Rate My Professor Hong Dong

Hongbiao Dong FREng is Professor of Materials Engineering and Deputy Head of the School of Engineering at the University of Leicester, where he directs the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Transformation of Metals Industry (DigitalMetal CDT). He holds a BEng and MEng in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Science and Technology Beijing (1989 and 1992) and a DPhil in Materials Science from the University of Oxford (2000). His career encompasses the 125th Anniversary Chair and Professor of Materials Engineering at the University of Birmingham, Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair sponsored by TWI (2016-2023), and Royal Society Industry Fellow hosted by Rolls-Royce Plc (2006-2008). Dong's research specializations include digital manufacturing, AI applications in materials manufacturing, data-driven modelling of metallurgical processes, alloy solidification modelling with focus on columnar-to-equiaxed transition, arc welding, casting defect reduction, and additive manufacturing. He led the EU-FP7 MintWeld project on advanced welding modelling, chaired the STFC-ISIS Engineering User Committee (2013-2018), and developed surface passivation solutions for reducing casting defects in single-crystal gas turbine blades, protected by patents EU EP2166133B1 and US8192564B2.