- 1995. 9 - 1999.7 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of
Science and Technology Beijing.
- B. Eng.
- Worked on high quality transparent CVD diamond film.
- 1999.8 - 2000.8 Jilin Carbon group Changchun branch.
- Engineer.
- Worked on projects of high power graphite electrode.
- Publication: Discussion on the microstructure and quality problems of graphite
electrodes made in China, Carbon Techniques, No.5, 2000. Together with Xie Shengli
and Liu Mingfei.
- 2000.8 - 2001.7 Beijing Golden Human Software and Network Tech. Company.
- Programmer. Project Quality control manager.
- Worked on an online dictionary, an ICQ like program and a educational information management system for schools.
- 2001.8- Department of Materials
and Nuclear Science and Engineering, University of Maryland
at College Park.
- Ph. D. candidate, TA, RA.
- GPA 3.9.
- Course taken already: ENMA 461, ENMA 650, ENMA 660, ENMA 671, ENMA 698X, seminars and more.
- Publications:
- Flame retardant mechanism of polyamide 6-clay nanocomposites, Polymer, Volume 45, Issue 3, February 2004, Pages 881-891, Takashi Kashiwagi, Richard H. Harris, Jr , Xin Zhang, R. M. Briber, Bani H. Cipriano, Srinivasa R. Raghavan, Walid H. Awad and John R. Shields
- Structural and magnetic characterization of norborneneĞdeuterated norbornene dicarboxylic acid diblock copolymers doped with iron oxide nanoparticles, Polymer, Volume 46, 5194-5200, 2005, P. Akcora, X. Zhang, B. Varughese, RM Briber, P. Kofinas,
- X. Zhang, R. M. Briber, T. Kashiwagi, Experimental Observations of PMMA/Layered Silicate Nanocomposite Flammability, SAMPE, Baltimore, 2007
- X. Zhang, R. M. Briber, T. Kashiwagi, Effect of Molecular Weight, Silicate Dispersion on the Flammability of PMMA/Layered Silicate Nanocomposites, ACS National Meeting, DC, 2005
- X. Zhang, R. M. Briber, T. Kashiwagi, PMMA/Layered Silicate Nanocomposites Flammability and Microstructures, 6th National Graduate Research Polymer Conference, Univ. of MA, Amherst, MA, 2005
- T. Yang, P. Akcora, X. Zhang, R. M. Briber and P. Kofinas,High dielectric constant block copolymer nanocomposites, same as above
- X. Zhang, R. M. Briber, T. Kashiwagi, PMMA/Layered Silicate Nanocomposites: Flammability and Microstructure, ACS National Meeting, Phil., PA, 2004
- X. Zhang, Robert M. Briber, Takashi Kashiwagi, Characterization of Changes in the Clay Platelet Distribution in Polyamide 6/Clay Nanocomposites During Combustion by TEM and X-Ray Diffraction, ACS National Meeting, New York, NY, 2003
- Email: zhangx@wam.umd.edu, cyferzhang@gmail.com
- Personal website: http://www.wam.umd.edu/~zhangx/