About
Bo obtained a BSc degree from Beihang University between 2003 and 2007, specialising in Materials Engineering.
He then carried out his PhD in Department of Engineering at University of Bristol, between 2007 and 2011, followed by taking two Post-doctoral Research Associate posts in 2011 in Bristol’s High Temperature Centre and then in 2013 in Materials Performance Centre at University of Manchester.
In 2015, Bo moved to a Lectureship at Coventry University, being promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2017. He was awarded a 5-year EPSRC Early-career Fellowship in Nuclear Fission in 2018.
Bo became a Professor of Engineering Materials at University of Leicester in March 2019.
Bo joined University of Southampton in April 2024.
Bo has worked for 15 years in the field of high-temperature structural materials performance and has specialised in advanced manufacturing, microstructural characterisation as well as creep and fatigue related lifetime prediction.
Research
Research groups
Research interests
- Creep, fatigue as well as oxidation
- Residual stresses at different length-scales
- High-temperature structural integrity assessment
- Electron beam melting and other powder-bed-fusion additive manufacturing processes (experiment and process model)
- Physical metallurgy of high-temperature structural materials
Current research
Bo is interested in digital twins for materials, sustainable metallurgy and manufacturing, and exploring how these emerging technologies can enhance the durability and cost-efficiency of safety-critical engineering components.
Research projects
Active projects
Completed projects
Publications
Teaching
He obtained the Fellow of Higher Education Academy in July 2017. He has taught on a wide range of subjects including
- Manufacturing and materials
- Advanced materials and manufacture
- Engineering Materials for Oil and Gas
- Metrology and Lightweight Advanced Materials
Biography
External activities:
2024
- Development of Techniques to Minimize and Eliminate Focused Ion Beam Induced Defects in Materials Study (Activity: PhD external examiner, University of Manchester)
- Sensor Data Analysis for Additive Manufacturing Process Monitoring (Activity: PhD external examiner, University of Liverpool)
2023
- Phase Stability, Transformations, and Mechanical Properties of FCC-Based Medium/High-Entropy Alloys (Activity: PhD external examiner, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
- Symposium Chair and Organiser of Fatigue and Fracture of AM Materials for the International Congress on Fracture ICF15 (Activity: Organisation of leading conferences)
- The Chair of the conference organising committee, 17th International Conference on Engineering Structural Integrity Assessment and 2023 International Symposium on Structural Integrity (ESIA17–ISSI2023) (Activity: Organisation of leading conferences)
2022
- Development of Advanced Material Modelling for Metal Additive Manufacturing, (Activity: PhD external examiner, Brunel University London)
- Development of an Additive Manufacturing Processing Route for High Entropy Alloys Using Powder Bed Fusion (Activity: PhD external examiner, University of Birmingham)
- Environmental Effects on the Integrity of Type 316H Stainless Steel of an AGR Coolant (Activity: PhD external examiner, University of Manchester)
2021
- International Scientific Committee Member of European Conference on Structural Integrity of Additively Manufactured Materials (ESIAM21) (Activity: Member of conference committee)
- Laser Powder Bed Fusion Produced Ti-6Al-4V: Microstructural Transformations and Changes in Deformation Behaviour through Thermal Treatments (Activity: PhD external examiner, Stellenbosch University)
- Study of Thermal Barrier Coating: Processing, Residual Stress and CMAS Corrosion Resistance (Activity: PhD external examiner, City University of Hong Kong)
2019
- Symposia Chair for the European Conference on Structural Integrity of Additively Manufactured Materials (ESIAM19) (Activity: Organisation of leading conference)