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
  • NSF CISE Research Initiation Initiative Award, 2025
  • Microstructures Best Reviewer Award, 2024
  • 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
  • MEE3191: Engineering Thermodynamics 1
  • MEE3192: Engineering Thermodynamics 2
  • MEE5290: Selected Topics in Heat Transfer and Energy (TOPIC: Nanomaterials for Electrocatalytic Energy Conversion)
  • MEE4295/5295: Electrochemical Energy Systems