Principal Investigator
Xianming (Simon) Dai
Associate Professor
(972) 883-5449 NSERL 4.704
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, and Joule. Due to his significant contributions, Dr. Dai received the Outstanding Early Career Award at the Micro Flow and Interfacial Phenomena Conference, and the UT Dallas School of Engineering Outstanding Research Award.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Yuchen Shen
PhD, Mechanical Science and Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Deepak Monga
PhD, Mechanical Engineering
University of Texas at Dallas
Graduate Students
Fangying Chen
MS, Chemical Engineering
Dalian University of Technology
Dylan Boylan
BS, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
UC San Diego
Pavan Sai Dosawada
MS, Mechanical Engineering
Amity University
Mingyang Ban
MS, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Kuwin Wyke
BS, Mechanical Engineering
Midwestern State University
Meiying He
MS, Chemistry
Southern University of Science and Technology
Kesava V. Pegallapati
BS, Mechanical Engineering
Amrita School of Engineering
Undergraduate Student
Avery Raymond
Mechanical Engineering
University of Texas at Dallas
Louis Chen
Mechanical Engineering
University of Texas at Dallas
Briana Greeley
Mechanical Engineering
University of Texas at Dallas
Alumni
Zongqi Guo
Current: Faculty at University of South Florida
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, 2021
Jyotirmoy Sarma
Current: US Polyco
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, 2023
Li Shan
Postdoc in 2021-2024
Lei Zhang
Current: Faculty at Dalian University of Technology
Postdoc in 2018-2020
Zhenqiang Shi
Visiting Postdoc in 2019-2020
Fangfang Xie
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
Tengfei Xiang
Current: Faculty at Anhui University of Technology
Visiting PhD student in 2017
Tiffany Ng
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MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, 2022
Luis Puente
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MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, 2022
Ankur Vaishampayan
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MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, 2020
Sola Jegede
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MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, 2019
Binay Jung Pandey
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MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, 2019
Gaurav Kumar Sirohia
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MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, 2018
Faiyaz Hossain
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BS, Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, 2023
Saiya Li
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BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, 2022
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
Annie Zhi
High school student in 2018-2019
2nd Prize Winner of Materials Science inthe 2018-19 Texas Science and Engineering Fair, 2019
1st Place Prize Winner of Materials Science in the Dallas Regional Science & Engineering Fair, 2019