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Research Interest
Geothermics and heat transfer
Plate motion and its driving forces
Education
University of Missouri-Columbia, USA
Ph.D., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 05/2009
Peking University, China
Ph.D., Solid Mechanics, 07/1996
M.S., Geodynamics, 07/1993
B.S., Geology, 07/1990
Professional Appointments
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Professor, 12/2012 –
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Postdoctoral Research Associate, 03/2011 – 10/2012
University of Connecticut, USA
Assistant Research Professor, 04/2010 – 03/2011
Postdoctoral Fellow, 04/2009 – 04/2010
University of Missouri-Columbia, USA
Research Assistant, 01/2006 – 04/2009
Instructor, 01/2007 – 05/2008
Teaching Assistant, 08/2006 – 12/2006
Postdoctoral Fellow, 08/2003 – 12/2005
Peking University, China
Associate Professor, 08/2000 – 05/2005
Assistant Professor, 12/1998 – 07/2000
Uppsala University, Sweden
Visiting Scholar, 10/2000 – 06/2001
Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Administration
Postdoctoral Fellow, 08/1996 – 12/1998
Awards & Honors
Fu Chengyi Award for Outstanding Young Scientists, Chinese Geophysical Society, 2001
Best Paper Award, “Mechanics 2000” Congress, Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 2000
Courses
● Geodynamics
An overview of the coupled physical process of the earth.
Selected publications
S. Wang, Z. Shen and L. Gu, 2012, Numerical simulation of buoyancy-driven turbulent ventilation in attic space under winter conditions, Energy and Buildings, 47, 360-368.
S. Wang and Z. Shen, 2012, Impacts of ventilation ratio and vent balance on cooling load and air flow of naturally ventilated attics, Energies, 5 (9), 3218-3232.
S. Wang, Z. Shen and L. Gu, 2012, The impact of roof pitch and ceiling insulation on cooling load of naturally-ventilated attics, Energies, 5 (7), 2178-2196.
S. Wang, and Z. Shen, 2012, Effects of roof pitch on air flow and heating load of sealed and vented attics for gable-roof residential buildings, Sustainability, 4 (9), 1999-2021.
S. Wang, A. Faghri and T.L. Bergman, 2012, A comparison study of sensible and latent thermal energy storage systems for concentrating solar power applications, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, 61 (11), 860-871.
S. Wang, A. Faghri and T.L. Bergman, 2012, Melting in Cylindrical enclosures: numerical modeling and heat transfer correlations, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, 61 (11), 837-859.
S. Wang, A. Faghri and T.L. Bergman, 2012, Transient natural convection in vertical annuli: numerical modeling and heat transfer correlation, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, 61 (11), 823-836.
N. Sharafi, S. Wang, T.L. Bergman and A. Faghri, 2012, Heat pipe-assisted melting of a phase change material, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 55 (13/14), 3458-3469.
S. Wang, A. Faghri and T.L. Bergman, 2010, A comprehensive numerical model for melting with natural convection, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 53 (9/10), 1986-2000.
S. Wang, A. Faghri and T.L. Bergman, 2010, Numerical modeling of alternate melting and solidification, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, 58 (6), 393-418.
S. Wang and Y. Zhang, 2008, Forced-convection heat transfer of microencapsulated phase-change material suspensions flow in a circular tube subject to external convective heating, Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer, 15 (2), 171-181.
M. Liu, Y. Yang, Z.-K. Shen, S. Wang, M. Wang and Y. Wan, 2007, Active tectonics and intracontinental earthquakes in China: The kinematics and geodynamics, in: S. Stein and S. Mazzotti (eds.), Continental Intraplate Earthquakes: Science, Hazard, and Policy Issues, Geological Society of America Special Papers, 425, 299-318, doi: 210.1130/2007.2425(19).
S. Wang and J.E. Bryan, 2006, Modeling dielectrophoretic force induced bubble motion in micro-channels, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Chicago, IL, USA, November 5-10, 2006. ASME Paper no. IMECE2006-16225, pp. 789-798.
S. Wang and M. Liu, 2006, Moving hotspots or reorganized plates? Geology, 34 (6), 465-468.
S. Wang and N. Zhang, 2003, Winding the earth, Science Pictorial, 2003 (4), 50-51.
S. Wang and R. Wang, 2001, Current plate velocities relative to hotspots: implications for hotspot motion, mantle viscosity and global reference frame, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 189 (3/4), 133-140.
S. Wang and R. Wang, 2000, Mathematical simulation of plate tectonic motion and its driving forces, Mechanics 2000 Congress, Beijing, China, August 22-24, 2000. Proceedings of Mechanics 2000 Congress, pp. 394-395.
S. Wang and R. Wang, 2000, Correspondence relation between linear elastic problem and Newtonian fluid problem, Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 43 (1), 74-80.
S. Wang and R. Wang, 1999, Joint inversion of the kinematics and dynamics of the North American plate, Tectonophysics, 302 (3/4), 173-201.
J. Hou, T. Bai, H. Liang, W. Zheng and S. Wang, 1995, Active features of the hanging wall on listric normal fault along the southeastern margin of Weihe Basin, Earthquake Research in China, 9 (3), 305-310. |
