Principal Investigator
Xianming (Simon) Dai
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Affiliated Associate Professor of Bioengineering The University of Texas at Dallas 800 W Campbell Rd, Richardson, TX 75080 Email: [email protected]; Phone: (972) 883-5449 Curriculum Vitae, Google Scholar, Research Gate |
Dr. Xianming Dai is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas. He is the recipient of a DARPA Young Faculty Award in 2023, a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2021, and an Army Research Office Young Investigator Award in 2019. Dr. Dai’s research addresses critical energy, water, and health challenges in society, with interest in energy sustainability, thermal packaging, and water harvesting. His group’s notable papers have been published in high-impact journals, including PNAS, Science Advances, Joule, ACS Nano, Advanced Functional Materials, and Cell Reports Physical Science. Due to his significant contributions, Dr. Dai received the Outstanding Early Career Award at the 1st micro Flow and Interfacial Phenomena Conference, and the UT Dallas School of Engineering Outstanding Assistant Professor of Research in 2022.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Student
Alumni
Jyotirmoy Sarma
Current: Seksun Texas
University of Texas at Dallas, PhD 2023
Current: Seksun Texas
University of Texas at Dallas, PhD 2023
Zongqi Guo
Current: University of Minnesota Twin Cities
University of Texas at Dallas, PhD 2021
Current: University of Minnesota Twin Cities
University of Texas at Dallas, PhD 2021
Tiffany Ng
University of Texas at Dallas, MS 2023
University of Texas at Dallas, MS 2023
Saiya Li
Current: Purdue University
University of Texas at Dallas, BS 2022
Current: Purdue University
University of Texas at Dallas, BS 2022
Lei Zhang
Current: Faculty at Dalian University of Technology
Postdoc in 2018-2020
Current: Faculty at Dalian University of Technology
Postdoc in 2018-2020
Zhenqiang Shi
Visiting Postdoc in 2019-2020
Visiting Postdoc in 2019-2020
Fangfang Xie
Current: Faculty at Northeast Electric Power University
Visiting PhD student in 2019-2020
Current: Faculty at Northeast Electric Power University
Visiting PhD student in 2019-2020
Merav Arogeti
Current: Faculty at Shamoon College of Engineering, Israel
Visiting scholar in 2019
Current: Faculty at Shamoon College of Engineering, Israel
Visiting scholar in 2019
Tengfei Xiang
Current: Faculty at Anhui University of Technology
Visiting PhD student in 2017
Current: Faculty at Anhui University of Technology
Visiting PhD student in 2017
Annie Zhi
Current: Undergraduate student at the University of Chicago
High school student in 2018-2019
2nd Prize Winner of Materials Science in the 2018-19 Texas Science and Engineering Fair, 2019
1st Place Prize Winner of Materials Science in the Dallas Regional Science & Engineering Fair, 2019
Current: Undergraduate student at the University of Chicago
High school student in 2018-2019
2nd Prize Winner of Materials Science in the 2018-19 Texas Science and Engineering Fair, 2019
1st Place Prize Winner of Materials Science in the Dallas Regional Science & Engineering Fair, 2019
UTDesign Team Members Mentored by Our Group:
2018-2019: Philip Katterjoh, Ian Field, Farris Khammash, Caitlin Slattery, Samuel Amda, Joseph Watson.
2019-2020: J Sebastian Arrangoiz, Teresa De Alba, Luis Puente, Logan Williamson, Adam Boissevain, Ian Meneses
2018-2019: Philip Katterjoh, Ian Field, Farris Khammash, Caitlin Slattery, Samuel Amda, Joseph Watson.
2019-2020: J Sebastian Arrangoiz, Teresa De Alba, Luis Puente, Logan Williamson, Adam Boissevain, Ian Meneses