Title（题目）：Nano Engineering and Additive Manufacturing Towards Innovative Thermal and Energy Systems

Reporter（报告人）：Yanliang Zhang, Ph.D.

Time（时间）: 2017年12月6日下午14：30

Location（地点）：李兆基科技大楼A559

邀请人：姜培学 教授

Abstract：Nano engineering and additive manufacturing methods have led to many scientific and technology breakthroughs for thermal and energy related applications.

This talk will discuss several topics. First, this talk will present fundamental study of thermal and thermoelectric transport properties in nanostructured materials fabricated using scalable nanomanufacturing methods, which have led to significant increases in thermoelectric figure of merit ZT. Second, this talk will discuss novel additive manufacturing and interface engineering methods to fabricate efficient and flexible thermoelectric devices using colloidal nanocrystals which resulted in unprecedented high power density and ultralow cost. Third, this talk will discuss design, modeling and manufacturing of high-performance nanostructured thermoelectric generator systems for waste heat recovery applications. Finally, this talk will present a novel scanning thermal probe method to map thermal and thermoelectric properties of nanostructured materials with high spatial resolution.

The above research breakthroughs are on track to create a sustainable and commercially viable technology for automotive, industrial, electronics, and personal energy harvesting and thermal management applications.

Biography（简历）:

Yanliang Zhang is an assistant professor and the Director of Advanced Manufacturing and Energy lab in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at University of Notre Dame. He received Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2011. He is a recipient of the prestigious U.S. National Science Foundation Career Award, an IBM Fellowship awardee, and multiple best paper awards at international conferences. Dr. Zhang’s research has been sponsored by prestigious funding awards from U.S. Department of Energy and National Science Foundation, and he has directed several major multi-institutional research projects. Dr. Zhang’s research work has been published on top scientific journals of high impact, including Nature Materials, Science Advances, Advanced Materials, Nano Letters, Scientific Reports, Energy Conversion and Management, Applied Physics Letters, etc.

Prof. Zhang’s lab has multiple openings for PhD students and postdocs. Interested students are high encouraged to attend his talk and meet Prof. Zhang after his seminar.