Education
- B.S., Physics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
Research Summary
Our research is to push the frontiers of thermal energy transport, conversion, and storage in complex systems to extremes. Specifically, we are interested in fundamental problems in solid materials and heterostructures at extreme conductions with extreme thermal transport properties. We aim to solve the long-standing thermal challenges in thermal management, thermal barrier coatings, thermoelectric energy harvesting, thermal insulation of buildings envelopes, etc.
Biography
Tianli Feng has been an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah since 2021. He holds a B.S. in Physics from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2011. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 2013 and 2017, respectively, where he was awarded the Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship Honor. Prior to his current position, he worked as a Postdoc and then as an R&D Associate Staff Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 2017-2021. He received the 2024 NSF CAREER Award, the 2023 Brillouin Medal, and the 2023 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award. He published over 70 journal papers, developed simulation packages, Windows-based applications, and online simulation tools, and has 4000+ citations and an h-index of 36. He currently serves as an editorial board member of Energy and Environment Focus.
Other Profile Data
See my group website: https://feng.mech.utah.edu/