Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Gu Lab
Led by Yijia Gu · Materials Science and Engineering
What we study
The Gu Lab uses computer models to study how materials like metals and ceramics behave under different conditions. They focus on topics like recycling aluminum and making new materials through additive manufacturing.
What working here is like
- Computational
- No organisms (data only)
- Coding required
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 2
Current projects
Recycling aluminum
They study how to improve aluminum recycling using computer simulations.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Integrated thermodynamic modeling of composition and strain tunable ferroelectricity in Wurtzite Zn1-xMgxO
2026 · npj Computational Materials
Develops a model to predict ferroelectric behavior in zinc-magnesium oxide based on material composition and strain.
- Electrode-Dependent Phase Stabilization and Polarization Response in Hafnium Zirconium Oxide Thin Films
2026 · ACS Applied Electronic Materials
Uses advanced microscopy to study how electrode materials affect ferroelectric properties in hafnium oxide films.
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How to reach out
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