Wenwen Sun

Professor, Doctoral Supervisor

National Young Talent

E-mail: 101012631@seu.edu.cn

Office: Room 556, Building A， School of Materials Science and Engineering

Personal Profile

Wenwen Sun is a Professor at the School of Materials Science and   Engineering, Southeast University. She is a selected member of the National   Young Talent Program and a Jiangsu Province “Entrepreneurship and Innovation   Talent”.

She received dual bachelor’s degrees from Central South University and   Monash University in 2011, and obtained her Ph.D. in Materials Engineering   from Monash University in 2015 under the supervision of Professor Christopher   Hutchinson. From 2015 to 2019, she conducted postdoctoral research at Monash   University. In 2019, she joined Southeast University, where she has since   been engaged in teaching and scientific research.

Professor Sun has long been dedicated to research in advanced metallic   materials. Her main research interests include microstructural evolution and   strengthening–toughening mechanisms of advanced high-strength steels, alloy   design and wear resistance of high-entropy alloys, and room-temperature   cyclic strengthening behavior of aluminum alloys. She has achieved a series   of influential research outcomes in these fields.

She has led several research projects, including the National Natural   Science Foundation of China Young Scientists Fund, the National Natural   Science Foundation of China General Program, and the Jiangsu Provincial   Natural Science Foundation Young Scientists Fund. She serves as a young   editorial board member of journals including Journal of Materials Science   & Technology, Materials Research Letters, and Special Casting &   Nonferrous Alloys. To date, she has published more than 60 papers in renowned   academic journals such as Science, Acta Materialia, Scripta Materialia, and   Corrosion Science, obtained 8 authorized national invention patents, and   contributed to 2 academic frontier books.

In both research and teaching, Professor Sun emphasizes the   integration of fundamental research and engineering applications, and is   committed to cultivating high-level talents with international vision and   innovative capability.

uResearch Interests

1.Strengthening and toughening mechanisms of   medium-Mn advanced high-strength steels

2.Surface precipitates in steels and high-entropy   alloys

3.Alloy design, strengthening–toughening, and wear   resistance of high-entropy alloys

4.Room-temperature dynamic cyclic strengthening of   aluminum alloys……

uResearch Grants

1.National Natural Science Foundation of China Young   Scientists Fund: Deformation mechanisms of nanoscale lamellar   austenite/martensite in pseudo-pearlitic structures

2.National Natural Science Foundation of China   General Program: Design and mechanical behavior of novel “hard + ductile”   lamellar eutectoid multi-principal element alloys

3.Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Foundation   Young Scientists Fund: Deformation mechanisms of nanoscale lamellar austenite   and martensite composite microstructures

uSelected Publications and   Achievements

[1] W. Sun, Y. Zhu, R. Marceau, L. Wang, Q. Zhang, X. Gao, C.   Hutchinson*. Precipitation strengthening of aluminum alloys by   room-temperature cyclic plasticity. Science. 2019, 363, 972–975.

[2] W. Sun, Y. Wu, S. Yang, C. Hutchinson*. Advanced high strength   steel development through chemical patterning of austenite. Scripta   Materialia. 2018, 146, 60–63.

[3] X. An, Z. Liu, L. Zhang, Y. Zou, X. Xu, C. Chu, W. Wei, W. Sun*. A   new strong pearlitic multi-principal element alloy to withstand wear at   elevated temperatures. Acta Materialia. 2022, 227, 117700.

[4] Y. Zhang, L. Jiang, H. Chen, H. Li, L. Kan, Y. Zhu, W. Sun*. A   novel method simultaneously eliminating Portevin-Le Chatelier effect and   enhancing strength in non-heat-treatable Al-Mg alloys. Scripta Materialia.   2025, 254, 116320.

[5] Y. Zhang, L.T. Zhang, L.X. Li, L. Zong, L.Q. Kan, H. Li, L. Jiang,   W. Sun*. Elucidating the effect of cyclic plasticity on strengthening   mechanisms and fatigue property of 5xxx Al alloys. Journal of Materials   Science & Technology. 2025, 219, 147–157.

[6] Y. Zhang, L. Zhang, X. Gao, X. An, L. Zong, Z. Jia*, H. Zhou, Y.   Sui, W. Sun*. Tailoring precipitate distribution in 2024 aluminum alloy for   improving strength and corrosion resistance. Journal of Materials Science   & Technology. 2024, 194, 16-27.

[7] Y. Zhang, Y. Zhu, R. K. W. Marceau, L. Jiang, L. Wang, X. Gao, Q.   Zhang, L. Hu, R. Zhang*, C. Hutchinson*, W. Sun*. Enhancing the strength and   sensitization resistance of 5xxx alloys via nanoscale clustering induced by   room-temperature cyclic plasticity. Corrosion Science. 2024, 227, 111729.