Qi Wang
Introduction
My name is Qi Wang, a master student in Mechanical Engineering, concentration in thermal sciences. Since my undergraduate study consists both mechanical and computer engineering, coding and simulations are my favorite work to do here. I've been working in the VioliLab since Sept. 2014, and my main responsibility is to maintain and upgrade the Stochastic NAnoParticle Simulator (SNAPS) code in Python. The SNAPS is used to describe the growth pathways of carbonaceous nanoparticles in the flame using elementary chemical kinetic reactions. Several key publications from the VioliLab have already demonstrated the huge potentials of this tool. I also did some applications to the code, like the PAHs growth in a coflow diffusion flame. The SNAPS in the future will be a powerful, and our key tool to understand soot formation pathways. My email address is bluelion@umich.edu if you want to reach me. GO BLUE!
Current Research:
My current research projects consist of further developing SNapS2 mechanism, applications of SNapS2 on premixed and diffusion flames, as well as quantum chemistry calculations related to PACs formation pathways in combustion environment.
Research Interests:
My research interests include multi-scale simulations of complex systems, nanoparticles growth, soot precursors, kinetic modeling, combustion mechanism, reaction pathways, gas-phase chemistry, aerosols, quantum chemistry calculations.
Teaching Experience:
Graduate Student Instructors (GSIs) for MECHENG 235 (W18), 336 (W17), 535 (W17).
M-Write Writing Fellows for MECHENG 235 (W18, F18).
Education:
2015 B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
2015 B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
2016 M.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
2020 (expected) Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA