Name (English):Dawei Yu
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Date of Employment:2018-08-27
School/Department:School of Metallurgy and Environment
Administrative Position:Professor
Education Level:PhD Graduate
Business Address:Room 201, Resource Building, Central South University
Sex:Male
Contact Information:Email：dawei.yu@csu.edu.cn Phone：(+86)0731-88876255
Degree:Doctoral Degree in Philosophy
Professional Title:Professor
Status:Employed
Academic Titles:Vice Dean of the Research Institute of Resource Recycling, Central South University
Other Post:Director of the China Clean Metallurgical Engineering Research Center for Non-ferrous Metals Industry
Alma Mater:University of Toronto
Teacher College:School of Metallurgy and Environment
Personal Profile
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Prof. Dawei Yu's research interest is resource recycling of nonferrous metals. Special efforts are put in the research and development of environmentally benign and highly-efficient methods/technologies for the extraction of critical metals (lithium, nickel and cobalt) from both the primary and secondary resources (e.g., spent lithium-ion batteries, superalloy scraps). By addressing the sustainability issues/challenges pertaining to the strategic metals used in the energy storage devices, he aims to contribute to the transition towards the circular economy with sustainable energy and metal resources. Prof. Dawei Yu has authored or co-authored more than 80 referred publications and has 20 filed/issued patents. He also serves as an editorial member of the Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China and the Journal of Central South University.
Prof. Dawei Yu received the Extraction & Processing Division Technology Award of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (2021), Science and Technology Innovation Team Award of Hunan Province of China (2021), Light Metals Subject Awards – Aluminum Reduction Technology of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (2018), and Pyrometallurgy Best Paper Award of the Metallurgy and Materials Society of CIM (2017), etc.
Educational Experience
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2014.1 - 2016.2University of Toronto 一 Metallurgical Engineering 一 Post Doctoral Fellow
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2009.9 - 2014.6University of Toronto 一 Metallurgical Engineering 一 PhD Graduate 一 Doctoral Degree in Philosophy
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2005.9 - 2009.6Central South University 一 Undergraduate (Bachelor's degree) 一 Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
Work Experience
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2023.8 ~ NowCentral South University 一 School of Metallurgy and Environment 一 Professor
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2018.8 ~ 2023.8Central South University 一 School of Metallurgy and Environment 一 Special-Term Professor
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2018.1 ~ 2018.8Maxdo Project Management Company Ltd. 一 Research Metallurgist
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2016.3 ~ 2018.1CanmetMINING, Natural Resources Canada 一 Pyrometallurgist
Research Interests
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Teacher homepageRelying on the non-ferrous metals discipline cluster of Central South University, the team is committed to research in non-ferrous metal resource recycling, green and clean metallurgy, and the fabrication of high-end materials and devices. It has first-class analytical testing and engineering research facilities and collaborative innovation capabilities in China, and is a high-level comprehensive scientific research institution integrating high-level talent cultivation, frontier scientific research, and technology transfer for industrialization. The institute currently has 8 professors (doctoral supervisors), 12 associate professors, 6 lecturers, 14 postdoctoral fellows, and more than 90 doctoral and master's students.
Honors and Awards
Teacher homepageTMS Extraction & Processing Division Technology Award
2021TMS Light Metals Subject Award – Aluminum Reduction Technology, 2018
2017MetSoc Pyrometallurgy Best Paper Award, 2017
2017Hunan Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Team Award
2021The Third NFSOC Higher Education Teaching Achievement Award of The Nonferrous Metals Society of China
2023Hunan Provincial "Outstanding Graduate Supervisor Team"
2021Central South University Graduate Teaching Achievement Award
2025Third prize, Student poster competition at the 2013 Canadian Institute Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum (CIM) annual convention, Toronto, Ontario, 2013
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