Education

Ph.D.,   Material Processing Engineering, Sichuan University, China, 2014

Visiting Scholar,  Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), USA, 2012-2014

B.S.,     Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, China, 2008

Biography
Dr. Kong is presently an Associate Professor of the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Sichuan University. Dr. Kong received his B.S. degree in Polymer Science and Engineering from Sichuan University, China, in 2008 and Ph.D. degree in Material Processing Engineering from the Sichuan University in 2014. His primary research area lies in Composites.

Research Areas

Nanocomposites and multifunctional materials; Aerospace materials and composites; Advanced Composite manufacturing technology; Polymer composites

Grants and Projects

1.     National Science Foundation (NSF), 2016-2018, RMB240,000, Principal Investigator, “Morphology Evolution and Rheological Properties of Particle Filled Polymer Blends in Elongational Flow”

2.     China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 2017-2018, RMB50,000, Principal Investigator, “Effects of Particle Dimensions on the Rheological behavior in Elongational Flow”

3.     Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, 2016-2022, RMB6,350,000, Co-Principal Investigator with Prof. Guangxian Li and Yajiang Huang, “Service Life Assessment of Outdoor Plastic Materials”

Selected Publications

1. Kong MQ, Huang YJ, Lv YD, Yang Q, Li GX, Larson RG, Elongation Thinning and Morphology Deformation of Nanoparticle-filled Polypropylene/Polystyrene Blends in Elongational Flow. Journal of Rheology, 2017, 62(1): 11-23.

2.     Zhao MX, Kong MQ*, Liu CJ, Huang YJ, Li GX, Toughening of TDE-85 Epoxy Resin by Dopamine-modified Graphene Oxide. Acta Polymerica Sinica, 2017, Accepted.

3. Kong MQ, Huang YJ, Lv YD, Yang Q, Li GX, Formation and Stability of String Phase in Polyamide 6/Polystyrene Blends in Confined Flow: Effects of Nanoparticles and Blend Ratio. AIChE Journal, 2016, 62(2): 564-573.

4. Kong MQ, Yan W, Li GX, Larson RG, A Bead-Spring Model for Running and Tumbling of Flagellated Swimmers: Detailed Predictions Compared to Experimental Data for E. coli. Soft Matter, 2015, 11(8): 1572-1581.

5. Kong MQ, Dalal IS, Li GX, Larson RG. Systematic Coarse-Graining of the Dynamics of Self-Attractive Semiflexible Polymers. Macromolecules, 2014, 47(4): 1494-1502.

6. Kong MQ, Huang YJ, Wang SH, Yang Q, Li GX. Flow-induced Morphological Instability in Nanosilica-filled Polyamide 6/Polystyrene Blends. Polymer, 2014, 55(16): 4348-4357.

7. Kong MQ, Huang YJ, Chen GL, Yang Q, Li GX. Retarded relaxation and breakup of deformed PA6 droplets filled with nanosilica in PS matrix during annealing. Polymer, 2011, 52: 5231-5236.

8.     Huang YJ, Kong MQ, Yang Q, Li GX. Formation and Dynamics of Core-Shell Droplets in Immiscible Polymer Blends. RSC Advances, 2014, 4(81): 43150-43154.

9.     Mao CY, Kong MQ, Yang Q, Li GX, Huang YJ, Droplet coalescence and clustering behavior in microsphere-filled polymeric emulsions under shear flow: the key role of asymmetric interfacial affinities. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2016, 26(18): 4429-4436.

10.   Mao CY, Kong MQ, Yang Q, Li GX, Huang YJ, Vorticity Deformation in Polymeric Emulsions Induced by Anisotropic Ellipsoids. ACS Macro Letters, 2016, 5(8): 900-903.

11.   Lou FL, Ye LSY, Kong MQ, Yang Q, Li GX, Huang YJ, Pickering emulsions stabilized by shape-controlled silica microrods. RSC Advances, 2016, 6(29): 24195-24202.

12.   Zhao XY, Huang YJ, Kong MQ, Yang Q, Li GX. Retarded stress and morphology relaxation of deformed polymer blends in the presence of a triblock copolymer. RSC Advances, 2014, 4(103): 59302-59309.

13.   Lv YD, Huang YJ, Kong MQ, Yang JL, Yang Q, Li GX. Creep lifetime prediction of polypropylene/clay nanocomposites based on a critical failure strain criterion. Composites Science and Technology, 2014, 96(23):71-79.

14.   Li P, Huang YJ, Kong MQ, Lv YD, Luo Y, Yang Q, Li GX. Fractionated Crystallization and Morphology of PP/PS Blends in the Presence of Silica Nanoparticles with Different Surface Chemistries. Colloid and Polymer Science, 2013, 291(7): 1693-1704.

15.   Lv YD, Huang YJ, Kong MQ, Zhu H, Yang Q, Li GX. Stress Relaxation Behavior of Co-continuous PS/PMMA Blends after Step Shear Strain. Rheologica Acta, 2013, 52(4): 355-367.

16.   Zhang M, Huang YJ, Kong MQ, Zhu H, Chen GL, Yang Q. Morphology and Rheology of Poly(L-lactide)/Polystyrene Blends Filled with Silica Nanoparticles. Journal of Materials Science, 2012, 47(3): 1339-1347.

17.   Chen GL, Li P, Huang YJ, Kong MQ, Lv YD, Yang Q, Li GX. Hybrid nanoparticles with different surface chemistries show higher efficiency in compatibilizing immiscible polymer blends. Composites Science and Technology, 2014, 105(0): 37-43.

18.   He YS, Huang YJ, Li Q, Mei Y, Kong MQ, Yang Q. Morphological hysteresis in immiscible PIB/PDMS blends filled with fumed silica nanoparticles. Colloid and Polymer Science, 2012, 290(11): 997-1004.

19.   Peng XJ, Huang YJ, Xia T, Kong MQ, Yang Q, Li GX. Shapes of Dispersed Phase in Confined PIB/PDMS Blends with Different Compositions during Shear Flow. European Polymer Journal, 2011, 47(10): 1956-1963.