Gang Chen

Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering
Director of Pappalardo Micro and Nano Engineering Laboratories

Room 3-260
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge MA 02139-4307
Phone: 617-253-0006
Fax: 617-258-5802
Email: gchen2@mit.edu
Web: http://web.mit.edu/nanoengineering

Administrative Contact:
Edward A. Jacobson
Room 3-258
Phone: 617-253-7413
Email: eaj@mit.edu

Research Interests

Micro- and nanoscale heat transfer and energy conversion with applications in thermoelectrics, photovoltaics, and microelectronics; nano-mechanical devices and micro-electro-mechanical systems; radiation and electromagnetic metamaterials, nanoengineered high thermal conductivity polymers and liquids.

Teaching Interests

Heat transfer, thermodynamics, micro/nano transport and technology, radiation.

Education

B.S., 1984, M.S. 1987, Huazhong University of Science and Technology;
1993 Ph.D. UC Berkeley

Selected Honors and Awards

Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering, 2009-

ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award, 2008

R&D 100 Award, 2008

Best paper award, Julius Spring Forum on Applied Physics, 2008

Honorary Professor, Huanan University of Science and Technology, 2007

Warren and Towneley Rohsenow Professor, 2006-2009

ASME Fellow, 2006

Best Paper Award, InterPACk, 2005

Guggenheim Fellow, 2002-2003
National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award, 1994
Outstanding Reviewer for Journal of Heat Transfer, 1994-1997
Warren Faculty Scholar, Duke University, 1996-1997
Fellowship, K.C. Wong Education Foundation, 1989-1992

Professional Activities

Director, DOE EFRC: Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC Center), 2009

Co-Editor: Annual Review of Heat Transfer
Editor, Journal of Nanomaterials
Editor: Microscale Thermophysical Engineering
Editor: Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience

Associate Editor: Journal of Heat Transfer (2002-2005)

Guest Editor: Materials Science and Engineering A (2000)
Chair, Advisory Board, ASME Nanotechnology Institute
Member: Advisory Committee, Applied Science Center, Academia Sinica