Introduction

Moran Wang, Ph.D, Tenured Full Professor in Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University. The teaching courses include: “Heat and Mass Transfer”, “Scientific Computation with Matlab”, “Micro/Nanoscale Flow and Transport in Porous Media and Multiscale Modeling”, “Fluid-Solid-Thermal Coupling: Mechanism and Applications” and so on. We are recruiting PhD students, postdoctoral fellows and research associates. Please contact with us if interested.

Education background

1999.9 to 2004.7 Ph.D. Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University

1995.9 to 1999.7 B.S., Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University

Experience

2011 - present Professor @ School of Aerospace, Tsinghua University

2008 - 2011 Oppenheimer Fellow @ Los Alamos National Laboratory

2006 - 2008 Research Associate @ University of California at Davis

2004 - 2006 Postdoctoral Research Fellow @ Johns Hopkins University

2007 - 2012 Visiting Scientist @ Johns Hopkins University

2018 - 2019 Visiting Professor @ Princeton University

Social service

Editorship:

Associate Editor, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences (SCI)

Associate Editor, Journal of Fluid Engineering (ASME, SCI, 2014~2022)

Associate Editor, Energy (Elsevier, SCI, 2012-2014, 2015-2017)

Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth (AGU, SCI, 2014~2022)

Associate Editor, Journal of Porous Media (Begellhouse, SCI, 2010~)

Associate Editor, Special Topics & Reviews in Porous Media (Begellhouse, SCI, 2010~)

Associate Editor, Journal of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources (Elsevier, 2015~2019)

Editorial Board Member, Energy Science and Engineering, (Wiley, SCI, 2014~)

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (Elsevier, SCI, 2015~)

Editorial Board Member, Transport in Porous Media (Springer, SCI, 2012~)

Editorial Board Member, Energies (MDPI, SCI, 2015~)

Editor-in-Chief, Open Journal of Optimization (2012-2020)

Membership:

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2003~),

American Physics Society (2005~)

American Geophysical Union (2009~)

InterPore (2012~, lifetime member)

Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics

Areas of Research

Fluid mechanics and heat & mass transfer

Areas of Research Interests/ Research Projects

¨ Micro/nanoscale Fluid Mechanics and Interfacial Transports

¨ Multiscale Multiphase Multiphysicochemical (M3) transports in porous media

¨ Multiscale Modeling; Hybrid and Upscaling; Mesoscopic Simulations

¨ Physics in Complex Fluids

¨ Physics of Heat Transfer and Thermodyanics at Extreme Scales (time and space)

¨ Energy Optimization in Materials Process

Honors And Awards

2020 Top 2% Scientists in the world (Stanford selected)

2019 InterPore Procter & Gamble Award for Porous Media Research

2019 Leading Talent of National Special Supporting Program

2019-14 “Highly cited author in China” by Elsevier

2018 “Young and Mid-age Leading Talent” of MOST

2016 Excellent Textbook Award of Tsinghua University

2016 Best Keynote Award in 3RD Int. Symposium on Unconventional Geomechanics

2015 Best Paper Award in Annual Conference of China Geoscience

2014 "Excellent Class Mentor" of Tsinghua University

2013 "Wu Zhonghua" Distinguished Young Scholar Award of China

2012 Selected in Fundamental Research Program (221) of Tsinghua University

2011 Program of Oversea Experts of China (Young Talent)

2010 LAAP Publication Award

2008 J. Robert Oppenheimer Fellowship Award

2006 Distinguished Ph.D Dissertation of China, Honorable Mention

2004 Distinguished Ph.D Dissertation of Tsinghua University

2004 Distinguished Ph.D graduate of Tsinghua University

2004 "Academic NewStar" Prize of Tsinghua University

2004 "NSK" Sino-Japan Friendship Best Paper Award of Mechanics Engineering School

Academic Achievement

Published over 200 scientific articles on international journals, which have been cited over 11000 times by peers. The H index is 54 (Google Scholar). Prof. Wang published 7 book chapters and 4 textbooks.

Representative publications

Review papers (selected 5)

M. Wang, N. Pan. Predictions of Effective Physical Properties of Complex Multiphase Materials. Material Science and Engineering-R: Reports. 63(1): 1-30, 2008 [IF=17.731]

• X. Wang, B. Ding, G. Sun, M. Wang and J. Yu. Electro-spinning/netting. Progress in Materials Science.58: 1173-1243, 2013 [IF =25.87]

• H. Tian, M. Wang. Electrokinetic mechanisms of wettability alternation at oil-water-rock interface. Surface Science Reports 72: 369-391, 2017

• Y. Guo, M. Wang. Phonon hydrodynamics and its applications in nanoscale heat transport. Physics Reports. 595: 1-44, 2015 [IF =22.91]

• W. Lei, X.K. Lu and M. Wang. Multiphase displacement mechanism by micro/nanoparticle suspension in porous media via microfluidic experiments: From interface science to multiphase flow patterns. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science 311: 102826, 2023

Micro/nano gas flows (selected 5)

• Z.Y. Wang, M. Wang* S. Chen. Coupling of high-Knudsen and non-ideal gas effects in microporous media. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 840: 56-73, 2018

• X.T. He#, Y.Y. Guo#, M. Li, N. Pan and M. Wang*. Effective gas diffusion coefficient of fibrous materials by mesoscopic modeling. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 107: 736-746, 2017

M. Wang, X. Lan and Z. Li*. Analysis of Gas flows in Micro- and Nanochannels. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer. 51(13-14): 3630-3641, 2008

M. Wang, Z. Li*. Simulations for gas flows in microgeometries using the direct simulation Monte Carlo method. Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow, 25(6): 975-985, 2004

M. Wang *, Z. Li. Nonideal gas flow and heat transfer in micro- and nanochannels using the direct simulation Monte Carlo method. Physical Review E. 68: 046704, 2003

Micro/nano electrokinetic flows (selected 5)

• L. Zhang, C. McNeece, M. Hesse and M. Wang *. Reactive Transport of Proton in Electro-osmostic Displacement Flow with Concentration Difference in Microchannel. Analytical Chemistry 90 (20): 11802–11811, 2018

• L. Zhang, M.A. Hesse and M. Wang. Transient solute transport with sorption in Poiseuille flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 828: 733-752, 2017

• J. Liu, M. Wang, S. Chen and M. Robbins*. Uncovering Molecular Mechanisms of Electrowetting and Saturation with Simulations. Physical Review Letters. 108: 216101, 2012

M. Wang*, and A. Revil. Electrochemical charge of silica surfaces at high ionic strength in narrow channels. J. Colloid Interface Sci 343: 381-386, 2010

M. Wang* and Q. Kang. Electrokinetic transport in microchannels with random roughness. Analytical Chemistry 81 (8), 2953-2961, 2009

Physio-chemical transport in microporous media (selected 5)

• Y.K. Yang, M. Wang*. Pore-scale modeling of chloride ion diffusion in cement microstructures. Cement and Concrete Composites 85: 92-104, 2018

• L. Zhang and M. Wang*. Electro-osmosis in inhomogeneously charged microporous media by pore-scale modeling. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 486: 219-231, 2017

• L. Zhang, M. Wang*. Modeling of electrokinetic reactive transports using a coupled lattice Boltzmann method. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth. 120: 2877-2890, 2015

M. Wang*, Q. Kang, H. Viswanathan and B. Robinson. Modeling of electro-osmosis of dilute electrolyte solutions in silica microporous media. J. Geophysical Research-Solid Earth 115: B10205, 2010

M. Wang*, and S. Chen. Electroosmosis in homogeneously charged micro- and nanoscale random porous media. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 33(15): 264-273, 2007

Microscale Energy flow (selected 5)

• C. Xie, J. Wang N. Pan, D. Wang and M. Wang*. Lattice Boltzmann modeling of thermal conduction in composite materials with thermal contact resistance. Communications in Computational Physics. 17: 1037-1055, 2015

M. Wang*, X. Wang, J.K. Wang and N. Pan. Grain size effects on effective thermal conductivity of porous materials with internal thermal contact resistance. Journal Porous Media. 16(11): 1043-1048, 2013

M. Wang*, N. Pan. Modeling and prediction of the Effective Thermal Conductivity of Random Open-cell Porous Foams. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer. 51(5-6): 1325-1331, 2008

M. Wang, J. He, J. Yu and N. Pan. Lattice Boltzmann modeling of the effective thermal conductivity for fibrous materials. Intentional Journal of Thermal Sciences 46(9): 848-855, 2007

M. Wang*, J. Wang, N. Pan, and S. Chen. Mesoscopic Predictions of the Effective Thermal Conductivity of Microscale Random Porous Media. Physical Review E. 75: 036702, 2007

Quantum Fluid Mechanics (selected 5)

• W.L. Miao, M. Wang*. Nonequilibrium effects on electron-phonon coupling constant in metals. Physical Review B 103: 125412, 2021

• Y.F. Huang and M. Wang*. Nonnegative magnetoresistance in hydrodynamic regime of electron fluid transport in two-dimensional materials. Physical Review B 104: 155408, 2021

• Y. Guo, M. Wang*. Phonon hydrodynamics for nanoscale heat transport at ordinary temperature. Physical Review B 97: 035421, 2018

• Y. Guo, D. Jou, M. Wang*. Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of phonon hydrodynamic model for nanoscale heat transport. Physical Review B 2018

• Y. Guo, M. Wang*. Heat transport in two-dimensional materials by directly solving phonon Boltzmann equation under Callaway’s dual relaxation model. Physical Review B 96: 134312, 2017

Energy and thermodynamic optimization (selected 5)

• Y. Guo, Z. Y. Wang, M. Wang*. Thermodynamic extreme principles for non-equilibrium stationary state in heat conduction. Journal of Heat Transfer 139(7): 071303, 2017

• Y. Guo, M. Wang*. Thermodynamic analysis of gas flow and heat transfer in microchannels. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 103: 773-782, 2016

• X. Shan, M. Wang* and Z. Guo. Geometry optimization of self-similar transport network. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2011: 421526, 2011

• X. Liu, M. Wang*, J. Meng, E. Ben-Naim and Z. Guo. Minimum dissipation principle for the optimization of transport networks. International Journal of Non-linear Science and Numerical Simulations 11(2): 113-120, 2010

• Q. Chen, M. Wang*, N. Pan, and Z. Guo. Optimization principles for convective heat transfer enhancement. Energy. 34(9): 1199-1206, 2009

Transport in unconventional oil/gas resources (selected 5)

• C.Y. Xie, W. Lv, and M. Wang*. Shear-thinning or Shear-thickening Fluid for Better EOR? — A Direct Pore-scale Study. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 161: 683-691, 2018

• Q. Lv, Z. Chen and M. Wang*. An improved elastic-tube model for the correlation of permeability and stress with correction for the Klinkenberg effect. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 48: 24-35, 2017

• J. Zheng, Z. Wang, W. Gong, Y. Ju and M. Wang*. Morphology effects of shale nanopores on gas permeability using lattice Boltzmann modeling. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 47: 83-90, 2017

• Z.Y. Wang, X. Jin, X. Wang, L. Sun, M. Wang*. Pore-scale geometry effects on gas permeability in shale. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 34: 948-957, 2016

• Z.Y. Wang, Y.Y. Guo, M. Wang*. Permeability of high-Kn real gas flow in shale and production prediction by pore-scale modeling. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 28: 328-337, 2016

Multiscale modeling (selected 5)

• S. Chen, M. Wang, and Z. Xia. Multiscale fluid mechanics and modeling. Procedia IUTAM 10: 100-114, 2014

• C.Y. Xie, A.Q. Raeini, Y. Wang, M. Blunt*, M. Wang*. An improved pore-network model with viscous coupling effect via direct simulation by lattice Boltzmann method. Advances in Water Resources. 100: 26-34, 2017

• G. Liu, J. Zhang and M. Wang*. Drop movements and replacement on surface driven by shear force via hybrid atomistic-continuum simulations. Molecular Simulation. 42(10): 855-862, 2016

• Z.Y. Wang, Y.Y. Guo, M. Wang*. Permeability of high-Kn real gas flow in shale and production prediction by pore-scale modeling. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 28: 328-337, 2016

• J. Liu, M. Wang, S. Chen and M.O. Robbins. Molecular simulations of electroosmotic flows in rough nanochannels. Journal of Computational Physics 229: 7834-7847, 2010

Lattice Boltzmann algorithms (selected 5)

• Y. Guo, M. Wang*. Lattice Boltzmann modeling of phonon transport. Journal of Computational Physics 315: 1-15, 2016

• Y. Chen, Q. Cai, Z. Xia, M. Wang* and S. Chen. On the momentum exchange method in lattice Boltzmann simulations of particle-fluid interactions. Physical Review E. 88: 013303, 2013

M. Wang*, and Q. Kang. Modeling electrokinetic flows in microchannels using coupled lattice Boltzmann methods. Journal of Computational Physics, 229: 728-744, 2010

• J. Wang, M. Wang, and Z. Li*. A Lattice Boltzmann Algorithm for Fluid-Solid Conjugate Heat Transfer. Inter. J. Thermal Sci. 46(3) 228-234, 2007

M. Wang*, J. Wang, and S. Chen. Roughness and Cavitations effects on Electro-osmotic Flows in Rough Microchannels using the Lattice Poisson-Boltzmann Methods. Journal of Computational Physics. 226(1): 836-851, 2007