Address: University of Southern California Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Los Angeles, California 90089-1453 Office: RTH 506 Tel. (213) 740-0499 Fax. (213) 740-8071 email: haiw@usc.edu web site: http://ignis.usc.edu

Academic rank: Professor

Education:

1992 Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
1986 M.S., Michigan Technological University
1984 B.Eng., East China University of Science and Technology

USC Academic Positions:

2007-: Professor, Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering
2004-2007: Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering

Other Professional Positions:

2001-2004: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware
1997-2001: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware

Research Interests:

Combustion chemistry, high-temperature chemical kinetics, soot formation and its effects on climate forcing, nano-material synthesis, characterization and modelling, transport theory of nanomaterials, chemical sensors, catalysis and photocatalysis.

Selected Publications:

X. You, H. Wang, E. Goos, C.J. Sung, S. J. Klippenstein, “Reaction Kinetics of CO+HO₂ → products: ab initio transition state theory study with master equation modeling,” Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 111, pp. 4031-4042, 2007.

B. Zhao, K. Uchikawa, and H. Wang, “A comparative study of nanoparticles in premixed flames by scanning mobility particle sizer, small angle neutron scattering, and transmission electron microscopy,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 31, pp. 851-860, 2007.

M. Thierley, H.-H. Grotheer, M. Aigner, Z. Yang, A. Abid, B. Zhao, and H. Wang, “On existence of nanoparticles below sooting threshold.” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 31, pp. 639-647, 2007.

A. F. Ibarreta, C.-J. Sung, and H. Wang, “Experimental characterization of premixed spherical ethylene/air flames under sooting conditions.” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 31, pp. 1047-1054, 2007.

A. Laskin, H. Wang, W. H. Robertson, J. P. Cowin, M. J. Ezell, B. J. Finlayson-Pitts, “A new approach to determining gas-particle reaction probabilities and application to the heterogeneous reaction of deliquesced sodium chloride particles with gas-phase hydroxyl radicals,” Journal of Physical Chemistry A 110, 10619-10627, 2006.

A. V. Joshi and H. Wang, “Master equation modeling of wide temperature and pressure dependence of CO + OH products.” International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 38, pp. 57-73, 2006.

Z. Li and H. Wang, “Gas-nanoparticle scattering: A molecular view of momentum accommodation function.” Physical Review Letters, 95, paper 014502, 2005.

B. Öktem, M. P. Tolocka, B. Zhao, H. Wang, and M. V. Johnston, “Chemical species associated with the early stage of soot growth in a laminar premixed ethylene-oxygen-argon flame.” Combustion and Flame, 142, pp. 364-373, 2005.

P. Middha and H. Wang, “First-principle calculation for the high-temperature diffusion coefficients of small pairs: the H-Ar case.” Combustion Theory and Modeling 9, pp. 353-363, 2005.

B. Zhao, K. Uchikawa, J. C. McCormick, C. Y. Ni, J. G. Chen, and H. Wang, “Ultrafine anatase TiO₂ nanoparticles produced in premixed ethylene stagnation flame at 1 atm.” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 30, pp.2569-2576, 2005.

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Professional Societies:

ASME
Combustion Institute
American Chemical Society
American Association of Aerosol Science

Honors and Awards:

2006: Distinguished Paper Award at the Thirty-First International Combustion Symposium
1999: NSF CAREER Award
1992: C.C.Wright Award for Excellence in Graduate Study

Courses Taught:

Combustion Chemistry and Physics
Modern Energy Conversion Devices
Combustion
Dynamics
Compressible Gas Dynamics
Thermodynamics
Intermediate Heat Transfer
Statistical Thermodynamics
Air Pollution from Combustion Sources

Recent Professional Development Activities:

2007-: Editorial Board Member, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science
2006-2007: Member of the Organizing Committee of the International Workshop on Combustion-Generated Fine Carbon Particles
2003-: Editorial Board Member, Combustion and Flame
2003-2004: Colloquium Co-Chair, 30th and 31st Symposia on Combustion
2001-2003: Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Chemical Kinetics

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