Dr. Min Zou is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arkansas (UA) and holds the Twenty-First Century Endowed Chair of Materials, Manufacturing, & Integrated Systems. She is also a faculty member of the Institute for Nanoscale Science and Engineering and the Materials Science and Engineering Graduate Program. Dr. Zou earned her B.S. and M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical University, China, in 1988 and 1991, respectively, and her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1999. She is the director of the Nano Mechanics and Tribology Laboratory at the UA and the statewide Center for Advanced Surface Engineering. Her group’s research focuses on nanoscale surface engineering, nanomechanics, and tribology for a wide range of applications. Dr. Zou’s research contributions have been recognized with the Al Sonntag Award (2021 and 2013), the Edmond E. Bisson Award (2019), and the Walter D. Hodson Award (2001) from the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE), the Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award for Research from the Arkansas Alumni Association (2018), the CAREER Award from National Science Foundation (2007), the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from the Oakridge Associated Universities (2005), and the Science and Technology Advancement Award from the Ministry of Aeronautics and Aerospace of China (1993). Dr. Zou is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the STLE, and the Arkansas Research Alliance. She is a member of the STLE Board of Directors and served as Chair of the STLE Annual Meeting Program Committee for 2020 and 2021.
