Liping Wang is an associate professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Wang received his doctorate in mechanical engineering with a focus on nanoscale radiative heat transfer in December 2011 at Georgia Institute of Technology under the guidance of Professor Zhuomin Zhang. He started his academic career as an assistant professor at Arizona State University in July 2012 after a short stay in Zhang’s group as a postdoctoral fellow. Wang’s research primarily aims to selectively control thermal radiation for energy and sensing applications by fundamentally understanding and exploring novel physical mechanisms in nanoscale radiative transport with nanoengineered materials or so-called metamaterials. Besides, he has been investigating near-field thermal radiation for energy harvesting and thermal modulation applications.
Wang is currently the director of the Nano-Engineered Thermal Radiation Lab and the lead principal investigator for ASU’s participation in the US-Australia Solar Energy Collaboration on Micro Urban Solar Integrated Concentrator project, sponsored by Australian Renewable Energy Agency. His research findings have been published in more than 40 peer-reviewed high-impact journal papers in applied physics, optics and heat transfer. He is the recipient of the 2015 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation, 2011 ASME NanoEngineering Council Award for Top NanoEngineering in Energy & Sustainability Poster, and 2010 Hartnett-Irvine Best Paper Awardfrom the International Centre of Heat and Mass Transfer. Dr. Wang has won the 2013 Top 5% Engineering Faculty Teaching Award at ASU for his teaching excellence. Besides, he has been actively contributing to the professional community with service activities in organizing technical conferences and reviewing scientific manuscripts.
Education
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology 2011
M.S. Refrigeration and Cryogenic Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2007
B.E. Thermal Science and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China 2004
Nanoscale heat transfer, metamaterials, plasmonics, and nanophotonics with an emphasis on solar thermal energy harvesting using plasmonic-enhanced light trapping for photovolatics, as well as near-field enhancement and spectral control of radiation for thermophotovoltaic energy conversion. Other research interests involve electronic cooling, MEMS, and bio-sensing.
Research Activity
Wang,Liping*. CAREER: Coherent Understanding of Magnetic Resonance in Controlling Radiative Transport from Far to Near Field. NSF-ENG-CBET(2/1/2015 - 1/31/2020).
Rykaczewski,Konrad*, Solanki,Kiran N., Wang,Liping. Study of Water Permeation through Hydrophobic and Durable Polysiloxane Coatings for Improving Topside Corrosion Resistance. DOD-USAFA(9/30/2014 - 9/29/2017).
Wang,Liping*. Max Tech and Beyond Design Competition for Ultra-Low-Energy-Use Appliances and Equipment. LAWRENCE BERKLEY NATL LAB(8/26/2013 - 7/31/2014).
Wang,Liping*. Recuperated Evaporative Cooler with Spiral Heat Exchanger. LAWRENCE BERKLEY NATL LAB(8/26/2013 - 7/31/2014).
Wang,Liping*, Bryan,Harvey John, Dai,Lenore L, Phelan,Patrick E, Wang,Robert Y.. US-Australia Solar Energy Collaboration (USASEC): Micro Urban Solar Integrated Concentrator (MUSIC). ROYAL MELBOURNE INST TECH(7/2/2013 - 7/1/2017).
2011 ASME NanoEngineering Council Award for Top NanoEngineering in Energy & Sustainability Poster (in Micro & Nano Technology Society-Wide Forum), IMECE
2011 NSF Student Travel Grant, IMECE
2010 Hartnett-Irvine Award (Best paper on heat or mass transfer), ICHMT
2009- 2007 International Graduate Student Fellowship, Georgia Tech
