Y. Frank Cheng, PhD, PEng, FRSC, FCAE
Fellow, the Royal Society of Canada (RSC)
Fellow, the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE)
Professor, Canada Research Chair in Pipeline Engineering
Distinguished Materials Scientist
Director in Advanced Materials & Manufacturing
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
My books
Dr. Cheng's book, Defect Assessment for Integrity Management of Pipelines, Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, US, 2024
https://www.wiley.com/en-ca/Defect+Assessment+for+Integrity+Management+of+Pipelines-p-9781119815396
Dr. Cheng's book, AC Corrosion of Pipelines, AMPP, Houston, TX, US, 2021
https://store.ampp.org/ac-corrosion-of-pipelines
Dr. Cheng’s book (co-author: Richard Norsworthy), Pipeline Coatings, NACE, Houston, TX, US, 2017
https://store.ampp.org/pipeline-coatings-81785
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
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), 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), Management of pipeline external corrosion by machine learning methods