Yan Wang

Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Professor

AFFILIATED DEPARTMENT OR OFFICE

Materials Science & Engineering

EDUCATION

BS Tianjin University, China 2001

MS Tianjin University, China 2004

PhD University of Windsor, Canada 2009

Postdoc Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 2010

Expert Bio

Professor Wang's research is in the field of fundamental electrochemistry and electrochemistry-based technologies, including battery materials, manufacturing, safety, design and recycling, solid state batteries, and electrolysis. He co-founded Ascend Elements (previously known as Battery Resourcers Inc.) in 2015 and AM Batteries LLC in 2016 to commercialize the technologies developed in his lab. In 2023 Prof. Wang was named one of the Faces of American Innovation by the Bayh-Dole Coalition.

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Worcester Business Journal

WPI professor to research new battery recycling tech for Boston firm

A lithium-metal battery manufacturer will fund a two-year research initiative at Worcester Polytechnic Institute to develop a state-of-the-art recycling technology for lithium metal. The initiative will be led by Yan Wang, William B. Smith Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. Learn more in this article from the Worcester Business Journal.

Boston Business Journal

WPI, other Mass. organizations, get DOE funding for iron, steel production

WPI received $1.2 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy for research to support environmentally friendly production of iron and steel. WPI's work, led by Yan Wang, William B. Smith Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, will focus on developing manufacturing technologies that use low-carbon electrolyzed iron powder in iron-silicon electrical steel. Read more in the Boston Business Journal.

Yan Wang

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