Professor Shouxun Ji
Professor

Summary

Prof. Shouxun Ji is currently a Professor at Brunel University London. He has been focusing on the development of lightweight materials and structures for the automotive industry, aerospace, powered tools, and other sectors. The main activities include purpose-developed aluminium alloys and magnesium alloys with improved ductility, strength (at ambience and elevated temperatures), modulus and thermal conductivity, and the hybrid structures using different materials and different joining techniques. He is also working on new materials and structures for special applications, such as materials for explosive cords and high strength casting materials for aircraft. His works have helped industrial partners to deliver several products in massive manufacturing. Recently, he worked with world leading company to develop magnesium alloys for small engine applications, which requires improved strength and thermal conductivity at room temperature and at elevated temperatures.

Prof. Ji have plenty experiences in high pressure die casting including die structure design, gating system design and optimisation, casting process and casting materials. He also worked extensively on other shaped-casting processes such as sand casting, gravity casting, low pressure die casting, semi-solid metal processing of rheo-die casting, rheo-extrusion, and rheo-twin roll casting. His previous works also included cast irons (spheroidal graphite cast iron and austempered ductile iron) and copper alloys.

Prof. Ji has published more than 130 papers in the peer-reviewed scientific Journals and more than 20 international patents. He is the member of three ISO technical committee and one BSI technical committee and the editorial member of three scientific journals. 

CITATIONS & h-INDEX

• https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=2FqHYcIAAAAJ
• https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=14321442000
• ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8103-8638

RESEARCH AWARDS

• The 2023 award of excellence in the commercial cast product category from International Magnesium Association (IMA) for high temperature magnesium alloy small engine cylinder.
• Award for ‘Person of the Year 2022’ from International Magnesium Science and Technology Society for the achievement in magnesium research and development.
•  National innovation award in 2017 from CMF UK for advancing casting materials and development of aluminium alloys.

Qualifications

1997. Ph. D.  in Materials. Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

1989. M.Sc. in Materials. Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

1986. B. Eng. in Materials Engineering. Huazhong Institute of Technology, Wuhan, China

Responsibility

Teaching and Research