Principal Investigator

Xiang He, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
Florida Institute of Technology (FIT, Florida Tech)

Education

  • Ph.D. in Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2019
  • M.S. in Environmental Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, 2015
  • B.S. in Environmental Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, 2013

Professional Experiences

  • 2022.08 – present: Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology 
  • 2019.11 – 2022.08: Postdoctoral Appointee, Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory
  • 2019.06 – 2019.11: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)

Honors & Awards

  • AMEWS Lightning Talk Award (2nd place), 2020
  • Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad, 2018
  • DOE Full Financial Support to Attend 20th National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering Held at Argonne National Lab and Oak Ridge National Lab, 2018
  • Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering (MNE) Fellowship, VCU MNE Dept., 2018
  • Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant, VCU College of Engineering, 2018
  • National Endeavor Fellowship, China, 2012

Teaching

  • Lecturer, FIT, since 2022
    Courses: MEE3191: Engr Thermodynamics 1; MEE3192: Engr Thermodynamics 2; MEE5900: Mech Eng Seminar
  • Guest Lecturer, VCU, 2018
    Courses: Advanced Characterization of Materials
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, VCU, 2015-2017
    Courses: Heat transfer, Thermodynamics, HVAC

Services

  • Editorial Board Member of Progress in Electrochemical Research, 11/2023-present
  • Reviewer Board Member of Microstructures, 11/2023-present
  • Junior Editorial Board Member of Microstructures, 09/19/2023-present
  • Early-Career Liaison, 06/2020 – 01/2022
    Thrust 2 of Advanced Materials for Energy-Water Systems (AMEWS) Center
  • Conference Student Assistant, 10/2016
    35th Annual Conference of American Association for Aerosol Research
  • Invited Journal Reviewer
    > 50 invitations from Chemical Engineering Journal; RSC Advances; Bioinspiration & Biomimetics; Nanotechnology; Catalysis Science & Technology; JVST B: Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology; Microstructures