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 among those splitting $2.5M in Mass. clean energy grants

Research led by Yan Wang, William B. Smith Professor of Mechanical Engineering will receive $75,000 in funding from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. Wang is developing a recycling process to recover valuable chemicals and metals from discarded solar panels.

The Circuit News

World's Most Powerful Magnet, wAIRable GPS, Microbots and more

Yan Wang, the William B. Smith Professor of Mechanical Engineering has developed an innovative lithium-ion battery recycling technique. His work is featured in this report by The Circuit News about National Science Foundation-funded research.

Yan Wang

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