Energy Conversion Materials and Systems
- Understanding transport phenomenon of electrons and phonons
- Tuning physical properties for high energy conversion performance and improving mechanical properties for thermal stability
- Studying device-level characteristics: various design factors, thermal/electric contacts, physical/chemical bondings, thermal stability, compatibility, system reliability
- Bridging the gap between materials and device technologies
System Integration & Manufacturing
- Designing thermal energy storage systems, passive cooling systems, and biocompatible power management systems
- Printing technology
Instrumentation
- Thermal and electric characterization
- Device assembly for thermoelectric modules
- Power and efficiency measurement
- Thermal stability test of materials and devices
Soft Electronics
- Wearable bioelectronics for human health monitoring
- Human-Machine Interfaces via smart machine learning
- Multiscale sensing and disease diagnostics