Yi Zheng, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Affiliate Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Director, Nano Energy Laboratory Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115 Office Phone: (617) 373-5558; Email:
[email protected] Lab Website: https://web.northeastern.edu/nanoenergy/ EDUCATION 07/2014 Columbia University, New York, NY, United States Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering 02/2011 Columbia University, New York, NY, United States M.S . in Mechanical Engineering 07/2009 Tsinghua University, Beijing, China B.S. in Mechanical Engineering APPOINTMENTS 10/2019 – Present Affiliate Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 07/2019 – Present Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 09/2017 – 06/2019 Primary Research Faculty, Undersea Energy Systems Program, National Institute for Undersea Vehicle Technology, Groton, CT 08/2014 – 06/2019 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 09/2012 – 07/2014 Research Associate, NSF IGERT Columbia Optics and Quantum Electronics Center, New York, NY RESEARCH INTERESTS • Theoretical, computational and experimental investigations on enhanced micro/nanoscale thermal transport phenomena and cooling technology • Enhanced optical, electromagnetic, thermal, mechanical and unique combinations of these properties, and high-temperature stability of photonic