Current Position

Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Education

Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic University, 2011
M.S., Southeast University, China, 2008
B.S., Southeast University, China, 2005

Research Interests

Prof. Zhang directs the Advanced Manufacturing and Energy Lab (AMEL) at Notre Dame. His research focuses on thermal science and thermal energy conversion, clean and sustainable energy systems, additive and nano manufacturing of flexible devices for energy conversion and sensing.

Research Capabilities: Nanoparticle synthesis for thermoelectric and other energy related applications, additive manufacturing of energy conversion and storage devices using colloidal nanocrystals, and thermal and thermoelectric property characterization of nanostructured materials.

Key Words

Thermal, Waste Heat, Energy Harvesting, Sensor

Relevant Energy Publications

1. Pedersen, Samuel V., Joseph R. Croteau, Nicholas Kempf, Yanliang Zhang, Darryl P. Butt, and Brian J. Jaques. "Novel synthesis and processing effects on the figure of merit for NbCoSn, NbFeSb, and ZrNiSn based half-Heusler thermoelectrics." Journal of Solid State Chemistry 285 (2020): 121203.
2. Zeng, Minxiang, Wenzheng Kuang, Irfan Khan, Dali Huang, Yipu Du, Mortaza Saeidi‐Javash, Lecheng Zhang, Zhengdong Cheng, Anthony J. Hoffman, and Yanliang Zhang. "Colloidal Nanosurfactants for 3D Conformal Printing of 2D van der Waals Materials." Advanced Materials 32, no. 39 (2020): 2003081.
3. Danaei, Roozbeh, Tony Varghese, Mostafa Ahmadzadeh, John McCloy, Courtney Hollar, Mohammad Sadeq Saleh, Jonghyun Park, Yanliang Zhang, and Rahul Panat. "Ultrafast fabrication of thermoelectric films by pulsed light sintering of colloidal nanoparticles on flexible and rigid substrates." Advanced Engineering Materials 21, no. 1 (2019): 1800800.
4. Saeidi‐Javash, Mortaza, Wenzheng Kuang, Chaochao Dun, and Yanliang Zhang. "3D Conformal Printing and Photonic Sintering of High‐Performance Flexible Thermoelectric Films Using 2D Nanoplates." Advanced Functional Materials 29, no. 35 (2019): 1901930.
5. Taylor, Neil R., W. Kuang, M. Saeidijavash, Praneeth Kandlakunta, Y. Zhang, and Lei R. Cao. "Direct printing of metal contacts on 4H-SiC for radiation detection." AIP Advances 9, no. 9 (2019): 095041.

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