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People. Department of Mechanical Engineering at UT Dallas.

XIANMING (SIMON) DAI

Dai@utdallas.edu
Phone: 972-883-5449
Mail Box: ECW 31
Office: NSERL 4.704
800 West Campbell Rd.
Mailstop: ECW 31
Richardson, TX 75080-3021

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Associate Professor
OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Education

Post-Doc: Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2016

PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, 2013.

MS, Thermal Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2009

BS, Thermal Energy and Power Engineering, Chongqing University, 2007

Research Interests

Heat transfer, nanofabrication, surface science, microfluidics, thermal management, and water sustainability

Five Most Recent Journal Publications, Book Chapters, and Books

Major Honors and Awards

  • DARPA Young Faculty Award, 2023
  • National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2021
  • Army Research Office Young Investigator Award, 2019
  • UT Dallas Jonsson School Assistant Professor Research Award, 2022
  • Outstanding Early Career Award at the 1st µFIP conference, 2021
  • Water harvesting work highlighted by Nature Materials in Material Witness, 2019
  • JALA Top Ten Breakthroughs of the Year, 2016