Wilson K. S. Chiu

Professor

Dr. Chiu joined the University of Connecticut in 1999 where he is now Professor in the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Manufacturing Engineering. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Rutgers University in 1997 and 1999, respectively. His research, supported with $38.3M total ($9.5M Chiu’s portion) by the U.S. Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, Army Research Office, and industry, resulting in the publication of 12 book chapters/special volumes, 137 journal articles and 220 conference articles/abstracts. His research focuses on heat and mass transfer with chemical reactions, with applications to energy materials (molten salts, batteries, fuel cells, gas separation membranes, metal foams, electrolyzers, solar cells, carbon nanotubes, waste form), molten salt reactors, chemical vapor deposition, photonics, and semiconductors.

Dr. Chiu was elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Fellow of the American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE), and Fellow of the Electrochemical Society (ECS). He was awarded the Otto Mønsted Guest Professorship by the Technical University of Denmark, elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering, and recognized by a Distinguished Engineer of the Year Award by the ASME Hartford Section. He received the Rutgers University School of Engineering Medal of Excellence Award for Distinguished Young Alumnus, the United Technologies Corporation Professorship in Engineering Innovation, the ASME Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator Award in Heat Transfer, the U.S. Army Research Office Young Investigator Award, the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, and the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award.

He currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief for Computational Thermal Sciences. He served as the Editor-in-Chief for the ASME Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage, associate editor for the International Journal of Thermal Sciences and ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Editorial Board member for Scientific Reports, guest editor for the Journal of the Electrochemical Society, and on the editorial board of several other journals. He chaired the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) User Executive Committee, served as an ex-officio member of the NSLS-II Science Advisory Committee, is a member-at-large of the ECS High-Temperature Energy, Materials, & Processes Division Executive Committee, and membership officer of the ASTFE Executive Committee. He has served as organizer, session chair/co-chair, or on the program committee for over 85 conferences and workshops, and has given over 135 plenary, keynote and invited lectures in the United States and abroad.

Curriculum Vitae