Tianzhong Long
Graduate Student (Ph.D Candidate) 
Tel.: (803)777-1279 
Office: A 137
Building: Department of Mechanical Engineering (USC) 
300 Main Street, Columbia, SC 29208 
E-mail: long7@engr.sc.edu 

Education
  • MS Manufacture and Production Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • BS Mechanical Engineering Department, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Research Interests

  • Friction stir welding process (FSW) fluid mechanics model (CFD based) development
  • Defect formation mechanism in FSW
  • Fusion welding of magnesium alloys AZ91D, AM60B
  • Liquid cracking formation in magnesium alloys
  • Corrosion of magnesium alloys

Scholarship and Awards:

  • Research assistantship from USC
  • Nanyang Technological University (NTU) postgraduate research scholarship, Singapore
  • Excellent student scholarship in Xi’an Jiaotong University (4 years)
  • HanGuang Award, Xi’an Jiaotong University

Publications

Reynolds AP, Khandkar Z, Long T, Tang W, Khan J, Utility of relatively simple models for understanding process parameter effects on FSW, MATERIALS SCIENCE FORUM  426-4: 2959-2964 2003

Conference Proceedings

T. Long, T.U.Seidel, W.Tang, and A.P. Reynolds, A friction stir welding model using computational fluid dynamics, in ‘Hot deformation of Aluminum Alloys III’, (ed. A. Beaudoin et al) 2003, TMS

Wei Zhou and Tianzhong Long, Liquation Cracking in Ultra-Light Magnesium Alloys, in ‘Aluminum & Magnesium Alloys and Phase Transformations”, TMS Fall Meeting, 2002, TMS

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