Undergraduate Research Assistant
On-Campus ACA Variable Hours.
US Work Authorization is required.
As the Director of the Energy Technology Research & Innovation (eTRI) Lab at Utah State University, Dr. Wang is working with a group of highly motivated students on various energy-related research. The goal of the eTRI lab is to create a more sustainable energy future through fundamental thermal transport research, process integration and component innovations, and stochastic system modeling, simulations, and optimization. Machine learning (e.g., ANN) has also recently been incorporated into our system design and optimization for an integrated energy system. Dr. Wang has broad research expertise in heat transfer and advanced energy systems. Current research topics include:
- Integrated energy systems for carbon-free power and industrial processes
- Hydrogen production, storage, and utilization (e.g., ammonia, syn-fuel, etc.)
- Supercooling-based thermal energy storage and freeze desalination systems
- Transcritical power cycles for concentrated solar and geothermal power
- Microchannel heat exchangers (HEX) and bi-metal HEX using AM technologies
- Thermal management of electronics and EV charging stations
- Waste heat recovery and emission control for internal combustion engines
- Thermal transport of supercritical fluids and on superhydrophobic surfaces
The eTRI Lab is inviting motivated junior and senior students who have an interest in clean energy research to apply. Please email hailei.wang@usu.edu for questions.