Wanjun Dang started working at NREL in March 2023 as a postdoctoral researcher. She applies her expertise in optomechanical system design and integration, optical diagnostics, image analysis, manufacturing, and quality control to NREL's research projects. Wanjun is working on developing in-line, high-volume, and nondestructive inspection techniques of membranes and electrodes for hydrogen technology. In her previous assignment at Ford Motor Company, Wanjun worked as a quality engineer and launch engineer for air-conditioning systems and body interior components. During her doctoral study at Louisiana State University, Wanjun developed small-volume (micro-liter), high-throughput, droplet-based approaches to characterize the physical properties of liquid hydrocarbon fuels by tracking and analyzing transient deformations of micron-sized liquid fuel droplets with less than 1 μs between adjacent frames at room/elevated temperature and pressure conditions.

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Research Interests

Development of high-speed and in-line diagnostic techniques of web-line materials

In-line quality control and monitoring

High-temperature/pressure system design

Optomechanical thermal system design and integration

Imaging and optical diagnostics

Experimental multiphase flow and heat/mass transfer

Image analysis

Education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (Thermal/Fluids), Louisiana State University

M.E.,  Mechanical Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology

B.E.,   Mechanical Design, Manufacturing, and Automation, Wuhan University of Technology

Professional Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines (2022)

Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Louisiana State University (2017–2021) 

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Fellowship Holder, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology (2015–2016)

Quality Engineer/Launch Engineer, Ford Motor Research & Engineering (Nanjing) Co., Ltd (2012–2015) 

Featured Work

A Small-Volume, High-Throughput Approach for Surface Tension and Viscosity Measurements of Liquid Fuels,  Measurement Science and Technology (2020)

Temperature Effects on Droplet Oscillation Decay With Application to Fuel Property Measurement, Atomization and Sprays (2021)

Droplet Evaporation-Based Approach for Microliter Fuel Property Measurements, International Journal of Thermophysics (2022)