Frank Cheng

Dr. Y. Frank Cheng, FRSC, FNACE, FICorr, FIMMM, FIAAM, FCSCP

Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC)

Professor, Canada Research Chair in Pipeline Engineering

Director in Advanced Materials & Manufacturing, Canadian Distinguished Materials Scientist

Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering

University of Calgary

2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada

E-mail: fcheng@ucalgary.ca 

https://scholar.google.ca/citations?hl=en&user=tf3t1aIAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Pipeline Science and Engineering

http://www.keaipublishing.com/en/journals/journal-of-pipeline-science-and-engineering

Dr. Cheng's book, Defect Assessment for Integrity Management of Pipelines, Wiley, 2024 (in press)

Dr. Cheng's book, AC Corrosion of Pipelines, AMPP, Houston, TX, US, 2021

https://store.nace.org/ac-corrosion-of-pipelines 

Dr. Cheng’s book (co-author: Richard Norsworthy), Pipeline Coatings, NACE, Houston, TX, US, 2017

https://store.nace.org/pipeline-coatings

Dr. Cheng’s book, Stress Corrosion Cracking of Pipelines, Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, US, 2013

https://www.wiley.com/en-ca/Stress+Corrosion+Cracking+of+Pipelines-p-9781118022672

High-qualified personnel in hiring

One postdoctoral fellow, and several PhD and MSc students are in hiring.

Research topics include hydrogen embrittlement, atomic simulation of hydrogen-steel interactions, assessment of the suitability of aged pipelines for hydrogen transport, metallurgical solutions for improved hydrogen embrittlement resistance, and machine learning in corrosion management.

Required academic background include steel metallurgy, fatigue and fracture, computational materials sciences, electrochemical corrosion science, and machine learning methods.

My group

Ph.D. students

  • Yinghao Sun (Sept. 2021-now), Atomic hydrogen-iron interaction in gaseous environments and implications on pipeline hydrogen embrittlement
  • Qing Hu (Sept. 2021-now), In-situ detection of hydrogen atoms at metallurgical features and mechanical defects in pipeline steels by in-situ SKPFM and finite element modeling
  • Jin Zhang (Jan. 2022-now), Assessment of the suitability of existing aged pipelines containing dents and corrosion defects for hydrogen transport by finite element modeling
  • Xin Fan (Sept. 2023-now), Modeling of fluid flow in hydrogen-blending pipelines and implications on gaseous hydrogen embrittlement susceptibility

Visiting PhD student

  • Min Qin (Jun. 2023-now), Effect of oxide scale on hydrogen atom permeation in pipeline steels, Southwest Petroleum University