Prof. Yun Wang
University of California, Irvine, USA

ASME Fellow, RSC Fellow

Title: title: Physics-based scientific design of air-cooled proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack 

BIO: Yun Wang received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanics and Engineering Science from Peking University in 1998 and 2001, respectively. He went to the Pennsylvania State University where he earned his Ph.D degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2006. Dr. Wang joined the MAE (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) faculty at the University of California, Irvine in 2006. He has produced over 100 publications on PEM fuel cell, Li-air battery, and other energy systems, including three books on PEM Fuel Cell and a Practical Handbook of Thermal Fluid Science. Dr. Wang served as Track chair/co-chair, session chair/co-chair, conference chair and committee member for many international conferences on fuel cell, thermal energy, and machine learning. Dr. Wang received 2018 Reviewer of The Year from the Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage and is currently Professor at the UC Irvine, ASME fellow, RSC fellow, and associate editor for the journal of heat and mass transfer.

Prof. Dong Han

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

BIO: Dong Han, a Professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), currently holds the positions of Deputy Director at the National Institute for Excellent Engineers, SJTU, Deputy Director of the Renewable Energy Power Institute within his school, and Deputy Director of the Shanghai Non-carbon Energy Conversion and Utilization Institute. In 2005, he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from the College of Automotive Engineering at Jilin University. Professor Han then pursued further education, obtaining a Master’s degree in 2007 from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan, USA, and a PhD in 2012 from his alma mater, the School of Mechanical Engineering at SJTU. Following the completion of his doctoral studies, he engaged in postdoctoral research at both SJTU and Princeton University, USA. In 2016, Professor Han joined the Renewable Energy Power Institute of the School of Mechanical Engineering at SJTU, serving as both an Associate Professor and a Professor. Currently, he is a member of the Youth Working Committee of the Chinese Society of Power Engineering, the China Society of Automotive Engineers, and the Chinese Society of Internal Combustion Engines. Additionally, he holds the position of Deputy Secretary-General at the Shanghai Society of Engineering Thermophysics.