Xinwei Wang

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Office: 271 ASC 2
- Phone: 515-294-8023
- Email: xwang3@iastate.edu
Education
- PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2001
- MS, Thermal Science and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, 1996
- BS, Thermal Science and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, 1994
Keywords:
Thermophysical properties, interface thermal resistance, micro/nanoscale materials, thermophysical characterization, Raman spectroscopy, energy carrier scattering and characterization, physics atomistic modeling, laser-material interaction, laser-assisted manufacturing
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Research
Funded Research Sponsors
Selected Honors and Awards
Research
Thermophysical characterization
New techniques development for measuring thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, specific heat, and interface thermal resistance at the scale of ~m down to <nm.
- Material structure characterization using thermal reffusivity.
Laser-assisted manufacturing
- Fundamental study of physics underlying laser-assisted manufacturing: optical, mechanical, thermal, and structural behaviors.
- Near-field laser material processing.
Energy carrier transport
- Energy transport state-resolved Raman (ET) for phonon and hot carrier transport characterization.
- Atomistic modeling of carrier scattering.
Funded Research Sponsors
- NSF
- DOE
- DOD
- DHS, and
- industries.
Selected Honors and Awards
- “Changjiang” chair visiting professor, University of Science and Technology of China, 11/2020-10/2023.
- ISU Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research (2018).
- Viskanta Fellow, Purdue University (2013)
- Senior editor, Journal of Laser Applications (2020-)
- Senior Editor, International Journal of Thermophysics (2020-)
- Associate editor, International J. of Extreme Manufacturing (IOP) (2022-)
- Associate editor, Heat Transfer Research (2020-)