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 metamaterials • Machine-learning inspired design of nanoengineered materials • Electromagnetic fluctuation-induced van der Waals and/or Casimir interactions • Design and fabrication of nanoengineered materials and structures, e.g., phase-change metamaterials-based thermal switches, nanoparticle-nanofiber composites, graphene coated nanoplatelet composites, thin films, two/three-dimensional periodic surface gratings • Applications in photonic metamaterials based spectrally selective thermal emitters/absorbers or phase-change metamaterials-based thermal diodes/transistors for thermal management, ocean 1 monitoring and biosensing, infrared energy harvesting systems, radiative cooling, waste heat recovery, infrared signature suppression. AWARDS AND HONORS 2019 NSF Faculty Early Career (CAREER) Award National Science Foundation 2019 ONR-NIUVT Undersea Energy Systems Grant Office of Naval Research, National Institute for Undersea Vehicle Technology 2018 NASA EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development Award National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2017 NIH RI-INBRE Early Career Development Award National Institutes of Health 2017 Rhode Island Foundation Research Award 2016 Finalist, New Faces of Engineering (nominated by American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 3 finalists for professional category nationwide) 2015 Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council Award SEMINARS AND INVITED TALKS 2020 SPIE Defense Meeting, Anaheim, California, Invited Talk, April 26, 2020 2019 Boston University, Boston, MA, Seminar, November, 2019 2019 University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Seminar, May 28, 2019 2019 Northeastern University, Boston, MA, Seminar, February 28, 2019 2018 Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China, Seminar, Oct 29, 2018 2018 Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, Seminar, Oct 5, 2018 2018 University of Rhode Island, Physics, Seminar, September 14, 2018 2018 Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Seminar, July 11, 2018 2018 Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, Seminar, June 22, 2018 2018 University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, Seminar, March 9, 2018 2018 Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, Seminar, Jan 25, 2018 2017 University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Seminar, December 29, 2017 2017 Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Seminar, December 22, 2017 2017 U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, Seminar, Dec 5, 2017 2017 National Tsing Hua University (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Seminar, July 6, 2017 2017 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea, Jun 28, 2017 2017 University of Rhode Island, College of Pharmacy, Seminar, May 8, 2017 2017 Brown University, Department of Physics, RI, Seminar, March 9, 2017 2017 University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA, Seminar, March 3, 2017 2016 Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, Dec 27, 2016 2016 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, MA, Seminar, Oct 28, 2016 2 RESEARCH GRANTS 1. July 2019, NSF Faculty Early Career (CAREER) Award, “CAREER: Investigation of Nanoscale Radiative Heat Transfer for Enhanced Thermal Infrared Energy Conversion and Cooling”, $503,293, 5 years, PI: Yi Zheng. 2. January 2019, Office of Naval Research (ONR) Research Grant through NIUVT, “Safe, High Energy and Power Density Fuel Cells and Batteries, with Underwater Wireless Recharging Capability”, $400,000 ($100,000 for PI Yi Zheng, 1 year), PIs: Arijit Bose, Yi Zheng, Wilson Chiu, Radenka Maric, Ugur Pasaogullari, Peng Zhang. 3. August 2018, NASA EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development Award, “Novel Metamaterials for Infrared Radiative Cooling”, $50,000, 1 year, PI: Yi Zheng. 4. November 2017, Champlin Foundations, “An in-House Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Fabrication Station”, $168,595, 1 year, PI: Tao Wei, Co-PIs: Peter Swaszek, Haibo He, Godi Fischer, Qing Yang, Kunal Mankodiya, Otto Gregory, James Miller, Yi Zheng, Chengzhi Yuan, Joan Peckham. 5. August 2017, NSF EPSCoR Track-1 Award, “Rhode Island - Enhancing the Coastal Environment to Enable Growth in a Blue Economy”, $19,000,000 ($350,000 for PI Yi Zheng), 5 years, PI: Geoffrey Bothun, Co-PIs: Arijit Bose, Jason Dwyer, Tracey Dalton, Arthur Gold, Mohammed Faghri, Emi Uchida, Sunshine Menezes, Soni Pradhanang, Yi Zheng. 6. May 2017, NIH RI-INBRE Early Career Development Award, “Photonic Metamaterials-based Thermal Infrared Nanoscale Sensing”, $250,000, 2 years, PI: Yi Zheng. 7. March 2017, Rhode Island Foundation Research Award, “Nanoscale Sensing for Diagnosis of Early-stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer”, $25,000, 15 months, PI: Yi Zheng. 8. November 2016, NIH RI-INBRE Pilot Research Development Award, “Metamaterials-based Near-field Enhanced Sensing”, $76,750, 6 months, PI: Yi Zheng. 9. September 2015, Champlin Foundations, “Microfabrication Technology: An Urgent Need for Hands-On Learning”, $170,000, 1 year, PIs: Xinyuan Chen and Yi Zheng. 10. August 2015, Modular Thermal Technologies, LLC (North Kingstown, RI), “CryoMAX Hot/Cold Pack Testing”, $5,000, 1 year, PI: Yi Zheng. 11. August 2015, Amazon AWS Research Grant, “Cloud Computing: Nanoscale Thermal Optical Sensing”, $5,000, 2 years, PI: Yi Zheng. 12. February 2015, Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council Award, “A Nanoscale Biosensor for in-situ Monitoring of Water-Borne Contaminants in Coastal Ocean Environments”, $99,520, 1 year, PI: Yi Zheng, Co-PI: Tracey Dalton. 3 GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISING 1. Ph.D. Advisor, Fangqi Chen, Mechanical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA, May, 2023 (expected). 2. Ph.D. Advisor, Xiaojie Liu, Mechanical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA, May, 2022 (expected). 3. Ph.D. Advisor, Yanpei Tian, Mechanical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA, December, 2021 (expected). 4. Ph.D. Advisor, Alok Ghanekar, Mechanical Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA, October 23, 2018. 5. M.S. Advisor, John Carlin, Mechanical Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA, June, 2019. 6. M.S. Advisor, Nicholas Bonatt, Mechanical Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA, August, 2018. 7. M.S. Advisor, Christian Mejia, Mechanical Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA, April, 2017. 8. M.S. Advisor, Fabian Liebscher, Mechanical Engineering, Technische Universotat Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany; University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA, August, 2015. 9. M.S. Advisor, Laura Lin, Mechanical Engineering, Technische Universotat Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany; University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA, July, 2015 JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (*: Corresponding Author) 1. Yanpei Tian, Xiaojie Liu, Wei Xie, and Yi Zheng*, “Machine-learning Inspired Design of Ultra-narrowband Selective Metamaterials for Thermophotovoltaics”, manuscript in preparation, 2019. 2. Yanpei Tian, Xiaojie Liu, Jun Liu, Alok Ghanekar, Gang Xiao, Thomas Thundat, and Yi Zheng*, “Scalable-manufactured Selective Solar Absorber with Excellent Ambient High- Temperature Stability”, Advanced Energy Materials, under review, 2019. 3. Xiaojie Liu, Yanpei Tian, Alok Ghanekar, and Yi Zheng*, “Thermal Radiative Selectivity of Multiple Nanoparticles Doped Thin Films”, Optics Express, 27(20), A1591-A1600, 2019. 4. Yanpei Tian, Lijuan Qian, Xiaojie Liu, Alok Ghanekar, Gang Xiao, and Yi Zheng*, “Highly Effective Radiative Cooling Device”, Scientific Reports, accepted, 2019. 5. Yanpei Tian, Xiaojie Liu, Alok Ghanekar, and Yi Zheng*, “Perfect Grating-Mie- Metamaterials Based Spectrally Selective Solar Absorbers”, Optics Express, in revision, 2019. 4 6. Yanpei Tian, Alok Ghanekar, Lijuan Qian, Matt Ricci, Otto Gregory, Gang Xiao, and Yi Zheng*, “Near-infrared Optics of Nanoparticles Embedded Silica Thin Films”, Optics Express, 27(4), A148-A157, 2019. 7. Yanpei Tian, Alok Ghanekar, Lijuan Qian, Matt Ricci, Otto Gregory, Gang Xiao, and Yi Zheng*, “Tunable Wavelength Selectivity of Photonic Metamaterials-based Thermal Devices”, Journal of Photonics for Energy, 9(3), 032708, 2019. 8. Alok Ghanekar, Yanpei Tian, Matt Ricci,