Invited Speaker

‌Assoc. Prof. Fei Cai

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Technology

E-mail: caifei20150126@163.com

Title: Preparation of High-Strength and Tough Boron-Containing Hard Coatings and Study on Their Performance in High-Speed Dry Cutting of Titanium Alloys

Profile:

Associate Professor, PhD/Master's Supervisor. Obtained Ph.D. in Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2016. Selected for the Anhui Provincial High-Level Talent Program. Current professional appointments include:

• Founding Committee Member of the International Standard Subcommittee on Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) Coatings

• Committee Member of the Residual Stress Technical Committee, Materials Branch, Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society

• Youth Committee Member of the 8th Council of Chinese Society for Corrosion and Protection

• Youth Editorial Board Member for journals including China Surface Engineering, Materials Engineering, and Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica

Specializes in PVD hard coatings and high-speed cutting tool coatings. Authored or co-authored over 40 SCI/EI-indexed papers in journals such as Corrosion Science, Wear, Tribology International, and Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering as first/corresponding author. Filed 13 invention patents (6 granted in China, 1 U.S. patent, 1 Japanese patent). Contributed to 3 promulgated international standards and 1 national standard. Principal investigator for multiple research programs including:

• NSFC General Program

• Sub-project of National Key R&D Program

• Provincial Natural Science Foundation

• Provincial Key R&D Program

Awarded:

• First Prize of Anhui Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award (Ranked 2nd)

• Third Prize of China Standard Innovation Contribution Award (Ranked 3rd)