Nano-enabled Energy Conversion, Storage
and Thermal Management Systems (NEXT) Group
Director: Dr. Ronggui Yang, Assistant
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Office Location: ECME 136,
Post-Doctor
Offices: ECME 251A, ECME 251B
Student Offices and
Labs: ECME 165, ECME 219, ECME 1B80
Tel: 303-735-1003 (O), 303-735-1763 (Lab);
Fax: 303-492-3498
People Research Publications Facilities Open Positions News
NEXT Research Team
We are recruiting
2-3 post-doc research associates and/or Ph.D students
annually! In particular, we are
interested in recruiting post-doc research associates or Ph.D
students in Fundamentals of
Transport Phenomena in Micro/Nano-structures (both Theoretical and
Experimental) and Applications of Micro/Nano-structures in Thermal Management
and Energy Systems.
Director
Dr. Ronggui Yang (Ph.D 02/2006 MIT, MS 2001 UCLA, MS 1999 Tsinghua Univ., BS 1996 Xi’an Jiaotong University)
1) Current
Research Group Members
Post-Doctoral Research Associates
Dr. Dae Up Ahn (Post-Doc, Jan. 2008 - , Research Area: Copolymer and
Colloidal Particle Templated Nanofabrication, Ph.D 12/2007, Polymer Engineering,
Dr. Wei Wang (Post-Doc, August 2008 - ,
Research Area: Porous Anodic Alumina Templates, Heterostructured
Nanowires for Energy Applications, Ph.D 07/2008,
Condensed Matter Physics,
Dr. Jun Zhou (Post-Doc, May 2009 - ?, Research Area: Modeling and Simulation of Electron Transport in Nanostructures for Emerging Energy Applications, Ph.D 01/2009 Condensed Matter Physics & B.Sc. 07/2004 Physics , University of Science and Technology of China)
Professional Research Associate
Dr. Liew Li-Anne (Professional Research Associate, January 2009 - , 50% appointment with CU and 50% appointment with NIST, Research Area: Micro/Nano- Fabrication, Ph.D 2002 in MEMS at CU-Boulder)
Ph.D Students (All
are funded with Research Assistantship)
Mr.
Jen-Hau Cheng (Ph.D
student, co-advised with Prof. Y.C. Lee, Sep. 2006 - , Research Area: Thermal
and Thermoelectric Characterization, Energy
Harvesting, and Thermal Management, MS 2003, Mechanical Engineering, National
Taiwan University)
Mr. Yadong Zhang (Ph.D student,
co-advised with Prof. Y.C. Lee, Sep. 2006 - , Research Area: ALD Hermetic Packaging –
Micro/Nanofabrication and Characterization, MS. 2004/ BS. 2001, Material Science and
Engineering, Beijing University of Aeronautics and
Astronautics, China)
Mr. Xiaobo Li (Ph.D student, Sep. 2007 - , Research Area: Molecular Dynamics Simulation and
Nonequilibrium Green’s Function Theory, MS 2007,
Mr. Suraj Joottu Thiagarajan (Ph.D student, June
2008 - , Research Area: Thermoelectrics, Electron
Transport in Nanostructured Materials, MS. 2007, Mechanical Engineering, Ohio
State University, BS 2005, PSG College of Technology, India)
Mr. Jun Liu (Ph.D student, September 2008 - ,
Research Area: Nanostructured Thermal Interface Materials, BS 2008 Thermal
Engineering, Huangzhong University of Science and
Mr. Dave Makhija (Ph.D
student, co-advised with Prof.
Kurt Maute in Aerospace Engineering Sciences, September 2008 - , Research Area: Reactive
Micro/Nano- Flow and Heat Transfer, BS 2008 Mechanical Engineering, BS 2008
Physics, Kettering University)
Ms. Miao Tian (Ph.D
student, September 2009 - , Research Area: Nanostructures for Emerging Energy
Applications, MS 2009 & BS 2007 in Applied Physics, Xi’an Jiaotong University)
Mr. Qian Li (September 2009 - ?, Research Area:
Micro/Nano-Structures for Phase-Change Heat Transfer, MS. 2009,
Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, BS 2006, Thermal Science
and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China)
Undergraduate
Students
Mr. Kris Holub (May 2009-August
2010)
Mr. John Goblirsch (September 2009-December 2009)
Visiting Scholars
Dr. Jinho Han (February 2009 - February 2011, Associate
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Polytechnic University, Ph.D 1996
Mr. Jie Zhu (February 2009-September 2010, Ph.D student 2004-, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, BS 2004, Thermal Science and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China).
Ms. Dan Li (September 2009-November 2010, Ph.D student 2008- , Institute of Microelectronics,
2). Alumni
Dr. Xiaofeng Peng (Visiting Professor, June 2009 – August 2009, Professor of Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, deceased, in Memorial)
Dr. Weixue Tian (Post-Doc, Jan.
2006 – Sep. 2007, Research Area: Monte
Carlo Simulation of Phonon Transport, Ph.D 12/2005, Mechanical Engineering, University of
Connecticut, MS. 2000 / BS. 1997, Shanghai Jiaotong
University.)
Dr.
Bin Li (Post-Doc, Nov 2006-Dec. 2007, Research Area: Pump and Probe
Experiments, Ph.D 08/2006, Physics,
Dr. Xiaochun Wang (Post-Doc, Oct. 2007- , Research Area: First
Principle Simulations and
Electron Transport in Nanostructures, Ph.D
07/2007, Physics,
Mr. Li’an Tian (Ph.D
student, 08/2006-05/2007, Currently a Ph.D student in
Bioengineering Program at CU-Boulder.)
Ms. Liang-Chun Liu (Visiting Ph.D student from
Mr. Scott Johnson (Research Assistant & UROP 05/2006-05/2007, Research Area: Micro Heat Pipe, BS/MS. 2007 in Mechanical Engineering, CU-Boulder.).
Mr.
Charles Oclassen (NSF EUV ERC REU 05/2006-05/2007,
Research Area: Thermal
Probes for Nanofluids, BS/MS. 2007 in
Mechanical Engineering, CU-Boulder.)
Mr.
Brian Rhode (Summer Research for 04/2006-08/2006, Research Area: Thermal Characterization, BS. 2006
Mechanical Engineering, CU-Boulder)
Mr. Mindong Bian (Summer Research for
05/2007-08/2007, Research Area: Programming for Automatic Instrumentation,
Electrical Engineering,
3). Awards Received by Advisees
1.
Wei Wang, Dae Up Ahn, Chen Li, Victor Bright, Y. C. Lee and Ronggui Yang, Fabrications
of Nanowire Arrays for Emerging Energy Application, DARPA/iMINT Center First Prize Best Poster
Award (1 out of 2
from a total of 30), March 2009
2.
Chris Oshman, Bo Shi,
Chen Li, Ronggui Yang, Y. C. Lee and Victor Bright, A New Direction in Cooling
Photovoltaics,
DARPA/iMINT Center Second Prize Best Poster Award (1 out of 3 from a total of 30), March 2009
3. Jun Liu, Best Graduate Teaching Assistant
(TA) award of 2008-2009 academic year, Department of Mechanical
Engineering.
4.
Dave Makhija, Best Presentation of the
First Year Graduate Students, 9th GEARS Conference, Department of
Mechanical Engineering.
5. Suraj Joottu Thiagarajan, Engineering Dean’s Research Assistantship (RA paid by the Dean for a semester, 1 out of 7 total awarded in 2008 in the college.), 2008
6.
Dave Makhija, Engineering Dean’s Research
Assistantship (RA paid by the Dean for a semester, 1 out of 7 total awarded in
2008 in the college.), 2008
7.
Yadong Zhang, Travel
Fellowship for attending the 2008 SID Display Seminar and Exhibition, Society
for Information Display, May 2008
8.
Yadong Zhang, David
miller, J. Bertrand, Ronggui Yang, Martin L. Dunn, Steven M. George, and Y.C.
Lee, et al, ‘Visualization of Defects
and Cracks in Atomic Layer Deposition-base Barrier Coatings,” DARPA/iMINT
Center Best Poster Award (1 out of 3 from a total of 30), March 2008
9.
Bo Shi,
Victor M. Bright, Ronggui Yang, G.P. Peterson, Keith Peterson, and Chen Li,
“Thermal Modeling and Design of Flexible Thermal Ground Plane,” DARPA/iMINT
Center Best Poster Award (1 out of 3 from a total of 30), March 2008
10. Weixue Tian, Jen-Hau.Cheng, Scott R. Johnson, Y.C. Lee, Victor Bright,and Ronggui Yang, ‘Photonic Crystal enabled Micro Heat Pipe Arrays and Micro Capillary
Pumped Loops,” DARPA/iMINT Center Best Poster Award (1 out of 3 from a total of 25), March 2007
3). Some Recent Pictures of the Group
(Welcome Party in Ronggui’s House, August 2006)
(Lunch in
(Thanksgiving Party
in Ronggui’s House, 2007)
(Prof. Dresselhaus’ Visit in April 2008)
(Welcoming Party in Ronggui’s House, September 2009)