ZHOU Zhongrong

Professor

Vice president of Southwest Jiaotong University

Email: zrzhou@swjtu.edu.cn

Office: Tribology Research Institute, Jiuli Campus

Tel: 086-28-87500971

BIO

Education

PhD., Material Engineering, Ecole Central de Lyon, France (1992)

M.A., Material Engineering, Ecole Central de Lyon, France (1988)

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, China (1986)

Employment

Academic Appointments

Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, SWJTU (1997-present)

Inviting Professor, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France (1995-1997)

Post-doctoral Researcher, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University Laval, Quebec, Canada (1993-1995)

Administrative Appointments

Vice president of SWJTU (2018-present)

Dean, School of Mechanical Engineering, SWJTU (2006-2018)

Dean, School of Materials Science and Engineering, SWJTU (1997-2006)

Research Interests

Biotribology, Fretting wear and fatigue, Tribology of rail/wheel contact

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Principal Publications of the Last Five Years

Heng Xiao, Liang Zheng, Wei Han, Rui Wu, Jing Zheng, Zhongrong Zhou. Protective effects of two food hydrocolloids on dental erosion: Nanomechanical properties and microtribological behavior study. Friction, 2021, 9: 356-366.

Jiapin Peng, Heng Xiao, Dan Yang, Lei Lei, Jing Zheng, Zhongrong Zhou. Surface hardening behavior of enamel by masticatory loading: occurrence mechanism and antiwear effect. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 2020, 6: 4454-4461.

Lei Lei, Liang Zheng, Heng Xiao, Jing Zheng, Zhongrong Zhou. Wear mechanism of human tooth enamel: The role of interfacial protein bonding between HA crystals. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 2020, 110: 103845.

Wang Jindong, Cheng Cong , Chen Yi, Yang Dan, Zheng Jing, Zhou Zhongrong. Transfer of functional structures from multiple bovine teeth to a multilevel grinding head via a biomimetic approach. Tribology International, 2020, 152: 106564.

Wang Jindong, Cheng Cong, Zeng Xiaotao, Zheng Jing, Zhou Zhongrong. Bionic-tribology design of tooth surface of grinding head based on the bovine molar. Tribology International, 2019, 143: 106066.

Selected Awards and Honors

Most cited Chinese researcher in the field of Mechanical Engineering, Elsevier (2014-2020)

The second prize in China’s State Natural Science Award,1st Awardee (2006)

SNECMA Award, France (2003)

Yangzi Chair Professor of the Ministry of Education (2000)

National Distinguished Young Scientist Foundation (1997)

Professional Activities

2015–Present Editor-in-Chief，Biosurface and Biotribology

2015–Present Editorial Member, Biotribology

2017–Present Editorial Member, Biodesign and Manufacture

2014–Present Associate Editor, Journal of Tribology (China)

RESEARCH

Current Research

Professor Zhongrong Zhou’s main research interests are in biotribology, fretting wear and fretting fatigue, and rail/wheel contact. His research includes anti-wear formation mechanisms of both human and animal teeth, saliva adsorption and lubrication, soft tissue tribology and skin perception, tribological behaviors of restorative biomaterials, tribological phenomena in the mixed fretting regime, composite fretting modes, wear and crack competition mechanisms, palliative measures such as solid lubrication against surface wear and fatigue, experimental and theoretical analyses of rail corrugation and wear, friction-induced-noise, industrial applications of tribological designs for failure prevention.

He has published more than 180 refereed papers in various international journals and 4 books, including Dental Biotribology published by Springer. He has been a most cited Chinese researcher in the field of Mechanical Engineering for recent years (Data from Elsevier). He has made more than 30 keynote and invited lectures at national and international conferences, and 26 China invention patents. His research has been funded by national agencies, such as NSCF, MTC, ME, and several Chinese industries, as well as international foundations. He is active in the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers (CSME) and other international societies or conferences related to tribology. He was the Chair of the 12th Chinese Tribology Congress in 2015, Chair of the 6th International Symposium on Fretting Fatigue in 2010, Co-chair of the 7th International Conference on Surface Engineering in 2016, and chair of several other international forums or workshops. He is an Editor-in-Chief of Biosurface and Biotribology, an Associate Editor of Chinese Journal of Tribology, and the Editorial Board of some other international journals.