Biography
Yongho Sohn is a Pegasus Professor and a Lockheed Martin Professor of Engineering. Dr. Sohn joined UCF in January 2001 as an assistant professor. He is an elected fellow of ASM International, and a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award (2003-08), Outstanding Materials Engineer Award from Purdue University (2016), UCF Research Incentive Awards (2006, 2012, 2017, and 2024), and UCF Teaching Incentive Awards (2007 and 2013). In 2024 he received UCF’s Research Excellence Award as the university awardee. He is an associate editor for the Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion, and a member of the editorial board for Metallurgical and Materials Transactions. Details on his research and teaching/mentoring activities can be found at http://mse.ucf.edu/sohn.
Recent Publications
- Mehta, T. Huynh, N. Kljestan, K. Graydon, A. Mahmud, M. Knezevic, B. McWilliams, K. Cho, Y.H. Sohn, “Additive Manufacturing of Al18Co30Cr10Fe10Ni32 High Entropy Alloy by Gas Atomization and Laser Powder Bed Fusion,” Materials Letters, Vol. 350 (2023) 134942.
- Mehta, J. Woo, J.J. Giglio, J.F. Jue, D.D. Keiser, Jr., J.I. Cole, Y.H. Sohn, “Tensile Behavior of Diffusion Bonded AA6061 - AA6061 with Variation in Cooling Method,” Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 882 (2023) 145459.
- Hyer, Ab. Mehta, K. Graydon, N. Kljestan, M. Knezevic, D. Weiss, B. McWilliams, K. Cho, Y.H. Sohn, “High Strength Aluminum-Cerium Alloy Processed by Laser Powder Bed Fusion,” Additive Manufacturing, Vol. 22 (2022) 102657.
- Huynh, Ab. Mehta, K. Graydon, J.M. Woo, S. Park, H. Hyer, L. Zhou, D.D. Imholte, N.E. Woolstenhulme, D.M. Wachs, Y.H. Sohn, “Microstructural Development in Inconel 718 Nickel-Based Superalloy Additively Manufactured by Laser Powder Bed Fusion,” Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis, Vol. 11 (2022) pp.88-107.
- Hyer, L. Zhou, A. Mehta, S. Park, T. Huynh, S. Song, K. Cho, B. McWilliams, Y.H. Sohn, “Composition-Dependent Solidification Cracking of Aluminum-Silicon Alloys During Laser Powder Bed Fusion,” Acta Materialia, Vol. 208 (2021) 116698.
Education
- Ph.D., School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University
- M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Specialties
- Additive manufacturing by powder bed fusion
- Powder synthesis by gas atomization
- High temperature materials, thermal barrier and oxidation/corrosion resistant coatings
- Multicomponent multiphase diffusion kinetics and irreversible thermodynamics
- Multiscale materials characterization