People
Principal Investigator
Robert Wang
Associate Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
Wang’s research interests include thermal energy conversion, storage, and transport in nanostructured materials; thermoelectric power generation; thermal storage media; heat transfer, and phonon optics
Lab Members
Postdocs and Students
Lab Alumni
Ph.D. Alumni
Najam Ul Hassan Shah, Ph.D. in ME, 2023 (Co-Advised w/ K. Rykaczewski) – Faculty at University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila
Yanan Zhang, Ph.D. in ME, 2022 – Harbin Boiler Company Ltd.
Aastha Uppal,Ph.D. in ME, 2022 (Co-Advised w/ K. Rykaczewski) – Intel
Wilson Kong, Ph.D. in MSE, 2021 ((Co-Advised w/ K. 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 w/ K. 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
Ming-Hsien Sun, M.S. in ME, 2022 – Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
Nathan Casey, M.S. in ChemE, 2022 – (Co-Advised w/ K. 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 w/ K. Rykaczewski) – ANSYS Fluent
Nicholas Kemme, M.S. in ME, 2017 (Co-Advised w/ K. 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 w/ K. Rykaczewski) – Apple Inc.
Chandler Scheitlin, B.S. in ME, 2018 (Co-Advised w/ K. 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
