TIANLI (ANDY) FENG
Adjunct Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Orcid identifier0000-0002-7284-5657 (opens in a new tab)
- Adjunct Associate ProfessorMechanical Engineering
- Adjunct Assistant ProfessorElectrical & Computer Engineering
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Our research is to push the frontiers of thermal energy transport, conversion, and storage in complex systems to extremes. Specifically, we are interested in fundamental problems in solid materials and heterostructures at extreme conductions with extreme thermal transport properties. We aim to solve the long-standing thermal challenges in ultrahigh temperature thermal protection, thermal management of electronic devices, and thermal insulations, etc.
GRANTS
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTPLASMON-ENHANCED RADIOISOTOPE THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC (PRTPV) POWER GENERATION FOR INTERSTELLAR MISSIONS1 Jun 2026 - 31 May 2027
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTSUB-CONTINUUM THERMAL TRANSPORT ACROSS BURIED AIR/VACUUM NANOGAPS AND PRISTINE INTERFACES12 Nov 2025 - 30 Sep 2026
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTMICROSTRUCTURE-BASED PREDICTIONS OF PLASMA-FACING MATERIAL PROPERTY DEGRADATION26 Nov 2024 - 30 Sep 2026
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTDEVELOPMENT OF MOISTURE-RESISTANT OXIDE THERMAL-DISSIPATING FILLERS WITH NITRIDE-BASED CERAMIC-LEVEL HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY FOR NEXT-GENERATION MOBILITY APPLICATIONSKOREA INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE1 Jul 2024 - 31 Dec 2025
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTCAREER: PREDICTION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THERMAL TRANSPORT ACROSS SUCCESSIVE INTERFACES1 Feb 2024 - 31 Jan 2029
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTBUILDING ENVELOPE AIR LEAKAGE DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION BY A NOVEL TRANSIENT IR IMAGING METHOD2 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2026
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTPHONON TRANSPORT IN SUPERIOR HEAT CONDUCTORS UNDER IRRADIATIONDOE BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC6 Feb 2023 - 30 Sep 2025
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTPREDICTION OF THERMAL TRANSPORT IN DIELECTRICS AND INSULATORS AT ULTRA-HIGH TEMPERATURESNATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION1 Jun 2022 - 31 May 2026
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTPREDICTION OF THERMAL TRANSPORT IN DIELECTRICS AND INSULATORS AT ULTRA-HIGH TEMPERATURESNATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION1 Jun 2022 - 31 May 2026
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTDEVELOP MULTISCALE SIMULATION AND MACHINE LEARNING MODELS TO PREDICT THE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF POROUS INSULATION MATERIALS4 May 2022 - 30 Sep 2026