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TIANLI (ANDY) FENG

Adjunct Associate Professor

Mechanical Engineering

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  • Adjunct Associate Professor
    Mechanical Engineering
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor
    Electrical & Computer Engineering

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • HONOR/AWARD
    2025 R&D 100 Award (opens in a new tab)⁠
    20 Aug 2025
    R&D World
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Assistant Professor of the Year of Mechanical Engineering
    1 Jul 2025
    Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Utah
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    SRI: Summer Research Internship
    10 Jun 2025 - 10 Aug 2025
    Mentor high-school Summer Research Intern at the University of Utah.
  • HONOR/AWARD
    ASME Rising Star of Mechanical Engineering
    10 Nov 2024
    ASME
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Assistant Professor of the Year of Mechanical Engineering
    1 Jul 2024
    Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Utah
  • HONOR/AWARD
    NSF CAREER Award
    1 Feb 2024
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Brillouin Medal
    1 Jul 2023
    International Society of Phononics
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Hi-GEAR Summer Camp Presentation
    1 Jun 2023
    Showed high school students our lab and our research in the Hi-GEAR (Girls Engineering Abilities Realized) summer camp.
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
    1 Jun 2023
    ORAU
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Decker Lake Youth Center Presentations
    9 Feb 2023 - 9 Feb 2023
    Gave three lectures (each 80 mins) to high school students on the topic of “Control The Heat” in the Decker Lake Youth Center, West Valley City, Utah.
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    Materials Research Letters (Impact Factor of 8.5)
    1 Feb 2023 - 31 Dec 2023
    Advisor of Article Collection: Micro and Nanoscale Thermal Transport in Materials
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Engineering Day Presentation
    2 Nov 2022
    Gave three talks (each 50 mins) on Engineering Day every year to the high school students in Utah to help them understand what research in engineering looks like. The students were well engaged.
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    American Society of Mechanical Engineers
    1 Nov 2021
    K9 - Nanoscale Thermal Transport
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    STEMCAP Lecturer for Youth Centers
    1 Sep 2021