主要开展特殊工程中关键部件用材料研发及相关加工技术研究。包括先进核能系统、航空航天、电力系统、环保等领域，在高温、腐蚀、辐照等苛刻条件下服役的关键部件用材料研发及其制备加工技术研究，为实际工程应用提供保障。研究方向包括：先进核能系统用结构材料研发；能源和动力系统用耐高温耐蚀材料研发；特种冶炼基础及应用技术；材料的先进加工制造技术等。

发表论文90余篇，申请专利近60项，其中授权发明专利35项。
代表性论文如下：
1．马颖澈 李硕 郝宪朝 查向东 高明 刘奎，2种N含量不同的690合金中晶界碳化物及晶界Cr贫化研究，金属学报，Vol.52(8)，2016: 980-986
2．马颖澈 熊超 陈波 高明 刘奎，离心铸造Ti47Al2Nb1Cr1W0.2Si合金汽车气阀的铸造特性，稀有金属材料与工程，Vol41 No.7, 2012:1293-1297
3．Y.C. Ma, X.J. Zhao, M. Gao and K. Liu, High-Temperature Oxidation Behavior of a Ni-Cr- W-Al Alloy, J. Mater. Sci. Technol. Vol27 No.9, 2011:841-845
4．Yingche Ma, Zhiguo Jiang, Bo Chen, Xiujuan Zhao, Ming Gao, Kui Liu and Yiyi Li，Effects of Oxygen on the Microstructure of Ti47Al0.7B Alloys, J. Mater. Sci. Technol., Vol26 No.2, 2010:131-135
5．Meiqiong Ou, Yingche Ma *, Weiwei Xing, Xianchao Hao, Bo Chen, Leilei Ding, Kui Liu, Stress rupture properties and deformation mechanisms of K4750 alloy at the range of 650℃ to 800℃. Journal of Materials Science and Technology (JMST), Vol.35 No.7, 2019:1270-1277
6．Jilin Xie, Yingche Ma*, Weiwei Xing, Meiqiong Ou, Long Zhang, and Kui Liu1*, Microstructure and mechanical properties of a new cast nickel-based superalloy K4750 joint produced by gas tungsten arc welding process,  J. Mater. Sci. Feb. 2019, Vol.54 Issue 4:3558-3571.
7．Meiqiong Ou, Yingche Ma*, Hualong Ge, Weiwei Xing, Yangtao Zhou, Shijian Zheng, Kui Liu, Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of a new cast Ni-base superalloy with various Ti contents, Journal of Alloys and Compounds Vol.735, 25 February 2018:193-201
8．Min Wang, Bo Chen, Xian-Chao Hao, Ying-Che Ma*, Kui Liu. Secondary Precipitation Behavior of Nitride in the Electro-slag Remelted Structure of Alloy 690. Acta Metall. Sin. (Engl. Lett.), Vol.30 No.8, 2017:771-780
9．Min Wang, Xiangdong Zha, Ming Gao, Yingche Ma*, Kui Liu and Yiyi Li, Structure, Microsegregation and Precipitates of an Alloy 690 ESR Ingot in Industrial Scale, Metall and Mat Trans A, 46A(11) , 2015:5217-5231
10．郝宪朝，张龙，熊超，马颖澈*，刘奎，760℃长期时效对一种Ni-Cr-W-Fe合金组织和力学性能的影响，金属学报，Vol.51 No.7, 2015:807-814
11．Kunlei Hou, Meiqiong Ou, Min Wang, Xianchao Hao, Yingche Ma*, Kui Liu, Low cycle fatigue and high cycle fatigue of K4750 Ni-based superalloy at 600 ◦C: Analysis of fracture behavior and deformation mechanism. Materials Science and Engineering: A, Vol.920, 2021:141588
12．Xiaoxiao Li, Meiqiong Ou, Min Wang, Long Zhang, Yingche Ma*, Kui Liu, Effect of boron addition on the microstructure and mechanical properties of K4750 nickel-based superalloy, Journal of Materials Science & Technology Vol.60, 2021:177-185
13．Haoze Li, Bochuan Jiang, Ming Gao, Weiwei Xing, Yingche Ma*, Kui Liu, Investigation on the microstructural evolution and precipitation hardening mechanism of 1Cr15Ni36W3Ti superalloy with varied C contents, Materials and Design Vol.181, 2019: 107983
14．H. Xu, X.B. Li*, W.W. Xing, L. Shu, Y.C. Ma*, K. Liu, Solidification pathway and phase transformation behavior in a beta-solidified gamma-TiAl based alloy, J. Mater. Sci. Technol., Vol.35, 2019:2652–2657
15．Hao Xu, Xiaobing Li, Weiwei Xing, Lei Shu, Yingche Ma*, Kui Liu, Processing Map and Hot Working Mechanism of As-Cast Ti-42Al-5Mn Alloy, Adv. Eng. Mater. Vol.20, No.6, 2018:1701059