AWARDS & GRANTS

• 2020 MRS Postdoctoral Award

University of Maryland, A. James Clark News. "MSE Researcher Chengwei Wang Receives MRS Postdoctoral Award".

• Advanced Catalyst Manufacturing Enabled by Direct Joule Heating

Co-PI, $500,000, DOE, ARPA-E (Prime: HighT-Tech), 2020-2022

• Ultrafast Heaters for Neutron Scattering

Co-PI, $200,000, DOE, Prime: HighT-Tech, 2021-2022

• New Environmental-Thermal Barrier Coatings for Ultrahigh Temperature Alloys

Co-PI, $2,274,528, DOE, ARPA-E, 2021-2024

• Discovery of New Ultrahigh Temperature Alloys Through Ultrafast Synthesis

Co-PI, $2,624,526, DOE, ARPA-E, 2021-2024

• Pipe‐in‐Pipe by Rapid, Continuous, Smart Alloy Coating

Co-PI, $1,000,000, DOE, ARPA-E, 2020-2021

RESEARCH NEWS

2020/05

My paper “A general method to synthesize and sinter bulk ceramics in seconds. (Science 2020, 368, 521-526.)” is selected as the cover image for Science, introduced by a special perspective and the editor, and highlighted in the following media:

• Science perspective (Comments on our paper)

• Phys.org
  Superfast method for ceramic manufacturing could open door to AI-driven material discovery

• Nano Technology, "Sintering advanced ceramics membranes for safe solid-state batteries in just 10 seconds"

• UMD Right Now, "New, Super-Fast Method for Ceramic Manufacturing Opens Door to AI-Driven Materials Discovery"