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 July 2021)
Email: Robert.Wang [at] asu.edu
Office: ERC 307, Lab: ERC 226, 430
Hometown: San Jose, California
Ph.D. Students
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 Ph.D. Student
Mechanical Engineering, M.S., Arizona State University, 2019
Mechanical Engineering, B.Tech., National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, 2017
Email: arana7 [at] asu.edu
Office: ERC 433, Lab: ERC 430
Hometown: Dehradun, India
Shreyas Kanetkar
Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Student (Co-Advised with Konrad Rykaczewski)
Chemical Engineering, M.S., North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 2021
Chemical Engineering, B.Tech., SRM University, Chennai, 2019
Email: skanetka [at] asu.edu
Office: ERC 433, Lab: ERC 430
Hometown: Nagpur, India
M.S. Students
Ming-Hsien Sun
Mechanical Engineering M.S. Student
Aeronautics and Astronautics, B.S., National Cheng Kung University, 2017
Email: msun53 [at] asu.edu
Lab: ERC 430
Hometown: Hualien, Taiwan
Ph.D. Alumni
Wilson Kong, Ph.D. in MSE, 2021 (Co-Advised with Konrad Rykaczewski) – Postdoc at Air Force Research Laboratory
Zhongyong Wang, Ph.D. in MSE, 2021 – Postdoc at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Prathamesh Vartak, Ph.D. in MSE, 2020 – Intel
Seid Sadat, Ph.D. in ME, 2020 – AV Lab Inc.
Matt Ralphs, Ph.D. in ME, 2019 (Co-Advised with Konrad Rykaczewski) – Space Dynamics Laboratory
Yuanyu Ma, Ph.D. in MSE, 2016 – CG Max Design Corp
Minglu Liu, Ph.D. in ME, 2015 – Intel
M.S. Alumni
Nathan Casey, M.S. in ChemE, 2022 – (Co-Advised with Konrad Rykaczewski) – ASM America
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 with Konrad Rykaczewski) – ANSYS Fluent
Nicholas Kemme, M.S. in ME, 2017 (Co-Advised with 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
Matthew Hart, B.S. in ME, 2019 (Co-Advised by Konrad Rykaczewski) – Apple Inc.
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
