Frank Cheng

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