Jing Wang

Education

2018                Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering), The Penn State University, USA                                  

2012                B.E. (Measurement, Control Technology and Instruments), Tsinghua University, CHINA

Academic Appointment

05/2022 – present     Associate Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

09/2018 – 04/2022       Postdoctoral fellow, advised by Prof. Neil Dasgupta and Prof. Anish Tuteja, University of Michigan

Project lead on anti-marine-fouling coating research supported by DARPA               

01/2013 – 08/2018      Ph.D. dissertation, advised by Prof. Tak Sing Wong, Penn State University 

Dissertation title: “Design and fabrication of bio-inspired multifunctional slippery coatings with novel functionalities”    

02/2012 – 06/2012      Senior Thesis, advised by Prof. Haitao Zhang and Dr. Haicui Ren, Tsinghua University 

Thesis title: “Simulation study on self-organized phase-locking of the waveguide array”                     

10/2010 – 05/2012      Research Intern, advised Prof. Xinjun Liu, Tsinghua University 

Project lead on optimum design of rider-bicycle mechanisms         

Academic Services

Journal reviewer: Science,  Nature Materials,  Nature Communications,  Scientific Reports,  Advanced Materials,  Advanced Materials Interfaces,  ACS Nano,  ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,  Physics of Fluids,  Applied Physics Letters,  IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology,  Materials Advances, IMECE conference

Webinar organizer:  EASF (Engineering and Applied Science Forum)

Awards and Honors

2023    Shanghai Tech Leader 35U35

2022 36kr Global Chinese Elite Power 100

2022 Forbs CHINA - 100 Outstanding Overseas Returnees

2021 National Science Fund CHINA for Excellent Young Scholars

2019    3rd place, Rice Business Plan Competition 2019 (out of > 300 teams)                      

2018    Cleantech University Prize National Competition: Top 3 Team (Dept. of Defense)              

2018    Wherry Graduate Fellowship, Penn State University                                                                 

2018    1st place, Allegheny Cleantech Competition ($50,000)                           

2018    Inventor Incentive Award, Penn State University                                                                              

2017    1st place, Materials Research Society (MRS) iMatSci Innovator ($2,000)                                               

2017    Inventor Incentive Award, Penn State University                                                                              

2016    NASA iTech Top 10 Innovation (SLIPS-LAB)                                                                                          

2015    3rd place, PPG Industries Annual Pitch Competition                                             

2013    PPG Industries Foundation Ph.D. Fellow                                                                                

2011    1st Prize, 2011 Student Research Training (SRT) Project (out of >1000 projects)

2010    1st Prize, 11th Machine Innovative Competition, Tsinghua University (out of > 50 teams)