A team of researchers have developed a novel way of distinguishing the atomic and molecular level thermal non-equilibrium in nanoscale materials, which can have a significant impact in the area of heat transfer according to one Iowa State University professor. Xinwei Wang, professor of mechanical engineering (ME) at Iowa State, was one of the authors …Continue reading “Recent paper advances research in the field of heat transfer”
Eleven College of Engineering faculty and staff were among those honored during Iowa State’s University Awards Ceremony, held Sept. 22, 2014. Mufit Akinc, professor of materials science and engineering: Regents Faculty Excellence Award, Margaret Ellen White Graduate Faculty Award Tonia McCarley, assistant director of Center for Biorenewable Chemicals: Regents Award for Staff Excellence Vikram Dalal, …Continue reading “College of Engineering faculty and staff recognized with university’s most distinguished awards”
Xinwei Wang, professor of mechanical engineering, received the inaugural Viskanta Fellowship honor from Purdue University for his advanced research in the field of thermal science. As a Viskanta Fellow, Wang will spend one week at the Purdue campus in West Lafayette, Indiana. During his visit, he will meet with faculty, post-doctoral scholars, and graduate students, …Continue reading “ME professor named first Viskanta Fellow for innovative research”
Two mechanical engineering faculty members recently received grants from the ISU Council on International Programs (CIP) for their proposals on international research collaboration, teaching, and outreach. Xinwei Wang, professor of mechanical engineering, and Gloria Starns, senior lecturer of mechanical engineering, both believe international partnerships promoted by the CIP are important to education. Wang says the council’s objectives …Continue reading “Council on International Programs awards mechanical engineering proposals”
By Mike Krapfl Iowa State University News Service Xinwei Wang had a hunch that spider webs were worth a much closer look. So he ordered eight spiders – Nephila clavipes, golden silk orbweavers – and put them to work eating crickets and spinning webs in the cages he set up in an Iowa State University greenhouse. Wang, an …Continue reading “Iowa State engineer discovers spider silk conducts heat as well as metals”
