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, 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
Li Shan
PhD, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Washington Unverisity in St. Louis
Graduate Students
Deepak Monga
MS, Mechanical Engineering
Punjab Engineering College
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
Luis Javier Puente Reyna
BS, Mechanical Engineering
University of Texas at Dallas
Undergraduate Student
Faiyaz Hossain
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Dallas, 2023 (Expected)
Alumni
Zongqi Guo
Current: University of Minnesota Twin Cities
PhD, Mechanical Engineering
University of Texas at Dallas, 2021
Jyotirmoy Sarma
Current: Seksun Texas
PhD, Mechanical Engineering
University of Texas at Dallas, 2023
Lei Zhang
Current: Faculty at Dalian University of Technology
Postdoc in 2018-2020
Saiya Li
Current: Purdue University
BS, Mechanical Engineering
University of Texas at Dallas, 2022
Tiffany Ng
MS, Mechanical Engineering
University of Texas at Dallas, 2023
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
Annie Zhi
Current: Undergraduate Student, 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