He received Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2011, and spent over one year in industry prior to his current faculty position. He is a recipient of NSF Career Award in 2017, an IBM research fellowship in 2008-2010, and multiple best paper awards from international conferences. Dr. Zhang’s research has been sponsored by multiple funding awards from National Science Foundation and Department of Energy, and he has directed several multi-institutional research projects on advanced energy and sensor systems. Dr. Zhang’s research work has been published on numerous scientific journals of high impact, and his publications have received over 600 citations in the past 6 years.