Staff information

Research Interests

• Computational Materials Science
• Statistical Continuum Mechanics
• Materials design and application in fuel cell, nuclear, bio and structural materials
• Fabrication and processing advanced materials, nanocomposite under external fields.
• Biomaterials and Biomechanics

Education and Credentials

• Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Florida State University
• M.S. Computer Science, Florida State University
• M.S. Polymer Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
• B.E. Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology

Affiliations and Professional Service

• Member of Shaping and Forming Committee in TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society)
• Web Site Chair in Atlanta Chapter of ASM (American Society of Materials)
• American Physical Society
• American Chemical Society
• Who's who in Science and Engineering

Awards and Recognitions

• Organizer of symposium “Bridging microstructure, properties and processing of polymer based advanced materials” in 2011 TMS Annual Meeting
• Organization committee member of 4th International workshop on materials analysis and processing in magnetic fields
• Organization Committee member of International Joint Conference on Knowledge Management for Composite Materials

PNNL Publications

2013

• Li D, X Sun, and MA Khaleel. 2013. "Comparison of Different Upscaling Methods for Predicting Thermal Conductivity of Complex Heterogeneous Materials System: Application on Nuclear Waste Forms." Metallurgical and Materials Transactions. A, Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science 44(1 Supplement):61-69.  doi:10.1007/s11661-012-1269-3
• Xu W, X Sun, D Li, S Ryu, and MA Khaleel. 2013. "Mechanism-based Representative Volume Elements (RVEs) for Predicting Property Degradations in Multiphase Materials." Computational Materials Science 68:152-159.  doi:10.1016/j.commatsci.2012.10.026
• Kleese van Dam K, JP Carson, AL Corrigan, DR Einstein, ZC Guillen, BS Heath, AP Kuprat, IT Lanekoff, CS Lansing, J Laskin, D Li, Y Liu, MJ Marshall, EA Miller, G Orr, P Pinheiro da Silva, S Ryu, CJ Szymanski, and M Thomas. 2013. "Velo and REXAN - Integrated Data Management and High Speed Analysis for Experimental Facilities." In Proceedings of the IEEE 8th International Conference on EScience, October 8-12, 2012, Chicago, Illinois.  IEEE Press, Los Alamitos, CA.  doi: 10.1109/eScience.2012.6404463
• Legrand E, J Bouhattate, X Feaugas, S Touzain, H Garmestani, MA Khaleel, and D Li. 2013. "Numerical analysis of the influence of scale effects and microstructure on hydrogen diffusion in polycrystalline aggregates." Computational Materials Science 71:1-9.  doi:10.1016/j.commatsci.2013.01.018

2012

• Li D, MA Tschopp, MA Khaleel, and X Sun. 2012. "Comparison of Reconstructed Spatial Microstructure Images Using Different Statistical Descriptors." Computational Materials Science 51(1):437-444.  doi:10.1016/j.commatsci.2011.07.056
• Li D, S Ahzi, and MA Khaleel. 2012. "Bridging Microstructure, Properties and Processing of Polymer Based Advanced Materials." Transactions of the ASME. Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology 134(1):Article No. 010901.  doi:10.1115/1.4005422
• Li D, X Sun, and MA Khaleel. 2012. "Materials design of all-cellulose composite using microstructure based finite element analysis." Transactions of the ASME. Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology 134(1):Article No. 010911.  doi:10.1115/1.4005417
• Li D, Y Li, SY Hu, X Sun, and MA Khaleel. 2012. "Predicting Thermal Conductivity Evolution of Polycrystalline Materials Under Irradiation Using Multiscale Approach." Metallurgical and Materials Transactions. A, Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science 43(3):1060-1069.  doi:10.1007/s11661-011-0936-0
• Tehrani M, M Al-Haik, H Garmestani, and D Li. 2012. "Effect of moderate magnetic annealing on the microstructure, quasi-static and viscoelastic mechanical behavior of a structural epoxy." Transactions of the ASME. Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology 134(1):Article No. 010907.  doi:10.1115/1.4005406
• Thomas M, BS Heath, J Laskin, D Li, EC Liu, KL Hui, AP Kuprat, K Kleese van Dam, and JP Carson. 2012. "Visualization of High Resolution Spatial Mass Spectrometric Data during Acquisition." In 2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), August 28 - September 1, San Diego, California, pp. 5545-5548.  IEEE, Piscataway, NJ.  doi:10.1109/EMBC.2012.6347250
• Zbib HM, D Li, X Sun, and MA Khaleel. 2012. Large Scale DD Simulation Results for Crystal Plasticity Parameters in Fe-Cr And Fe-Ni Systems. PNNL-21334; FCRD-NEAMS-2012-000111, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. 

2011

• Li D, HM Zbib, H Garmestani, X Sun, and MA Khaleel. 2011. A Hierarchical Upscaling Method for Predicting Strength of Materials under Thermal, Radiation and Mechanical loading - Irradiation Strengthening Mechanisms in Stainless Steels. PNNL-20534; FCRD-MDSM-2011-000272, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. 
• Li D, HM Zbib, H Garmestani, X Sun, and MA Khaleel. 2011. "Modeling of Irradiation Hardening of Polycrystalline Materials." Computational Materials Science 50(8):2496-2501.  doi:10.1016/j.commatsci.2011.03.033
• Li D, X Sun, and MA Khaleel. 2011. Computational Efficient Upscaling Methodology for Predicting Thermal Conductivity of Nuclear Waste forms. PNNL-20736, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. 
• Baniassadi M, H Garmestani, D Li, S Ahzi, MA Khaleel, and X Sun. 2011. "Three-Phase Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Anode Microstructure Realization Using Two-Point Correlation Functions." Acta materialia 59:30-43. 
• Kleese van Dam K, D Li, SD Miller, JW Cobb, ML Green, and CL Ruby. 2011. "CHALLENGES IN DATA INTENSIVE ANALYSIS AT SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTAL USER FACILITIES." In Handbook of Data Intensive Computing, ed. B Furht and A Escalante, pp. 249-284.  Springer, New York, NY. 
• Milhans J, D Li, MA Khaleel, X Sun, and H Garmestani. 2011. "Prediction of the Effective Coefficient of Thermal Expansion of Heterogeneous Media using Two-point Correlation Functions." Journal of Power Sources 196(8):3846-3850.  doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2010.12.086
• Milhans J, D Li, MA Khaleel, X Sun, M Al-Haik, A Harris, and H Garmestani. 2011. "Mechanical properties of solid oxide fuel cell glass-ceramic seal at high temperatures." Journal of Power Sources 196(13):5599-5603.  doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2011.02.033

2010

• Li D, M Baniassadi, H Garmestani, S Ahzi, MM Reda Taha, and D Ruch. 2010. "3D Reconstruction of Carbon Nanotube Composite Microstructure Using Correlation Functions." Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience 7(8):1462-1468.  doi:10.1166/jctn.2010.1504
• Li D, MA Khaleel, X Sun, and H Garmestani. 2010. "Representation of correlation statistics functions in heterogeneous materials using layered fast spherical harmonics expansion ." Computational Materials Science 48(1):133-139.  doi:10.1016/j.commatsci.2009.12.019
• Li D, Z Liu, M Al-Haik, M Tehrani, F Murray, R Tennenbaum, and H Garmestani. 2010. "Magnetic Alignment of Cellulose Nanowhiskers in an All-Cellulose Composite." Polymer Bulletin 65(6):635-642.  doi:10.1007/s00289-010-0276-z
• Bouhattate J, D Li, GA Castello Branco, CM Bacaltchuk, and H Garmestani. 2010. "Texture Prediction of Cold and Hot Rolled Titanium Using Processing Path Model." Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 20(2):177-184.  doi:10.1007/s11665-010-9672-7
• Mikdam A, A Makradi, S Ahzi, H Garmestani, D Li, and Y Remond. 2010. "Statistical Continuum Theory for the Effective Conductivity of Fiber Filled Polymer Composites: Effect of Orientation Distribution and Aspect Ratio." Composites Science and Technology 70(3):510-517.  doi:10.1016/j.compscitech.2009.12.002
• Milhans J, D Li, MA Khaleel, X Sun, and H Garmestani. 2010. "Statistical Continuum Mechanics Analysis of Effective Elastic Properties in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Glass–Ceramic Seal Material." Journal of Power Sources 195(17 SP ISS):5726-5730. 
• Peng F, and D Li. 2010. "Synthesis of (Na2O,PbO)-Nb2O5, (Na2O,BaO)-Nb2O5, and (K2O,SrO)-Nb2O5 thin films using sol-gel method." Thin Solid Films 518(23):6833-6838.  doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2010.06.059

Selected Publications

2010

• D.S. Li, H. Garmestani, M. Baniassadi, S. Ahzi. 3D Reconstruction of Carbon Nanotube Composite Microstructure Using Correlation Function. Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, 2010, 7, 1-7.
• D.S. Li, H. Garmestani. Representation of Correlation Statistics Function in Heterogeneous Materials Using Fast Layered Spherical Harmonics. Computational Materials Science, 2010, 48, 133-139.
• A. Mikdam, A. Makradi, S. Ahzi, H. Garmestani, D.S. Li. Statistical Continuum Theory for the Effective Conductivity of Nanofiber Filled Polymer Composites: Effect of Orientation Distribution and Aspect Ratio. Composite Science and Technology, 2010, 70, 510-517.

2009

• D.S. Li, H. Garmestani, J. Schwartz. Modeling Thermal Conductivity in UO₂ with BeO Additions as a Function of Microstructure. J. Nuclear Mat. 2009, 392, 22-27.
• D.S. Li, H. Garmestani, S. Ahzi. Microstructure Design to Improve Wear Resistance in Bioimplant UHMWPE Materials. Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 2009, 131, 041211.
• A. Mikdam, A. Makradi, S. Ahzi, H. Garmestani, D.S. Li, and Y. Remond. Effective conductivity in isotropic heterogeneous media using statistical continuum theory with strong-contrast. Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2009, 57, 74-86.
• A. Mikdam, A. Makradi, S. Ahzi, H. Garmestani, D.S. Li. A new approximation for the three-point probability function. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2009, 46, 21, 3782-3787.
• H. Garmestani, M. Baniassadi, D.S. Li, M. Fathi, S. Ahzi. Semi-inverse Monte Carlo Reconstruction of Two-phase Heterogeneous Materials Using Two Point Functions. International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Multiscale Mechanics, 2009, 1, 134-149.

2008

• D.S. Li, A.D. Rollet, G. Vialle, H. Garmestani. Multi-property Microstructure and Property Design of Magnetic Materials. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 2008, 130, 021023.
• D.S. Li, H. Garmestani, A.O. Chu, H. Ahzi, G. Alapati, M. Khatonabadi, O. Es-Said, M.T. Siniawski, L. Matrisciano. Wear resistance and microstructure in annealed ultra high molecular weight polyethylenes. Polymer Science Series A, 2008, 50, 5, 533-537.
• H.A. Hamedani, K.H. Dahmen, D.S. Li, H.P. Saheli and H. Garmestani. Fabrication of gradient porous LSM cathode by optimizing deposition parameters in ultrasonic spray pyrolysis. Materials Science & Engineering B, Solid-state Materials for Advanced Technology, 2008, 153, 1-9.

2007

• D.S. Li, H. Garmestani, S. Ahzi. Processing Path Optimization to Achieve Desired Texture for Polycrystalline Materials. Acta Materialia, 2007, 55, 647
• H. Garmestani, D.S. Li, M.A. Khaleel. Microstructure sensitive design and quantitative prediction of effective conductivity in fuel cell design. Materials Science Forum , 2007, 561, 315

2006

• D.S. Li, G. Saheli, H. Garmestani. Microstructure optimization on fuel cell electrodes using materials design. Computers, Materials & Continua, 2006, 4, 31
• D.S. Li, G. Saheli, M. Khaleel, H. Garmestani. Quantitative Prediction of Effective Conductivity of Anisotropic Heterogeneous Media using Two-point correlation functions. Computational Materials Science , 2006, 38, 45
• B.Z. Cui, K. Han, D.S. Li, Garmestani H. et.al. Magnetic-field-induced crystallographic texture enhancement in cold-deformed FePt nanostructured magnets. J. Appl. Phys, 2006, 100, 013902.

2005

• D.S. Li, J Bouhattate, H. Garmestani. Processing Path Model to Desired Texture Evolution during Mechanical Processing. Materials Science Forum, 2005, 495, 977.
• D.S. Li, H. Garmestani, B.L. Adams. A Processing Path Model for Texture Evolution in Cubic-Orthotropic Polycrystalline System. International Journal of Plasticity, 2005, 21, 1591.
• I.C. Dragomir, D.S. Li, G. A. Castello-Branco, H. Garmestani, R. L. Snyder, G. Ribarik and T. Ungar. Evolution of dislocation density and character in hot rolled titanium determined by X-ray diffraction. Journal of Materials Characterization, 2005, 55, 66.
• J Bouhattate, D.S. Li, H. Garmestani, S. Ahzi, and M. Khaleel. On Improving Predictions of Texture Evolution Using Processing Path Model. Zeitschrift für Werkstofftechnik, (Materials Science and Engineering Technology), 2005, 36, 538-540.

2004

• D.S. Li, H. Garmestani, S.S. Yan, M. Elkawnic, M.B. Bacaltchukc, H.J. Schnider-Muntauc, J.P. Liu, S. Sahae, J.A. Barnard. Effect of High Magnetic Field Annealing on Texture and Magnetic Properties of FePd. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2004, 281, 272
• M.S. Al-Haik, H. Garmestani,  D. Li, M.Y. Hussaini, S.S. Sablin, R., K. Dahmen. Mechanical Properties of Magnetically Oriented Epoxy. Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, 2004, 1586-1600.

2003

• D.S. Li, H. Garmestani, RG Alamo and SR Kalidindi. The Role of Crystallinity of the Crystallographic Texture Evolution of Polyethylenes during Tensile Deformation. Polymer, 2003, 44, 5355
• D.S. Li, H. Garmestani, S.S.Yan. Effects of high magnetic field annealing on texture in FePd. Annual Research Review of National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, 2003, 197.
• D.S. Li, H. Garmestani. Evolution of Crystal Orientation Distribution Coefficients During Plastic Deformation. Scripta Materialia, 2003, 49, 867-872.
• E.S. Choi, J.S. Brooks, D.L. Eaton, M.S. Al-Haik, M.Y. Hussaini, H. Garmestani, D. Li, K. Dahmen. Enhancement of Thermal and Electrical Properties of Carbon Nanotube Polymer Composites by Magnetic Field Processing. Journal of Applied Physics, 2003, 94, 6034
• H. Garmestani, M.S Al-Haik, R. Taninbaum, K. Dahmen, D. Li, S.S. Sablin, M.Y. Hussaini. Polymer Mediated Alignment of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes Under High Magnetic Fields. Advanced Materials, 2003, 15, 22, 1918-1921
• SS Yan, M. Elkawni, D. S. Li, JP Liu, H. Garmestani, JL Weston and G. Zangari. Soft/hard Exchange-Coupled Layered Structures with Modulated Exchange Coupling. Journal of Applied Physics, 2003, 94, 4535

2002

• D. Li; H. Garmestani. Texture Evolution and Stress Relaxation of Linear Low Density Polyethylene During Uniaxial Extension. Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, 2002, 86, 398

2001

• D. Li, H Garmestani, S.R Kalidindi, R. Alamo. Crystallographic Texture Evolution in High Density Polyethylene during Uniaxial Tension. Polymer, 2001, 42, 4903-4913

1999

• M.Z. Wang, D. S. Li, X. L. Luo, D. Z. Ma. Crystallization and Melting Behavior of the Soft and Hard Segments in Poly(ester-ether)s. II. Ethylene Oxide-Butylene Terephthalate Segmented Copolymers. Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 1999, 37(21), 2928-2940
• Ma, D.Z; Li, D. S., Zhao, M.C., M.Z. Wang, R. Ye and X.L. Luo. Compositional Heterogeneity of Ethylene Oxide-Butylene Terephthalate Segmented Copolymers. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science 1999, 17(3), 271