Xia Wang, Ph.D.

Professor Mechanical Engineering Department 402 EC; (248) 370-2224; Fax: (248) 370-4416 [email protected] secs.oakland.edu/~wang Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2003

• 2017-present Professor, Oakland University 
• 2011-2017 Associate Professor, Oakland University
• 2005-2011 Assistant Professor, Oakland University
• 2004-2005 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
• Member of ASME, ECS, ASEE

Teaching

• EGR 2500: Introduction to Thermal Engineering
• ME 3500: Introduction to Fluid and Thermal Energy Transport
• ME 4500: Energy System Analysis and Design
• ME 6535: Fundamentals of Battery Systems for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles
• ME 6530: Fuel Cell Science and Technology
• ME 6510: Convective Transport Phenomena

Research

• Modeling proton exchange membrane fuel cells and Li-ion batteries
• Characterizing thermal properties of Li-ion batteries
• Optimizing charging strategy for Li-ion batteries

Selected Publications

(1) Bazinski S. J., Wang, X.*, Brian Sangeorzan and Laila Guessous, Measuring and assessing the effective in-plane thermal conductivity of Lithium Ion Phosphate Pouch Cells, Energy, Volume/Issue 114C, Aug 2016, Pages 1085-1092.

(2) Bazinski S. J. and Wang, X.*, Predicting Heat Generation in a Lithium-ion Pouch Cell through Thermography and the Lumped Capacitance Model,” Journal of Power Sources, Volume 305, 15 February 2016, Pages 97-105.

(3) Xu, M., Zhang, Z.*, Wang, X. Jia, L. and Yang, L., “Two Dimensional Electrochemical-thermal coupled modeling of cylindrical LiFePO4 batteries,” Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 256, pp. 233-243, June 2014.

(4) Inman K. and Wang, X.*, Detection of Liquid Water in the Flow Channels of PEM Fuel Cell using an Optical Sensor, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 39, Issue 34, November 2014, pp. 19691-19700.

(5) Inman K. and Wang, X.*, “In-Situ Temperature Measurement on Cathode GDL in PEMFC Using an Optical Fiber Temperature Sensor,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 160, Issue 6, F496-F500, 2013.