Professor Isaac Chang
Head of LiME Training

Summary

Prof. Isaac Chang  has been Professor of Metallic Materials and Head of LiME Training Centre since 2016. Prior to this, he was a Reader and Head of Education at School of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham.

He received his DPhil in Materials Science from University of Oxford (1991) and BSc(Eng) in Materials & Metallurgy from Imperial College, London University. He specializes in the field of physical and powder metallurgy, as well as nanotechnology and ceramic science. His research is focussed on the understanding of the relationship between processing, microstructure and properties of materials for industrial applications in transport, energy, healthcare, defence and electronic sectors. He was the first to discover the solid solution with a face centred cubic (FCC) crystal structure in an equiatomic FeCrCoNiMn alloy (the so-called Cantor alloy) in 2004 together with Prof. Brian Cantor, which has contributed to a brand-new field of materials science known as ‘High Entropy Alloys’ or ‘Multiple Principle Element Alloys’.

He holds 3 patents and has published over 160 research papers in scientific journals, book chapters and conference proceedings. He is a Fellow of Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) and serves as an Associate Editor of High Entropy Alloys and Materials.

His current research interest includes lightweight muticomponent alloys, high entropy alloys, high-throughput materials modelling and processing for rapid alloy discovery, metal recycling, and electromagnetic pulsed processing technologies for crack healing and dissimilar-material joining.

Qualifications

BSc(Eng), DPhil