Experience

Arizona State University, Postdoctoral Researcher (Mentor: Dr. Liping Wang)

Spearheaded continuous power generation project in vacuum chamber, using innovative self-adaptive VO2 coating with thermoelectric generator (TEG) and implementing IV curve analysis with Keithley source meter

Designed and fabricated tunable vanadium dioxide thin films which behave as solar absorber during daytime and radiative cooler during nighttime, achieving 170K temperature rise during daytime and 17K drop during nighttime

Implemented temperature stages made with thermoelectric cooler and PID control, improving temperature stability and control within 1K for FTIR, Tunable Light Source (TLS) with Integrating Sphere, and Four-Point Probes (FPP), broadening the operating temperature range down to -20°C. • Enhanced accuracy of electrical resistivity characterization by developing FPP station and validating its measurement for temperature-dependent electrical resistivity characterization of +10 thin film samples.

Investigated growth of VO2 thin films and multilayers using various advanced deposition technologies including sputtering, furnace oxidation and rapid thermal annealing (RTP), resulting in an enhancement in infrared transmittance contrast from 23% to 46%

University of North Texas, Postdoctoral Researcher (Mentor: Dr. Richard Zhang)

Optimized resonant gratings (high contrast grating and guided mode resonator) geometric parameters using Genetic Algorithm, Bayesian optimization, and neural network, minimizing emissivity down to 0.02.

University of North Texas, Teaching Assistant

Delivered two recitations per week and graded homework, exams, and quizzes for undergraduate courses (thermodynamics (Fall 2021), heat transfer (Spring 2022, Fall 2022)

University of North Texas, Graduate Research (Mentor: Dr. Richard Zhang)

Delivered comprehensive optical characterization using Variable Angle Spectroscopic Ellipsometry (VASE), and led the project in collaboration with Department of Chemistry

Proposed thermally and electronically tunable plasmonic grating and graphene covered plasmonic grating by using RCWA for tunable optical radiative properties

Improved performance of vanadium dioxide based self-adaptive radiative cooler using RCWA, FDTD, and Bayesian optimization, enhancing emissivity contrast up to 0.73

Niigata University, Undergraduate research (Mentor: Dr. Atsushi Sakurai)

Optimized radiative cooling device through optimization algorithms (Genetic Algorithm) by using transfer matrix method (TMM) and rigorous coupled-wave analysis (RCWA) coded with MATLAB and Python

National Institute of Technology Gunma College, High school research (Mentor: Dr. Masashi Kurose)

Conducted thermal analysis on the effect of grinding speed on work hardening of austenitic stainless steel by utilizing SOLIDWORKS simulation (FEA) to optimize process parameters which prevent phase transition from austenitic to martensite