题 目：Nano Engineering and Additive Manufacturing Towards Innovative Thermal and Energy Systems
报告人：Prof. Yanliang Zhang（Dept. of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering，University of Notre Dame）
时 间：11月27日（周一），上午10:00-11:00
地 点：南校区第一实验楼423会议室
报告摘要：
Nano engineering and additive manufacturing methods have led to many scientific and technology breakthroughs for thermal and energy related applications. This talk will discuss several topics. First, this talk will present fundamental study of thermal and thermoelectric transport properties in nanostructured materials fabricated using scalable nanomanufacturing methods, which have led to significant increases in thermoelectric figure of merit ZT. Second, this talk will discuss novel additive manufacturing and interface engineering methods to fabricate efficient and flexible thermoelectric devices using colloidal nanocrystals which resulted in unprecedented high power density and ultralow cost. Third, this talk will discuss design, modeling and manufacturing of high-performance nanostructured thermoelectric generator systems for waste heat recovery applications. Finally, this talk will present a novel scanning thermal probe method to map thermal and thermoelectric properties of nanostructured materials with high spatial resolution.