Research Interests
Dr. Wang conducts a wide range of fundamental and applied research in the areas of thermodynamics and heat transfer, focusing on improving energy efficiency and enabling renewable energy. The long-term goal of his research is to create a sustainable energy future. Below are some examples of research areas:
Fundamental Research Areas
- Supercooling and Heterogeneous Nucleation of Water/Salt Water
- Heat and Mass Transfer in Microchannels - Process Intensification
- Heat Transfer of Supercritical Fluids and Zeotropic Fluids
- Enhanced Boiling and Condensation Heat TransferÂ
- Thermal Transport on Low Energy/Superhydrophobic Surfaces
- Stochastic Modeling and Optimization of Integrated Energy Systems
- Advacnced Thermodynamic Cycles - Transcritical Power Cycles, Supercritical CO2, Combined Cycles
Applied Research Areas
- Waste Heat Recovery/Hybrid CHP Technology
- Integrated Clean Energy Systems/Distributed Energy Resources (DER)
- Dynamic System Modeling and Optimization (Simulink/Modelica)
- Machine Learning and Surrogate Modeling (Python)
- Thermal Energy Storage - Supercooling
- Microchannel Heat Exchangers/Scroll Expander
- Thermal Management/Electronics Cooling
- Energy Recovery and Emission Control for Internal Combustion Engine
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