Chief Research Scientist @ Collaborated with local industries to assess their products, identify any problems and propose solutions. Trained new employees for lab skills, microscopes and corrosion test procedures. From November 2013 to Present (2 years 2 months) Postdoctoral Research Assistant @ Collaborated with CMU, PSU and NETL to develop a computation-based model to predict alloy's high temperature oxidation behavior. Collaborated with Haynes International Inc. to develop a heat treatment process to improve alloy's high temperature mechanical properties. From January 2012 to November 2013 (1 year 11 months) Research Assisstant @ Developed a kinetics model to quantify the extent of phase transformation in alumina scale during transient oxidation of supperalloy (Poster Awarded on Gordon Research Conference) Investigated steam effects on the oxidation behavior of alumina-scale forming nickel-based alloy (Poster Awarded on Gordon Research Conference) Innovatively analyzed kinetics of complex scale evolution during isothermal oxidation of high-temperature alloys From 2008 to 2012 (4 years) Greater Pittsburgh AreaResearch Assisstant @ From 2006 to 2008 (2 years)

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science @ University of Pittsburgh From 2008 to 2012 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) @ Iowa State University From 2006 to 2008 Master of Science (M.S.), Materials Science and Engineering @ Tsinghua University From 2004 to 2006 Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Materials Science and Engineering @ Tsinghua University From 2000 to 2004 Wei Zhao is skilled in: High Temperature Materials, Diffusion, Thermodynamics, Kinetic Modeling, SEM, TEM, AFM, X-ray crystallography, Alloys, Matlab, Metallurgy, Turbo C, Ceramic Materials, Non-destructive evaluation, Materials Science