Ronggui Yang

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Sanders Faculty Fellow in Engineering

University of Colorado at Boulder 

 

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(We are working on a detailed description on some of the exciting projects. However, it might take us very long time since everyone is so busy. The Publications page might give you some ideas on what we have done and what we are working on nowadays.)

 

Research Topics at CU-Boulder

Focus: Nanoscale and Ultrafast Thermal Sciences with Applications in Energy Conversion, Thermal Management, Nanofabrication, and Bio-Medical Engineering.

Research Topics undergoing in the group (A Recent Research Introduction Poster dated March 2008):

·        Micro/Nanoscale and Ultrafast Transport Phenomena

·        Thermal Management of Electronic and Optoelectronic Devices

·        Micro- and Nanotechnology for Energy Conversion

·        Nanostructured Materials (Nanocomposites, Nanoporous Materials)

·        MEMS/NEMS and Controllable Micro/Nanofabrication

·        Nano-Biomedical Engineering 

 

 

Ph.D Thesis at MIT:

          Nanoscale Heat Conduction with Applications in Nanoelectronics and Thermoelectrics

                   Abstract, Table of Contents, List of Figures, Summary and Future Directions

                             Defended on November 18, 2005.

 

Thesis Committee:       

          Gang Chen, Professor of Mechanical Engineering

                   Mildred S. Dresselhaus, Institute Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering

                   John H. Lienhard V, Professor of Mechanical Engineering

                   Borivoje B. Mikic, Professor of Mechanical Engineering

 

Other Topics during my Graduate Study at MIT:  

     Thermal Management of Optoelectronic Devices

     Physical Modeling of Rarefied Gas Flow in Air  Bearing Slider  (Hard  Disk  Interface)

     Coupled Non-equilibrium Electron-Phonon Transport Across an Interface

     Electron Transport in Nanocomposites

     Size Effect on Thermal Boundary Resistance and Thermal Constriction Resistance (MD & BTE simulations)

     Nanoparticles for Thermal Therapy