Professor Jie Zhang obtained his Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering in Chengdu University of Science and Technology in 1987. Then, he worked at Hangzhou Camera Research Institute for four years as an assistant engineer. He obtained his Master degree in Polymer Material Processing in 1994, and PhD in Material Processing Engineering in 2003 from Sichuan University, respectively. Since 1994, he became a lecturer and an associate professor since 2001 at the College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University. From 2004 to 2005, he did his research work at Loughborough University (UK) as a visiting scholar. Since 2007, he has been a professor at Sichuan University.

Professor Jie Zhang has published over 120 peer-reviewed full length research articles as the first author or the corresponding author in journals such as Macromolecules; Carbon; Additive Manufacturing; Composites Part B, Polymer, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Virtual and Physical Prototying. He was the leading author of 2 published books, and has been granted 12 patents.

The research of Professor Jie Zhang focuses on the study of advanced polymer processing methods and technologies, including developing new methods and new devices of polymer material process, 3D printing technology based on polymer matrix, controlling polymer morphology during process, mold CAD/CAE, etc.

1. Yiwei Zhang, Jin Chen, Qiang Fu, Jie Zhang*, Novel Strategy to Improve the Performance of Poly(L‑lactide): The Synergistic Effect of Disentanglement and Strong Shear Field, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2023, 11, 9630−9642

2. Tao Yang, Jie Leng, Jiewei Hu, Pengbo Wang, Edelevab Mariya, Cardon Ludwig, Yan Zheng, Tao Wang, Jie Zhang*, Enhancing thermal conductivity and balancing mechanical properties of 3D-printed iPP/HDPE based dielectric composites via the introduction of hybrid fillers and tailored crystalline structure, Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 2023, 18(1)

3. Tao Yang, Jiewei Hu, Pengbo Wang, Edeleva Mariya, Cardon Ludwig, Jie Zhang*, Two-step approach based on fused fflament fabrication for high performance graphene/thermoplastic polyurethane composite with segregated structure, Composites Part A, 2023, 174

4. Yixin Jiang; Jie Leng; Jie Zhang*, A high-efficiency way to improve the shape memory property of 4D-printed polyurethane/polylactide composite by forming in situ microfibers during extrusion-based additive manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing, 2021, 38

5. Yingxiong Wang, Minjing Liu, Jin Chen, Jiaxu Luo, Jie Min, Qiang Fu, Jie Zhang*, Efficient disentanglement of polycarbonate melts under complex shear field, Polymer, 2020, 201: 12261

6. Rui Hong, Zhihao Zhao, Jie Leng, Junjie Wu, Jie Zhang*, Two-step approach based on selective laser sintering for high performance carbon black/polyamide 12 composite with 3D segregated conductive network, Composites Part B, 2019, 176

7. FengYi Hou, DaShan Mi, Man Zhou, Jie Zhang*, The influences of a novel shear layer-spherulites layer alternated structure on the mechanical properties of injection-molded isotactic polypropylene, Polymer, 2017, 122: 12-21

8. Dashan Mi, Chao Xia, Ming Jin, Feifei Wang, Kaizhi Shen, Jie Zhang*, Quantification of the Effect of Shish-Kebab Structure on the Mechanical Properties of Polypropylene Samples by Controlling Shear Layer Thickness, Macromolecules, 2016, 49(12): 4571-4578

9. Liangbo Yang, Fanghui Liu, Hesheng Xia, Xinyuan Qian, Kaizhi Shen, Jie Zhang*, Electrical conductivity enhancement by vibration injection-induced orientation of carbon nanotubes in the polypropylene composite, Carbon, 2011, 49(10): 3274-3283

10. Qixiong Zhou, Fanghui Liu, Chao Guo, Qiang Fu, Kaizhi Shen, Jie Zhang*, Shish-kebab-like Cylindrulite Structures Resulted from Periodical Shear-induced Crystallization of Isotactic Polypropylene, Polymer, 2011,52(13): 2970-2978

1. China Patent Excellence Award, 2022

2. First Prize for Scientific and Technological Inventions of China Light Industry Federation, 2022

3. First Prize for Scientific Progress of Sichuan Province, 2020

4. First Prize of Science and Technology Award of China Circular Economy Association, 2018

5. Second Prize of Science and Technology of Foshan, Guangdong province, 2016