th STLE Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers
4. Vice Chair (2019~2020) of technical committee for Nanotribology section, 74th STLE Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers.
5. Paper Solicitation Chair (2018~2019), 73th STLE Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers.
6. Steering Committee (2018~present), Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) which is an honors program funded by the National Science Foundation.
7. Review Editor (2014~present), Engine and Automotive Engineering Section, Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering (Journal), Nature Publishing Group.
8. Technical Editor (2019-2020), Tribology and Lubrication Technology, Society of Tribologist and Lubrication Engineers (STLE).
9. Nanotribology Section Technical Committee (2015~2021), Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers.
10. Session Chair, Experiments and Theory Session, Tribology Frontiers Conference, Chicago, Illinois, October 28-31, 2018
11. Session Chair, Nanotribology Session, 73rd Society of Tribologist and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) Meeting & Exhibition, Minneapolis, MN, May 20-24, 2018
12. Session Chair, Nanotribology Session, 72nd Society of Tribologist and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) Meeting & Exhibition, Atlanta, Georgia, May 20-24, 2017
13. Session Chair, Nanotribology Session, 71st Society of Tribologist and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) Meeting & Exhibition, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 15-19, 2016
14. Session Chair, Tribology Micro & Nano Scales Session, Tribology Frontiers Conference, Chicago, Illinois, October 26-28, 2014
15. Poster Coordinator, 68th Society of Tribologist and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) Meeting & Exhibition, St. Louis, Missouri, May 5-9, 2012-2013
16. Referee service: Nature, ACS Nano, Langmuir, Tribology letters, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Tribology International, Journal of Physics D, Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, International Journal of Modern Physics B, Surface Review and Letters, Nanoscale, Applied Surface Science, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, etc..

Principal Publications

Journal Papers

1. Behnoosh Sattari Baboukani, Nethmi De Alwis Watuthanthrige, Zhijiang Ye, Prathima C Nalam, Effect of structural transitions of n-hexadecane in nanoscale confinement on atomic friction, Carbon 183, 428-437 (2021) (Impact factor: 9.594)
2. Shivaranjan Raghuraman, Perawat Boonpuek, Kyle H. King, Zhijiang Ye, Jonathan R. Felts, The Role of Speed in Atomic Scale Wear, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 125, 7, 4139–4145 (2021) (Impact factor: 4.189)
3. Nethmi De Alwis Watuthanthrige, Jennifer Reeves, Madison Dolan, Shah Valloppilly, Mehdi Zanjani, Zhijiang Ye, Dominik Konkolewicz, Wavelength Controlled Synthesis and Degradation of Thermoplastic Elastomers Based on Intrinsically Photoresponsive Phenylvinylketone, Macromolecules, 53 (13), 5199-5207 (2020) (Impact factor: 5.918)
4. Erika B Stopler, Obed J Dodo, Alexander C Hull, Kyle A Weaver, Progyateg Chakma, Richard Edelmann, Logan Ranly, Mehdi B Zanjani, Zhijiang Ye, Dominik Konkolewicz, Carbon nanotube enhanced dynamic polymeric materials through macromolecular engineering, Materials Advances, 1, 1071-1076 (2020)
5. Nethmi De Alwis Watuthanthrige, Ballal Ahammed, Madison T. Dolan, Qinghua Fang, Jian Wu, Jessica L. Sparks, Mehdi B. Zanjani, Dominik Konkolewicz, and Zhijiang Ye, Accelerating Dynamic Exchange and Self-Healing Using Mechanical Forces in Crosslinked Polymers, Materials Horizons (2020) (Impact factor: 14.356)
6. Behnoosh Sattari Baboukani, Zhijiang Ye, Kristofer G. Reyes, Prathima C. Nalam, Prediction of Nanoscale Friction for Two-Dimensional Materials Using a Machine Learning Approach, Tribology Letters, 68, 1-14 (2020) (Impact factor: 2.404)
7. Borui Zhang, Jun Ke, Jafer R Vakil, Sean C Cummings, Zachary Digby, Jessica Sparks, Zhijiang Ye, Mehdi B Zanjani, Dominik Konkolewicz, Dual-Dynamic Interpenetrated Networks Tuned through Macromolecular Architecture, Polymer Chemistry (2019) (Impact factor: 5.375)
8. Mohammad R. Vazirisereshk, Han Ye, Alberto Otero de la Roza, Zhijiang Ye, Mengqiang Zhao, A. T. Charlie Johnson, Erin R. Johnson, Robert W. Carpick and Ashlie Martini, Origin of Nanoscale Friction Contrast between Supported Graphene, MoS2, and a Graphene/MoS2 Heterostructure, Nano Letters, 19, 5496-5505 (2019) (Impact factor: 12.080)
9. Mehdi B Zanjani, Borui Zhang, Ballal Ahammed, Joseph P Chamberlin, Progyateg Chakma, Dominik Konkolewicz, Zhijiang Ye, Computational Investigation of the Effect of Network Architecture on Mechanical Properties of Dynamically Cross‐Linked Polymer Materials, Macromolecular Theory and Simulations, 1900008 (2019) (Impact factor: 2.294)
10. Shivaranjan Raghuraman, Mohammadreza Soleymaniha, Zhijiang Ye, and Jonathan R. Felts, The Role of Mechanical Force on the Kinetics and Dynamics of Electrochemical Redox Reactions on Graphene, Nanoscale, 37 (2018) (Impact factor: 6.970)
11. Kathryn Hasz*, Zhijiang Ye*, Ashlie Martini, and Robert W. Carpick, Humidity dependence of atomic-scale friction on two-dimensional materials, Physical Review Materials 2 (12), 126001 (2018) (Impact factor: 3.337)
    * Co-first author
12. Peng Gong, Zhijiang Ye, Lin Yuan, and Philip Egberts, Evaluation of wetting transparency and surface energy of pristine and aged graphene through nanoscale friction, Carbon, 132 749-759 (2018) (Impact factor: 8.821)
13. Jae Sung Park, Rachel Cabosky, Zhijiang Ye, Iltai (Isaac) Kim, Investigating the mechanical and optical properties of thin PDMS film by flat-punched indentation, Optical Materials, 85, 153-161 (2018) (Impact factor: 2.023)
14. Zhijiang Ye, Arda Balkanci, Ashlie Martini, and Mehmet Z. Baykara, Effect of Roughness on the Layer-Dependent Friction of Few-Layer Graphene, Physcial Review B, 96, 15401 (2017) (Impact factor: 3.736) -Highlighted on Journal Website Front Page
15. Zhijiang Ye, Philip Egberts, Ganghee Han, A. T. Charlie Johnson, Robert W. Carpick, and Ashlie Martini, Load dependent friction hysteresis on graphene, ACS Nano, 10, 5161–5168 (2016). (Impact factor: 14.588)
16. Zhijiang Ye, Ashlie Martini, Patricia A. Thiel, Heather H. Lovelady, Keith McLaughlin, and David A. Rabson, Atomistic simulation of frictional anisotropy on quasicrystal approximant surfaces, Physical Review B, 93, 235438 (2016) (Impact factor: 3.736)
17. Xin-Z. Liu*, Zhijiang Ye*, Philip Egberts, Yalin Dong, Robert W. Carpick, and Ashlie Martini, Dynamics of atomic stick-slip friction examined with atomic force microscopy and atomistic simulations at overlapping speeds, Physical Review Letters, 114, 146102 (2015) (Impact factor: 9.227)
    * Co-first author
18. Zhijiang Ye and Ashlie Martini, Atomic Friction at Exposed and Buried Graphite Step Edges: Experiments and Simulations, Applied Physics Letters, 106, 231603 (2015) (Impact factor: 3.521)
19. Zhijiang Ye, Otero-de-la-Roza, Erin R. Johnson and Ashlie Martini, Oscillatory Motion in Layered Materials: Graphene, Boron Nitride, and Molybdenum Disulfide, Nanotechnology, 26, 165701 (2015) (Impact factor: 3.399)
20. Heather L. Adams, Michael Garvey, Uma Ramasamy, Zhijiang Ye, Ashlie Martini, Wilfred T Tysoe, Shear-induced mechanochemistry: pushing molecules around, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119, 7115-7123 (2015) (Impact factor: 4.309)
21. Zhijiang Ye and Ashlie Martini, Atomistic simulation of the load dependence of nanoscale friction on suspended and supported graphene, Langmuir, 30, 14707 (2014) (Impact factor: 3.683)
22. Zhijiang Ye, Alberto Otero-de-la-Roza, Erin R. Johnson and Ashlie Martini, The role of roughness-induced damping in the oscillatory motion of bilayer graphene, Nanotechnology, 25, 425703 (2014) (Impact factor: 3.399)
23. Jairo A. Diaz, Zhijiang Ye, Xiawa Wu, Ashlie Martini, Jeffrey P. Youngblood and Robert J. Moon, Thermal Conductivity of Self-organized and Shear-oriented Cellulose Nanocrystal Films, Biomacromolecules, 15, 4096-4101 (2014) (Impact factor: 5.667)
24. Zhijiang Ye, Hyeong Moon, Min Hwan Lee and Ashlie Martini, Size and load dependence of nanoscale electric contact resistance, Tribology International, 71, 109-113 (2014) (Impact factor: 3.517)
25. Xiaoli Hu, Chris Tourek, Zhijiang Ye, Sriram Sundararajan and Ashlie Martini, Structural and Chemical Evolution of the Near-Apex Region of an Atomic Force Microscope Tip Subject to Sliding, Tribology Letters, 53, 181-187 (2014) (Impact factor: 2.235)
26. Zhijiang Ye, Alberto Otero-de-la-Roza, Erin R. Johnson and Ashlie Martini, Effect of tip shape on atomic-friction at graphite step edges, Applied Physics Letters, 103, 081601 (2013) (Impact factor: 3.521) -Journal Cover Page Article
27. Philip Egberts, Zhijiang Ye, Xin Liu, Yalin Dong, Ashlie Martini, and Robert W. Carpick, Environmental dependence of atomic-scale friction at graphite surface steps, Physical Review B, 88, 035409 (2013) (Impact factor: 3.736)
28. Zhijiang Ye, Chun Tang, Yalin Dong and Ashlie martini, Variation of Friction with Number of Graphene Layers, Tribology & Lubrication Technology, 69, 19-21, (2013)
29. Mathieu Luisier, Timothy Boykin, Zhijiang Ye, Ashlie Martini, Gerhard Klimeck, Neerav Kharche, Xueping Jiang and Saroj Nayak, Investigation of ripple-limited low-field mobility in large-scale graphene nanoribbons, Applied Physics Letters, 102, 253506 (2013) (Impact factor: 3.521)
30. Zhijiang Ye, Chun Tang, Yalin Dong and Ashlie Martini, Role of Wrinkle Height in Friction Variation with Number of Graphene Layers, Journal of Applied Physics, 112, 116102 (2012) (Impact factor: 2.328)
31. Yalin Dong, Xin Z. Liu, Philip Egberts, Zhijiang Ye, Robert W. Carpick and Ashlie Martini, Correlation Between Probe Shape and Atomic Friction Peaks at Graphite Step Edges, Tribology letters,50, 49-57 (2012) (Impact factor: 2.235)
32. Dongjin Lee*, Zhijiang Ye*, S. A. Campbell and T. Cui, Suspended and Highly Aligned Carbon Nanotube Thin Film Structures Using Microfluidic Template, Sensor and Actuators A, 188, 434-441 (2012). (Impact factor: 2.739)
    * Co-first author
33. Zhijiang Ye, D. Lee, S. A. Campbell and T. Cui, Thermally Enhanced single-walled carbon nanotube microfluidic alignment, Microelectronic Engineering, 88, 2919-2923 (2011). (Impact factor: 1.654)
34. Min-Woo Jang, Chia-Ling Chen, Walter E Partlo, Shruti R Patil, Dongjin Lee, Zhijiang Ye, David Lilja, T. A. Taton, Tianhong Cui and Stephen A. Campbell, A Pure Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Thin Film Based 3-Terminal MEMS Switch, Applied Physics Letters 98, 073502 (2011). (Impact factor: 3.521)

Conference Presentations

• Zhijiang Ye, Xin-Z. Liu, Kathryn Hasz, Robert W. Carpick, and Ashlie Martini, Temperature dependence of atomic friction on two-dimensional materials, AVS 63th International Symposium &Exhibition, San Jose, CA, U.S. 2015.
• Zhijiang Ye, Xin-Z. Liu, Robert W. Carpick, and Ashlie Martini, Temperature dependence of atomic friction on MoS2, 2015 Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, U.S. 2015.
• Zhijang Ye, David A. Rabson, Patricia A. Thiel and Ashlie Martini, Atomistic simulation of frictional anisotropy on quasicrystal approximate surfaces, 2015 Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, U.S. 2015. (Poster)
• Jairo A Diaz, Zhijiang Ye, Xiawa Wu, Arden Moore, Robert J. Moon, Ashlie Martini, Dylan Boday, Jeffrey P. Youngblood, Thermal Conductivity in Cholesteric and Nematic-like Cellulose Nanocrystal Films, 2015 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, U.S. 2015. (Poster)
• Michael T. Stobb, Juan C. Meza, Ashlie Martini, and Zhijiang Ye, Parallel Replica Dynamics with Spatial Parallelization for a Driven System, 2015 SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S. 2015
• Zhijiang Ye and Ashlie Martini, Load dependence of atomic friction on supported and suspended layered materials, 2014 Tribology Frontiers Conference, Chicago, IL, U.S. 2014.
• Philip Egberts, Xin Zhou Liu, Yalin Dong, Zhijiang Ye, Ashlie Martini, and Robert W. Carpick, Velocity Dependent Atomic-Friction Interpreted using the Prandtl-Tomlinson Model, 2014 Tribology Frontiers Conference, Chicago, IL, U.S. 2014.
• Zhijiang Ye, Alberto Otero-de-la-Roza, Erin R. Johnson and Ashlie Martini, Oscillatory motion of bilayer graphene, 2014 Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Chicago, FL, U.S. 2014
• Zhijiang Ye, Yalin Dong and Ashlie Martini, Accelerated Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Velocity-Dependence of Atomic Friction, 2014 Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Chicago, FL, U.S. 2014 (Poster)
• Zhijiang Ye, Alberto Otero-de-la-Roza, Erin R. Johnson and Ashlie Martini, Oscillatory motion of bilayer graphene, 2014 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, U.S. 2014. (Poster)
• Zhijiang Ye, Ashlie Martini, Yalin Dong, Philip Egberts, Xin Liu, Robert W. Carpick, Speed-Dependence of Atomic-Scale Friction, AVS 60th International Symposium & Exhibition, Long Beach, CA, U.S. 2013
• Xin Z. Liu, Philips Egberts, Zhijiang Ye, Qunyang Li, Yalin Dong, Ashlie Martini and Robert W. Carpick, Adhesion and Friction Properties of Nanometer-Sized Single-Asperity Contacts: 2-D Materials and Sliding Speed Effects, ICTP Conference on Friction and Energy Dissipation in Man-made and Biological Systems, Trieste, Italy 2013
• Ashlie Martini, Zhijiang Ye, Yalin Dong, Xin Liu, Philip Egberts, Robert W. Carpick, Speed Dependence of Atomic Friction: Experimental Measurements and Accelerated Atomistic Simulations, World Tribology Congress 2013, Torino, Italy, 2013
• Zhijiang Ye, Yalin Dong, Chun Tang, Philip Egberts, Xin Z. Liu, Robert W. Carpick and Ashlie Martini, Investigation of Atomic-Scale Friction on Few-Layer Graphite using Molecular DynamicsSimulation, 2013 Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Detroit, MI, U.S. 2013.
• Xiaoli Hu, Zhijiang Ye, Chris Tourek, Sriram Sundararajan, Ashlie Martini, Modeling of Nanoscale Wear between Metals, 2013 Society of Tribologist and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Detroit, MI, U.S. 2013. (Poster)
• Zhijiang Ye, Ashlie Martini, Atomic Friction at Graphite Step Edge, 2012 Society of Tribologist and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, U.S. 2012. (Poster)
• Philip Egberts, Xin Liu, Zhijiang Ye, Yalin Dong, Ashlie Martini, and Robert W. Carpick, Atomic Step Edge Effects on Friction, 2012 ACS Tribology Symposium.
• Zhijiang Ye, Ashlie Martini, Atomic Friction at a Graphite Step Edge, 2011 ASME/STLE International Joint Tribology Conference, Los Angeles, CA, U.S. 2011. (Poster)
• Min-Woo Jang, Chia-Ling Chen, Walter E Partlo III, Shruti R Patil, Dongjin Lee, Zhijiang Ye, David Lilja, T. A. Taton, Tianhong Cui and Stephen A. Campbell, Carbon Nanotube Thin Film based 3-terminal MEMS Switch For Digital Logic Applications, 6th Annual Minnesota Nanotechnology Conference, MN, U.S.2010. (Poster)

Conference Papers

• Patil, Shruti, Min-Woo Jang, Chia-Ling Chen, Dongjin Lee, Zhijang Ye, W. E. Partlo, David J. Lilja, Stephen A. Campbell, and Tianhong Cui. Weighted area technique for electromechanically enabled logic computation with cantilever-based NEMS switches. Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE), 2012, pp. 727-732. IEEE, 2012.
• Dongjin Lee, Zijiang Ye, Stephen A. Campbell, and Tianhong Cui, Suspended Carbon Nanotube Thin Film Structures With A High Degree Of Alignment For NEMS Switch Applications, Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference (TRANSDUCERS), 2011 16th International, pp. 625-628. IEEE, 2011.
• Min-Woo Jang, Chia-Ling Chen, Walter E Partlo, Shruti R Patil, Dongjin Lee, Zhijiang Ye, David Lilja, T. A. Taton, Tianhong Cui and Stephen A. Campbell, A Three-Terminal Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Thin Film MEMS Switch For Digital Logic Applications, Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference (TRANSDUCERS), 2011 16th International, pp. 1705-1708. IEEE, 2011.