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Education________________                                     ___________                                     

Postdoctoral Scholar
Institute for Molecular Engineering
University of Chicago
Summer 2018 - current

Ph.D. in Computational Materials
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) 
Fall 2013 - Spring 2018
B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering                                                   
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
 June 2013   
Research Experience___________________________________________                                       
University of Chicago, Institute for Molecular Engineering, Galli Group (Summer 2018) Postdoctoral Scholar

UCSB Van de Walle Computational Group (Fall 2013-Spring 2018), Graduate Researcher

MIT NECST Lab (Fall 2011- Spring 2013), Student researcher (Mechanical Behavior of CNT aerospace composites)

MIT D-Lab Development (Spring 2013) , Student (User-oriented design for water management in São Paolo)

Fraunhofer Institute CSP [Halle, Germany] (Summer 2012), Student Intern (Mechanical Behavior of Solar Cells)

Siemens AG [Berlin, Germany] (Summer 2011), Student Intern (Design of Magnetic Radial Bearings)

Wichita State University (Summer 2010), Student Intern (Shor's Algorithm through Quantum Computing)
Teaching Experience_____________________________      ____________                                       

UCSB MATRL 188: Materials in Energy Technologies (Fall 2015), ​Co-instructor

UCSB MATRL 211A/B: Quantum Mechanics I/II (Winter 2017/Spring 2016), Teaching Assistant

UCSB MATRL 200B: Electronic and Atomic Structure (Winter 2015), Teaching Assistant

MIT 3.091 Introduction to Solid State Chemistry (Fall 2012), Teaching Assistant 
Selected Publications & Patents____________ ________                                      ____________   
  • Wennie Wang, Anderson Janotti, and Chris G. Van de Walle. “Phase Transformations upon doping in WO3.” J. Chemical Physics, 146, 214504 (2017), [doi] 
  • Wennie Wang, Anderson Janotti, and Chris G. Van de Walle. “Role of oxygen vacancies in crystalline WO3.” J. Mat. Chem. C, 4, (2016) 6641 – 6648. [doi]
  • Sunny S. Wicks, Wennie Wang, Marcel R. Williams, Brian L. Wardle. "Multi-scale interlaminar fracture mechanisms in woven composite laminates reinforced with aligned carbon nanotubes." Composites Science and Tech. 100 (2014) 128-135. [doi]
  • Felix Kaule, Wennie Wang, Stephan Schoenfelder. "Modeling and testing the mechanical strength of solar cells." Sol. Energy Mat. and Sol. Cells. 120 (2014) 441-447. [doi]
    • within top 10 contributions to SiliconPV 2013 Conference
  • Matthias Lang, Wennie Wang,  (Siemens AG).  (Patent No.: 2011E22406 DE/ 201206715)  "Aktivteil einer elektrischen Maschine, Radialmagnetlager und Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Radialmagnetlagers."
Conferences & Presentations_ _______                                     _____________________
Selected Technical 
  • (Invited) W. Wang. “Tuning the optical properties of complex oxides for energy applications.” APS March Meeting. March 5-9, 2018. Los Angles, CA.
  • (Invited) W. Wang, H. Peelaers, J.X. Shen, C.G. Van de Walle. “Mechanisms of electrochromism in WO3.” SPIE OPTO. Jan 27-Feb 1, 2018. San Francisco, CA.

  • Wennie Wang, Anderson Janotti, Chris G. Van de Walle. "Phase transformations upon doping in WO3." MSE Congress, Darmstadt, Germany.  27-29 September 2016
  • Wennie Wang, Anderson Janotti, Chris G. Van de Walle. "Understanding the oxygen vacancy in WO3." APS March Meeting, San Antonio, TX. March 2015
  • Sunny S. Wicks, Wennie Wang, Brian L. Wardle. “Influence of Aligned Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Loading on Manufacturability of Hybrid Aligned CNT-Fiber Composites Through Vacuum Assisted Resin Infusion,” SAMPE 2013 Long Beach, CA conference
Outreach
  • Wennie Wang. "MISTI-Germany: A student's perspective on international internships." MSE Congress. Darmstadt, Germany. 27-29 September 2016
  • Natalie M. Larson, Wennie Wang,  David Hwang. "Highlights from 'Transforming the Diversity Landscape' Symposium;' The importance of empathy on the individual and program levels." TMS DMMM2. Evanston, IL, 25-26 July 2016.
  • Natalie M. Larson, Wennie Wang, David Hwang. "Transforming the Diversity Landscape." Symposium co-organizer. 145th TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Nashville, TN. Feb. 2016.
Seminar/Workshops
  • Wennie Wang and Jimmy-Xuan Shen “Rapid fire MPI/OpenMP: A brief introduction to code parallelization.” UCSB Graduate Simulation Seminar Series Workshop. Sept. 2017. 
  • Wennie Wang. “Atom by atom: Understanding defects using first-principles calculations.” UCSB Graduate Simulation Seminar Series. Aug 2016.  Awarded and voted top seminar given.
Selected Honors_________________                __________    ________ _______________   
  • NSF Graduate Fellow (NSF GRFP) (Fall 2014-current)
  • Holbrook Foundation Fellowship (Institute for Energy Efficiency) (Fall 2013)
  • Excellence in Research Fellowship (Institute for Energy Efficiency) (2017-2018)
Volunteering/Outreach (link)
On the Web (link)
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