Dr. Zhang with his students Shin Young Jeong and Chiyu Yang attended 17^th International Conference on Energy Sustainability and 2023 Summer Heat Transfer Conference. Shin Young Jeong presented on the topic of “Heat Transfer Models of High-Temperature Gravity-Driven Granular Flows Between Vertical Parallel Plates for Solar Thermal Energy Storage and Transport”. Chiyu Yang presented on the topic of “Full-Stokes Thermal Emission Control by Twisted Grating Structure”.

Dr. Zhang with his students Chiyu Yang and Preston Bohm attended 2022 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. Chiyu Yang presented on the topic of “Polarimetric Thermal Emission Analysis Described by Stokes Parameters Based on Fluctuational Electrodynamics” and his poster session “Direct Thermal Emission Calculation and Validation of Kirchhoff’s Law for Nonreciprocal Material Using Fluctuational Electrodynamics” has won the “Best Poster Award – Second Place”; Preston Bohm presented on the topic of “Optimization techniques for 1D Tungsten Grating design”.

Title: Experimental study of concentrated radiative heat fluxes on an inclined granular flow

Dr. Zhang will be giving a presentation at this spring’s E-MRS Virtual Conference on June 3rd. He will be presenting on the topic of advances in thermophotovoltaics: materials, devices and systems. His presentation will be focusing on the impact of photon entropy and chemical potential on thermophotovoltaic generators.

“I would like to congratulate each one of these faculty members on the outstanding achievements they have attained in their careers,” said Eugene C. Gwaltney, Jr. School Chair Samuel Graham. “These professors have distinguished themselves through research and leadership, and we are excited to invest in their futures. This would not be possible without the support of the Ring and Love families, and we are grateful for their ongoing commitments to the Woodruff School.”