承担抢占科技至高点专项、基金委企业联合重点基金、面上基金等项目。

主要从事能源装备用高性能金属材料研发与应用研究：
（1）长寿命/超长寿命奥氏体不锈钢的设计理论与均质化制备技术
（2）高强度耐液态铅铋腐蚀奥氏体不锈钢的设计与组织性能调控
（3）先进核能系统用奥氏体不锈钢的服役行为与寿命评价方法
（4）深层/超深层导钻装备用高强度耐腐蚀无磁钢

在Acta Materialia,Corrosion Science等国内外期刊发表SCI论文60余篇，近期发表论文：
1. Ang Xie, Shenghu Chen*, Lichang Yin, Neng He, Chunlin Chen, Lijian Rong*, Microstructural evolution of the inner oxide layer of a Si-modified austenitic stainless steel exposed to oxygen-saturated lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE): Toward the origin of LBE penetration, Corrosion Science, 237, 2024, 112350.
2. Ang Xie, Shenghu Chen*, Sihan Chen, Haichang Jiang, Lijian Rong*, Austenite decomposition behavior adjacent to δ-ferrite in a Si-modified Fe-Cr-Ni austenitic stainless steel during thermal aging at 550 °C. Acta Materialia, 272, 2024, 119948.
3. Xinliang Lv, Shenghu Chen*, Lijiang Rong*, Evolution of precipitate and its effect on the degradation of impact toughness in a carbon and nitrogen-controlled 316 stainless steel during thermal aging at 650 °C, Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 33, 2024, 3728-42.
4. Shenghu Chen*, Qiyu Wang, Ang Xie, Lijian Rong. Corrosion behavior of δ-ferrite in AISI 316 austenitic stainless steel exposed to oxygen-saturated lead‑bismuth eutectic at 550 °C. Materials Characterization, 211, 2024, 113930.
5. Xinliang Lv, Shenghu Chen*, Lijiang Rong*, Absence of dynamic strain aging induced by precipitation in 316 austenitic stainless steel during thermal aging at 750 °C, Materials Characterization, 207, 2024, 113580."

中国核工业集团青年科技创新“菁英”人才、快堆产业技术创新战略联盟“凤凰奖”之“工匠先锋奖”、中国科学院青年创新促进会会员、沈阳市优秀科技工作者、金属研究所优秀青年学者奖等。

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指导学生获国家奖学金、师昌绪一等奖、中国科大优秀毕业生等。