Principal Investigator
Robert Wang
Robert Wang is an associate professor in mechanical engineering and graduate faculty member in materials science engineering and chemical engineering at Arizona State University. He received his B.S. from UCLA and earned his M.S. and Ph.D. from UC Berkeley. Afterwards he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Molecular Foundry in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. His research focuses on thermal management, thermal energy storage, thermal interface materials, thermochemical processes, thermoelectricity, colloidal nanocrystal synthesis, and nanocomposite synthesis. His work has been recognized by a Young Investigator Award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation.
Curriculum Vitae (updated June 2018)
Email: Robert.Wang [at] asu.edu
Office: ERC 307, Lab: ERC 226, 430
Hometown: San Jose, California
Ph.D. Students
Seid “Ben” Sadat
Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. Student
Mechanical Engineering, B.Sc., Amirkabir University of Technology, 2007
Email: ssadat [at] asu.edu
Office: ERC 433, Lab: ERC 226, 430
Hometown: Tehran, Iran
Prathamesh Vartak
Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D. Student
Metallurgical Engineering, B.Tech., College of Engineering Pune, 2015
Email: pvartak1 [at] asu.edu
Office: ERC 433, Lab: ERC 430
Hometown: Mumbai, India
Zhongyong Wang
Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D. Student
Materials Engineering, M.S., Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2016
Materials Science and Engineering, B.S., Nanjing University of Science & Technology, 2013
Email: zwang393 [at] asu.edu
Office: ERC 433, Lab: ERC 226, 430
Hometown: Xuzhou, China
Wilson Kong
Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D. Student (Co-Advised with Konrad Rykaczewski)
Materials Science and Engineering, M.S., Arizona State University, 2017
Materials Science and Engineering, B.S., University of Arizona, 2015
Email: wkong7 [at] asu.edu
Office: ERC 433, Lab: ERC 430
Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona
Yanan Zhang
Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. Student
Power Engineering, M.S., Harbin Institute of Technology, 2016
Nuclear Engineering, B.S., Harbin Institute of Technology, 2014
Email: yzhan801 [at] asu.edu
Office: ERC 433, Lab: ERC 430
Hometown: Tangshan, China
Aastha Uppal
Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. Student (Co-Advised with Konrad Rykaczewski)
Mechanical Engineering, M.S., Arizona State University, 2016
Mechanical Engineering, B.E., Cummins College of Engineering, Pune, 2012
Email: auppal5 [at] asu.edu
Lab: ERC 430, ECF 119
Hometown: Chandigarh, India
Najam Ul Hassan Shah
Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. Student (Co-Advised with Konrad Rykaczewski)
Mechanical Engineering, M.Sc., University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, 2017
Mechanical Engineering, B.Sc., University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, 2012
Email: nshah35 [at] asu.edu
Office: ERC 433, Lab: ERC 430
Hometown: Kamalia, Pakistan
Ashish Rana
Mechanical Engineering M.S. Student
Mechanical Engineering, B.Tech., National Institute of Technology Karnataka, 2017
Email: arana7 [at] asu.edu
Lab: ERC 430
Hometown: Dehradun, India
M.S. Students
Matt Hart
Mechanical Engineering, 4+1 – B.S.+M.S. Student (Co-Advised with Konrad Rykaczewski)
Email: mhart8 [at] asu.edu
Lab: ERC 430
Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona
B.S. Students
Aaron Schierbrock
Aerospace Engineering B.S. Student
Email: ajschier [at] asu.edu
Lab: ERC 430
Hometown: Chandler, Arizona
Ph.D. Alumni
Minglu Liu, Ph.D. in ME, 2015 – Intel
Yuanyu Ma, Ph.D. in MSE, 2016 – CG Max Design Corp
Matt Ralphs, Ph.D. in ME, 2019 (Co-Advised by Konrad Rykaczewski) – Space Dynamics Laboratory
M.S. Alumni
Ashish Rana, M.S. in ME, 2019 – Ph.D. student at Arizona State University
Jordan Kocher, M.S. in ME, 2019 – Ph.D. student at Georgia Tech
Sanuj Jain, M.S. in ME, 2018 – SunTree Snack Foods
Ninad Sonje, M.S. in ME, 2018 – ASM International N.V.
Shrinil Shah, M.S. in ME, 2017 – GlobalFoundries
Prajwal Nagaraj, M.S. in ME, 2017 – ASM International N.V.
Sujal Tipnis, M.S. in ME, 2017 (Co-Advised by Konrad Rykaczewski) – ANSYS Fluent
Nicholas Kemme, M.S. in ME, 2017 (Co-Advised by Konrad Rykaczewski) – General Atomics
Manish Nayini, M.S. in ME, 2016 – GlobalFoundries
Kunal Parikh, M.S. in ME, 2015 – ASM International N.V.
Abbas Jaber, M.S. in ME, 2014 – Arizona Public Service
Leah Haling, M.S. in ME, 2014 – Department of Energy
Benjamin Duong, M.S. in ChemE, 2014 – Intel
Norm Fish, M.S. in ME, 2013 – Intel
B.S. Alumni
Chandler Scheitlin, B.S. in ME, 2018 (Co-Advised by Konrad Rykaczewski) – Ping Golf
Jordan Kocher, B.S. in ME, 2017 – M.S. student at Arizona State University
Samuel Mokdad, B.S. in ME, 2017 – M.S. student at Arizona State University
William Lee, B.S. in ME, 2015 – Intel
Kyle Ness, B.S. in ME, 2014 – Ford Motor Company
Jason Trevithick, B.S. in ChemE, 2014 – Ph.D. student at Colorado School of Mines
Abbas Jaber, B.S. in ME, 2013 – M.S. student at Arizona State University
Andre Fuentes, B.S. in ChemE, 2013 – Frito Lay
Xiying Chen, B.S. in MSE, 2012 – Ph.D. student at Arizona State University
Visiting Researchers
Emil Joseph, 2017-2018, GlobalFoundries
