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Full name

Zhen Zhang

Role in iMechanica

Moderator

URL of homepage

http://www.deas.harvard.edu/~zhangz

Job function

Engineer

Job sector

Industry

Company or institution

Advance Micro Devices, inc.

Doctoral thesis advisor

Zhigang Suo

URL of ResearcherID

http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-1476-2008

Additional information

­­­­ZHEN ZHANG

Education:

BS Engineering Mechanics, Taiyuan University of Technology, July 1999.

MS Solid Mechanics, Peking University, July 2002.

Ph.D candidate, Engineering Science, Harvard University.

Research Interests:

· Mechanics, materials and structures in micro or nano scales.

· Fracture and plasticity of thin films, multilayers, and interfaces.

· Thermomechanical reliability of microelectronic devices and microsystems.

Related Work Experience:

· Summer intern:

July 2005~Sept. 2005, Fairchild Semiconductor Corp.

Co-op project: Methodology for avoidance of ratcheting-induced stable cracking (RISC) in D-PAK.

· Research assistant:

Sept. 2003 ~ present, Harvard university.

Advisor: Prof. Zhigang Suo.

Project: Thermal-mechanical reliability of microelectronic devices, e.g., ratcheting, cracking, debonding, voiding, electromigration, etc.

· Teaching assistant:

Sept. 2004 ~ Jan. 2005, Harvard university.

Instructor: Prof. Mike Aziz.

Course: Thermodynamics.

Awards and Honors:

1. At Taiyuan University of Technology (TUT)

1) “San Hao” student of TUT in the 96-97 academic year.

2) Excellent Student Award in 1997.

3) Nomination for Top 10 Outstanding Students at TUT in 1998.

4) Excellent Graduate Award of TUT and Shanxi Province.

2. At Peking University (PKU).

1) Guanghua Fellowship in the 1999-2000 academic year.

2) Award for Study Excellence in the 2000-2001 academic year.

Publications:

1. Z. Zhang, J. Yoon and Z. Suo, “Method to analyze dislocation injection from sharp features in strained silicon structures.” Applied Physics Letters, 68(26): 261912, 2006. DOI:10.1063/1.2424665

2. Z. Zhang, and Z. Suo, “Split singularities and the competition between crack penetration and debond at a bimaterial interface.” Int. J. Solids Struct. 2006. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2006.11.035

3. Z. Zhang, Z. Suo, Y. Liu, S. Irving, T. Luk, D. Desbiens, “Methodology for avoidance of ratcheting-induced stable cracking (RISC) in microelectronic devices”, The 56th Electronic Components and Technology Conference, San Diego, USA, May 30-June 2, 2006. link

4. Z. Zhang, Z. Suo, J. He, “Saturated voids in interconnect lines due to thermal strains and electromigration”, J. Appl. Phys. 98, 074501 (2005). link

5. J. Wang, H.L. Duan, Z. Zhang and Z.P. Huang, “An anti-interpenetration model and connections between interphase and interface models in particle-reinforced composites”, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 47, 701-718 (2005).link

6. J. Liang, Z. Zhang, J.H. Prevost, Z. Suo, “Time-dependent crack behavior in an integrated structure”, International Journal of Fracture, 125, 335-348 (2004). link

7. Z. Zhang, J.H. Prevost, Z. Suo, “Cracking in interconnects induced by thermal ratcheting”, Oral presentation in MRS 2004 fall meeting, U9.4. Boston, Dec. 2004. link

8. Z.Zhang and Z.P.Huang, “The stress field of a spherical inhomogeneity with imperfect interface”, Proceedings of International Conference on Fracture and Damage of Advanced Materials, (Eds. Yimu Gao, Daiheng Chen and Weiming Tao), China Machine Press, Aug.10-14, 2004, pp. 49-56.

9. J. Liang, Z. Zhang, J.H. Prevost, Z. Suo, “Cracking in an elastic film on a power-law creep underlayer”, Poster in MRS 2003 fall meeting, U8.3. Boston, Dec. 2003. link

10. Z. Zhang, Y.S. Zhao and Z.P. Huang, “On the stress field in the vicinity of a spherical inhomogeneity with imperfect interface”, Advances in Applied Mechanics, a special proceeding for the birthday of 80th of Professor Zheming Zhen, ( Ed. Youshi Hong), Science Press, Sep. 2004, pp. 212-216. (in Chinese)

11. Z. Zhang, “Stress analysis of particulate composites with imperfect interface”, M.Sc Dissertation, Peking University, 2002. (in Chinese)

12. Zhen Zhang and Zhuping Huang, “The rationality of constructing nonlinear macroscopic constitutive potential of porous materials based on the hollow sphere RVE”, Proceeding of Modern Mathematics and Mechanics Conference –VIII (Ed. by Shuhui Chen), Zhongshan University Press, Guangzhou, 2000, pp. 256-262. (in Chinese)