STAFF PROFILE
Distinguished Professor Ma Qian Ma
Position:
Professor
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|School of Engineering
Phone:
+61399254491
Email:
ma.qian@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
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Research supervision
Dr Ma Qian is Distinguished Professor of Advanced Manufacturing and Materials at RMIT. Professor Qian has come to RMIT from The University of Queensland in 2013 where he was the Reader in Materials Engineering, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering.
Currently Professor Qian also holds the appointments of Honorary Professor of The University of Queensland, Australia, and Specially Appointed Professor of Osaka University, Japan.Awards and honours
- Materials Australia's Lifetime Achievement Award (Highest Honour) (2022)
- Fellow of American Society for Metals International (FASM, 2020) ¾ ASM is the World's foremost professional society for materials scientists, engineers and technicians (established in 1913)
- RMIT Engineering 2019 Executive Dean's Research Excellence Award - Level E (professorial level)
- American Society for Metals International (ASM) 2006 Henry Howe Marion Medal
- TMS Light Metals 2003 - Magnesium Technology Award
- The inaugural Australian CAST-CRC Industry Partners Award (2003)
- The Australian CAST-CRC Commercialisation Award (2003)
- Five best papers awards
- Appointed to the Australian Research Council (ARC) College of Experts (2023)
Academic outputs and impact
- Four Elsevier books
- 312 peer-reviewed journal articles + 16 book chapters + 74 peer-reviewed full conference papers as of February 2024
- > 26, 000 Google Scholar citations with an h-index of 70 and > 20,100 Scopus citations (self-citations < 7%) with an h-index of 63
- Career-long Impact: top 266 materials scientists out of 315,721 researchers assessed by Stanford University using six criteria (2022)
Selected publications
- "Strong and ductile titanium-oxygen-iron alloys by additive manufacturing", Nature, 2023, 618, 63–68.
- "Titanium multi-topology metamaterials with exceptional strength", Advanced Materials, 2024, 2308715.
- "Low-density, high-strength metal mechanical metamaterials beyond the Gibson-Ashby model", Materials Today, 2023 (DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2023.07.018).
- "Migration of solidification grain boundaries and prediction", Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 5910.
- "Grain structure control during metal 3D printing by high-intensity ultrasound", Nature Communications, 2020, 11, 142.
- "Robust bulk micro-nano hierarchical copper structures possessing exceptional bactericidal efficacy", Biomaterials, 2022, 280, 121721.
- "Ti-6Al-4V hollow-strut lattice materials by laser powder bed fusion", Additive Manufacturing, 2023, 72, 103637.
- "Additive manufacturing of intricate lattice materials: Ensuring robust strut additive continuity to realize the design potential", Additive Manufacturing, 2022, 58, 103022.
- "Near room-temperature formation of Cu3Sn: In-situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction characterization and thermodynamic assessments of its nucleation", Acta Materialia 213 (2021) 116894.
- Lu, S.,Han, D.,Qin, D.,Song, T.,Qiu, D.,Brandt, M.,Tang, H.,Ma, Q. (2024). Massive transformations in titanium alloys: Role of relative orientation of adjacent parent grains In: Scripta Materialia, 239, 1 - 7
- Zhou, Q.,Zhang, X.,Song, T.,Lu, S.,Dong, T.,Tang, H.,Ma, M. (2024). Laser directed energy deposition of Ti-1Al-8V-5Fe alloy: From zero to significant tensile plasticity In: Scripta Materilia, 239, 1 - 8
- CHEN, D.,Das, R.,Lu, S.,Ma, M.,Qiu, D. (2024). In-situ elimination of ß-flecks in additively manufactured Ti-3.5 wt% Fe alloy In: Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 29, 839 - 850
- Noronha, J.,Dash, J.,Rogers, J.,Leary, M.,Brandt, M.,Ma, Q. (2024). Titanium Multi-Topology Metamaterials with Exceptional Strength In: Advanced Materials, , 1 - 11
- Afroz, L.,Inverarity, S.,Ma, Q.,Easton, M.,Das, R. (2023). Analysing the effect of defects on stress concentration and fatigue life of L-PBF AlSi10Mg alloy using finite element modelling In: Progress in Additive Manufacturing, , 1 - 19
- Bahador, A.,Amrin, A.,Kariya, S.,Issariyapat, A.,Gokcekaya, O.,Zhao, G.,Umeda, J.,Yang, Y.,Ma, Q.,Kondoh, K. (2023). Excellent tensile yield strength with ultrafine grain and tailored microstructure in plastically deformed Ti–Re alloys In: Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 967, 1 - 10
- Zhong, H.,Das, R.,Gu, J.,Ma, Q. (2023). Low-density, high-strength metal mechanical metamaterials beyond the Gibson-Ashby model In: Materials Today, , 1 - 12
- Zhong, H.,Song, T.,Das, R.,Li, C.,Gu, J.,Ma, Q. (2023). Ultralight, ductile metal mechanical metamaterials with super elastic admissible strain (0.1) In: Journal of Materials Science and Technology, 162, 227 - 233
- Noronha, J.,Dash, J.,Leary, M.,Watson, M.,Ma, M.,Kyriakou, E.,Brandt, M. (2023). Additively Manufactured Functionally Graded Lattices: Design, Mechanical Response, Deformation Behavior, Applications, and Insights In: JOM, 75, 5729 - 5754
- Wu, Z.,O'Toole, P.,Hagenlocher, C.,Ma, M.,Brandt, M.,Watts, J. (2023). Melt pool dynamics on different substrate materials in high-speed laser directed energy deposition process In: Journal of Laser Applications, 35, 1 - 10
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
16 PhD Current Supervisions19 PhD Completions
Advanced manufacturing, Addictive manufacturing, 3D metal printing, Physical metallurgy, Powder metallurgy, Modelling
- Powder Manufacturing Facility for Additive Manufacturing (administered by the University of Sydney). Funded by: ARC Linkage Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) Grant from (2024 to 2025)
- Free Float or support free: a new generation metal 3D printing facility. Funded by: ARC Linkage Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) Grant from (2023 to 2024)
- Design,Manufacture and Characterisati on of Material Systems for Ultra-High Temperature Application (PhD student Michael Ives, S3723900). Funded by: Defence Science Institute (DSI) Grant for Scholarships from (2023 to 2025)
- Ultrahigh strength maraging titanium alloys for additive manufacturing. Funded by: ARC Discovery Projects commencing in 2022 from (2022 to 2025)
- Non-destructive detection and analysis in AM metal (PhD candidate Sana Awan). Funded by: CSIRO Post Graduate Top Up Scholarship from (2021 to 2025)