Invited Talks 2015 – Present

231. Nanoscale Thermal Radiation: From Theory to Applications, Prof. Arcot Ramachandran Endowment Award & Lecture, Plenary, the 27th National and 5th International Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2023), Indian Institute of Technology, Patna, India, December 14-17, 2023.

230. Thermal Radiation: Microscopic Understanding and Macroscale Applications, J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, September 13, 2023.

229. Textbooks and Monographs in Nanoscale Thermal Transport, Panelist, Nanoscale Heat Transfer Education Panel, ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference (SHTC 2023), Washington DC, July 10-12, 2023.

228. Near-Field Radiative Heat Transfer and Applications Using Hexagonal Boron Nitride, (with D. Feng), Symposium in Memory of Professor Raymond Viskanta, ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Washington DC, July 10-12, 2023.

227. Kirchhoff’s Law of Thermal Radiation: The Origin, Generalization, and New Interpretations, Dedication Lecture, the 10th International Symposium on Radiative Transfer (RAD-23), Thessaloniki, Greece, June 12-16, 2023.

226. Study of Modified Planck’s Law in Both the Near Field and Far Field, 2023 Physical Behavior of Materials Program Virtual PI Meeting, Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, March 15-17, 2023.

225. Thermal Radiation: From the Near Field to the Far Field, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, February 24, 2023.

224. Polarized Thermal Emission from Metamaterials Described by Stokes Parameters Based on Fluctuational Electrodynamics, Quantum and Thermal Electrodynamic Fluctuations in the Presence of Matter: Progress and Challenges, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) Conference, University of California, Santa Barbara, July 11-14, 2022

223. Fundamentals of Near-Field Thermal Radiation, Emerging Regimes and Implications of Quantum and Thermal Fluctuational Electrodynamics, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, June 21, 2022

222. Near-Field Radiative Energy Conversion Devices, Emerging Regimes and Implications of Quantum and Thermal Fluctuational Electrodynamics, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, June 21, 2022

221.Thermal Radiation: from Nanoscale and Microscale to Macroscale, International e-Workshop on Radiation Transport and Applications, sponsored by Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC), Ministry of Education, Government of India., January 21-22, 2022

220. Thermal Radiative Properties of Solid Particles for Concentrated Solar Power Using Particle Receivers, with C. Chen, S.Y. Jeong, C. Yang, D. Ranjan, and P.G. Loutzenhiser, Plenary Lecture at 11th SOLARIS – International Symposium on Solar Energy and Efficient Energy Usage, September 27-30, 2021, Tokyo, Japan (virtual).

219. Thirty Years of Experience in Micro/Nanoscale Thermal Radiation: Research and Education, Thermophysics Award Lecture, AIAA AVIATION Forum and Exposition (online), August 2-6, 2021.

218. Impact of Photon Entropy and Chemical Potential on Thermophotovoltaic Generators (with D. Feng). Invited talk at the 2021 Spring Meeting (Virtual) of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS), May 31 – June 3, 2021.

217. Nanoscale Thermal Radiation: Retrospection and Prospection, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Seminar Series, Northeastern University.

216. Nanoscale Thermal Radiation Research and Application Prospects, Mechanical Engineering Byron Short Lecture Series, University of Texas at Austin, November 20, 2020. Online seminar.

215. Surface Polaritons in Micro/Nanostructures for Tailoring Thermal Radiative Properties, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, July 22, 2019.

214. Review, Progress and Outlook of Daytime Radiative Cooling, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, July 19, 2019.

213. On the Validity of Kirchhoff’s Law for Anisotropic Metamaterials, the University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI), Shanghai, China, July 18, 2019. “

212. Spectral Radiative Properties of Small Particles for Solar Energy Harvesting, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China, July 12, 2019.

211. Recent Advances in Nanoscale Thermal Radiation, Keynote&Plenary Presentation, 6th ASME International Conference of Micro/Nanoscale Heat & Mass Transfer (MNHMT 2019), Dalian, China, July 8-10, 2019.

210. A Dual-Layer Structure with PTFE and Ag Reflectors for Diurnal Radiative Cooling, College of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, China, July 4, 2019.

209. Tailoring Thermal Radiative Properties in Both Near and Far Fields by Using Nanostructures, Invited Panelist, Panel on Nanoscale Heat Transfer, 16th International Heat Transfer Conference, Beijing, China, August 10-15, 2018.

208. (1) Enhancement in solar absorptance with plasmonic nanoparticles and nanostructures; (2) Development of ultrahigh solar reflectance materials for daytime sky cooling; and (3) Review of high-temperature solid particle receivers for concentrated solar power (CSP), International Workshop on Thermal Chemistry and Solar Energy (IWTCSE), Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, August 6-10, 2018.

207. Spectral Radiative Properties of Micro/Nanostructured Materials for Solar Energy Applications, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, August 2, 2018.

206. Retrospective and Recent Development in Micro/Nanoscale Thermal Transport, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, July 31, 2018.

205. Tailoring Thermal Radiation in Both Near- and Far-Field Regimes with Nanostructured Materials Including 2D Materials, Center for Micro- and Nanoscale Research and Fabrication, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, July 26, 2018.

204. Nanoscale Conduction and Radiation Heat Transfer, Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, July 24, 2018.

203. Frontiers in Nanoscale Thermophysical Engineering Lecture Series (3 lectures), School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, July 17-19, 2018.

202. Controlling Thermal Radiation in Both Near- and Far-Field Regimes with 2D Materials, State Key Laboratory for Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, May 16, 2018.

201. Nanoscale Heat Conduction and Thermal Radiation, Seminar in the School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, May 15, 2018.

200. Nano/Microscale Heat Transport and Thermal Radiation Lecture Series (4 lectures), School of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China, May 3-4, 2018.

199. Far-Field and Near-Field Thermal Radiation with Nanostructures and 2D Materials, Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 20, 2018.

198. Plasmonics in Nanoparticles for Solar Energy Conversion and Thermal Transport, 17th Electromagnetic and Light Scattering Conference, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA, 4–9 March 2018.

197. Nanoscale Heat Conduction and Thermal Radiation, Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, February 15, 2018.

196. Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Radiative Properties of Nanostructures, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China, November 14, 2017.

195. Measurements of Near-Field Radiative Heat Transfer between Flat Surfaces, Keynote, International Symposium on Measurement Technology in Thermal Science and Engineering (MTTSE), Dalian, China, November 10-13, 2017.

194. Controlling Far-Field and Near-Field Thermal Radiation with 2D Materials, Graduate Seminar, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, October 19, 2017.

193. Controlling Far-Field and Near-Field Thermal Radiation with 2D Materials, Graduate Seminar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, September 29, 2017.

192. Near-Field Thermal Radiation for Energy Conversion, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, CAS, Shanghai, China, August 16, 2017.

191. (1) Theory and Measurements of Radiative Properties of Nanostructures (August 10, 2017); (2) Fundamentals and Applications of Near-Field Thermal Radiation (August 14, 2017).Seminars in the School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China.

190. Nano/Microscale Heat Transfer Lecture Series, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, August 1-3, 2017.

189. Near-Field Radiative Thermoelectric Energy Convertors, College of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, China, June 30, 2017.

188. Controlling Thermal Radiation in Both Near- and Far-Field Regimes with 2D Materials, Plenary Speech, 3rd International Workshop on Nano-Micro Thermal Radiation (NanoRad2017), Daejoen, South Korea, June 26-28, 2017.

187. (1) Theory of Far-Field Spectral Radiative Properties of Nanostructures, Including 2D Materials; (2) Spectroscopic Instrumentation for Measuring Directional and Spectral Radiative Properties. Lectures at the NanoRad-2017 Pre-workshop Short Course, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, June 23-24, 2017.

186. Photon Entropy and Its Role in Radiative Energy Harvesting, Department of Thermal Sciences and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, June 20, 2017.

185. Measurements of Near-Field Thermal Radiation between Flat Plates for Energy Conversion Applications, DoE Physical Behavior Principal Investigators’ Meeting, Gaithersburg, MD, May 2-4, 2017.

184. Nanoscale Thermal Radiation – From Thermophotovoltaic Power Generation to Electroluminescent Refrigeration, Plenary Speech, First Asian Conference on Thermal Sciences (1st ACTS 2017), Jeju Island, South Korea, March 26-30, 2017.

183. Near-Field Radiative Thermoelectric Energy Conversion, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, March 23, 2017.

182. Entropy of Photons and Its Role in Radiative Energy Harvesting, UM-SJTU Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, March 22, 2017.

181. Introduction to Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer, School of Environmental and Materials Engineering, Shanghai Second Polytechnic University, Shanghai, China, March 21, 2017.

180. Application of Nanoscale Thermal Radiation to Energy Harvesting and Refrigeration, Mechanical Engineering Department Seminar, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, February 22, 2017.

179. Casimir Interactions Between Periodic Nanostructures (with X.L. Liu), Eringen Medal (Honoring G. Chen) Symposium at the Society of Engineering Science 53rd Annual Technical Meeting (SES 2016), College Park, MD, October 2-5, 2016.

178. Nanoscale Thermal Radiation: Theory and Experiments, Keynote at the 9th International Symposium on Heat Transfer (ISHT-9), Beijing, China, August 15-19, 2016.

177. Controlling Spectral Radiative Properties with Micro/Nanostructures, Qian Xuesen Laboratory of Space Technology, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC), Beijing, China, August 16, 2016.

176. Near-Field Radiative Heat Transfer for Energy Harvesting and Refrigeration, Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China, August 15, 2016.

175. Near-Field Radiative Heat Transfer for Energy Harvesting and Refrigeration, Institute for Thermal Science and Power Systems, School of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, August 13, 2016.

174. Enhanced Near-Feld Radiative Heat Transfer by Coupled Polaritons in Graphene/hBN Heterostructures (with B. Zhao), Keynote at the Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS 2016), Shanghai, China, August 8-11, 2016.

173. Near-Field Radiative Heat Transfer for Energy Harvesting and Refrigeration, State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, August 1, 2016.

172. Near-Field Radiative Heat Transfer for Energy Harvesting and Refrigeration, Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, July 28, 2016.

171. Near-Field Radiative Heat Transfer for Energy Harvesting and Refrigeration, Department of Energy & Power Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, China, July 25, 2016.

170. Near-Field Radiative Heat Transfer for Energy Harvesting and Refrigeration, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, July 19, 2016.

169. Numerical Simulation of Near-Field Radiative Heat Transfer Between Nanostructures (with X.L. Liu), Keynote at the Fourth International Conference on Computational Methods for Thermal Problems, Atlanta, GA, July 6-8, 2016.

168. Measurements of Near-Field Thermal Radiation through a Submicron Vacuum Gap, College of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, China, January 7, 2016.

167. Sharing Personal and Career Development Experience with College Freshmen, School of Engineering Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, December 29, 2015.

166. Recent Theoretical and Experimental Studies on Near-Field Thermal Radiation, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, December 22, 2015.

165. Advances in Nanoscale Thermal Radiation Research and Applications, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, October 26, 2015.

164. Nanoscale Thermal Radiation, Department of Physics Colloquium, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, September 3, 2015.

163. Advances in Nanoscale Thermal Radiation Research and Applications, School of Engineering Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, July 14, 2015.

162. Advances in Nanoscale Thermal Radiation Research and Applications, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, July 3, 2015.

161. Advances in Nanoscale Thermal Radiation Research and Applications, Keynote at the 2nd Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer and Energy Workshop, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, July 1, 2015.

160. Optical and Radiative Properties of Metamaterials Including Graphene, Sensor Science Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, April 1, 2015.

159. Infrared Radiative Properties of Nanomaterials and Metamaterials, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics (CAS-SIC), Shanghai, China, January 23, 2015.

158. (1) Nanoscale Radiative Heat Transfer between Graphene-Covered Hyperbolic Metamaterials; (2) Tailoring the Spectral Radiative Properties with Plasmonic Metamaterials and Graphene, School of Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China, January 19-20, 2015.

157. (1) Nanotechnology and Heat Transfer at the Micro/Nanoscales; (2) Thermal Radiative Properties of Metamaterials for Energy Harvesting, School of Physical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China, January 15-16, 2015.